iFixit Progress Report

by Jacquelyn Acevedo

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I think "Progress Report" is a more apt title?

positiv
e?
helpful
? add
adjecti
ve

Nice justification and background!

A couple of design ideas we didn't

discuss:
1) Avoid starting a new heading at the
bottom of a page (start a new page),
2) Avoid using bullet points when there's
only one item in the list (see open bullets

iFixit Progress Report

GRADEMARK REPORT
FINAL GRADE

GENERAL COMMENTS

93

Instructor

/100

PAGE 1

Text Comment.
QM

I think "Progress Report" is a more apt title?

Design f eature
Classy way to highlight important inf ormation.
Additional Comment Nice, clear, consistent design.

QM

Text Comment.

positive? helpf ul? add adjective

Text Comment.

Nice justif ication and background!

Unclear
Your construction of this sentence clouds your meaning.

Text Comment.

A couple of design ideas we didn't discuss:

1) Avoid starting a new heading at the bottom of a page (start a new page),
2) Avoid using bullet points when there's only one item in the list (see open bullets here).
PAGE 2

QM

redundant
somewhere in this sentence, you've used words that are unnecessary because other words in
the same sentence already serve your purpose (as in "f ree gif t").

QM

Unclear
Your construction of this sentence clouds your meaning.

QM

Prepositions
Can you reduce the number of prepositional phrases in these sentences using techniques
learned in class (e.g., apostrophes or changing a noun to an adjective or adverb)?

RUBRIC: IFIXIT PROGRESS REPORT RUBRIC

CRIT ERIA 1

Advanced

Form & Organization

ABSENT/BELOW
BASIC

Sections organization is absent, illogical, or inconsistent; Headings may be absent or

do not describe content ef f ectively

DEVELOPING

Sections organization isn't always clear or consistent; Headings may not describe
content ef f ectively

PROFICIENT

Sections are usually organized logically and consistently; Headings describe content
adequately

ADVANCED

Sections are organized logically and consistently; Headings describe content

concisely, specif ically, and accurately

CRIT ERION 2

Advanced

Content & Persuasiveness

ABSENT/BELOW
BASIC

T he report f ails to describe the group's completed tasks, current work, and f uture
work; the group seems in danger of not f inishing the project on time.

DEVELOPING

Descriptions of the group's completed tasks, current work, and f uture work may be
vague; evidence of the group's ability to complete the project on time isn't quite
convincing.

PROFICIENT

Some specif ic details describe the group's completed tasks, current work, and f uture
work adequately; evidence of group's ability to complete the project on time is
convincing.

ADVANCED

Specif ic details describe the group's completed tasks, current work, and f uture work
directly and aptly; evidence of group's ability to complete the project on time is
convincing.

CRIT ERION 3

Prof icient

Appearance
ABSENT/BELOW
BASIC

White space, f onts, and design are not used to increase the reader-f riendliness of
the report.

DEVELOPING

White space, f onts, and design may be distracting or inef f ective.

PROFICIENT

White space, f onts, and design are ef f ective.

ADVANCED

White space, f onts, and design are ef f ective and attractive

CRIT ERION 4
Language

Prof icient

ABSENT/BELOW
BASIC

Spelling, syntax, diction, or punctuation errors impede readability.

DEVELOPING

Spelling, syntax, diction, or punctuation errors impede readability or otherwise distract

f rom meaning.

PROFICIENT

Spelling, syntax, diction, or punctuation errors are f ew and do not distract f rom
meaning.

ADVANCED

Outstanding control of language, including ef f ective diction and sentence variety.