PC/CP220 Lab Project Rubric

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Item	Excellent	Average	Poor
Circuit - Visual
Circuit Layout Placement, Colour, Wiring	Logical layout of circuit for easy debugging Wires extremely neat and well colour coded Wires don't go over input or output devices	Power and ground always use red and black Some wires may go over output devices	Messy wires No consistent colour coding even for power and ground OR All wires red and black, so they don't identify power and ground uniquely. Input devices are hard to operate; output devices are hard to see
Good choice of input device(s)	Input device(s) clearly chosen to suit the chosen project	Debugger board with clear labelling	Debugger board with unclear or no labelling
Good choice of output device(s)	Output device(s) clearly chosen to suit the chosen project	Debugger board with clear labelling	Debugger board with unclear or no labelling
Circuit - Testing
Inputs clearly labeled	All inputs clearly labeled on the breadboard, consistent with all references on the poster clear identification of 0/1	Inputs labeled on poster, rather than on breadboard	Unclear bit order or identification of 0/1 OR labels not identical with poster
Outputs clearly labeled	All outputs clearly labeled on the breadboard, consistent with all references on the poster	Outputs labeled on poster, rather than on breadboard	No labeling of individual outputs OR unclear bit order OR labels not identical with poster
Ease of testing	Intuitive and/or visual Instructions close to prototype	Can be done by following truth table	Process must be inferred from circuit description OR information needed not close to prototype
*Test successful*	Easy to verify that circuit performs as specified	Able to verify whether circuit performs as specified	Definite errors in circuit operation OR difficult to determine whether it works or not
Poster - Visual
Professional appearance	Visually appealing; good choice of colours, fonts, etc. Straight lines, square corners	Text and graphics legible from arm's length Meets basic requirements	Messy and/or illegible writing Graphics hard to see or interpret
Clear, correct language	Text has purpose and flow	Reasonable text with possibly a few minor grammar and/or spelling errors	Multiple grammar and/or spelling mistakes OR little or no explanatory text
*Design Process Illustrated* Truth tables, K-maps, circuit diagram, simulation, etc.	All parts of design process shown Clear explanation of how the whole process fits together	All parts of design process shown, order ambiguous OR Order clear, most parts of design process shown	Some parts of design process not shown, order unclear Little or no explanation

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