Patrick J. Kidd - Groups -

Group of Four

Number of members in the group
- Please ignore this section if your group was assigned (see Moodle).
- Group of four (4) students. (2 < x < 5) -- Four is the perfect number.
  - Please ignore this section if your group was assigned (see Moodle).
  - Get into a group of four people for this assignment. (Not necessarily the same members you had for the previous assignment.)
  - Exchange names and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses before leaving class today.
  - Before leaving the classroom today, you must organize your group activities for the next Lab.
  - Where will you meet? What will everyone prepare before the meeting? How are you going to organize your meeting?
  - Don't leave the class today until you have a group.
- Groups.
  - Please ignore this section if your group was assigned (see Moodle).
  - Group of 1 person - minus 30%
  - Group of 2 persons - minus 20%
  - Group of 3 persons - minus 10%
  - Group of 4 persons - minus 00% = no marks deducted. This is the perfect size for a group.
  - Group of 5 persons - minus 20%
  - Some exceptions may perhaps be made. Good justification will be required and must be submitted by e-mail.
    - Submit your proof of exception as a printout attached to your hardcopy submission.
    - If you don't have an e-mail proof of exception, then you don't have an exception. Penalties will apply.
  - You may choose a different group for each exercise. You should not feel obligated to stay with the same group for all projects for the term.
  - Please send me a note immediately to tell me if you need someone else for your group (or if you don't have a group).
- Participants = Group members -> see Moodle

Warning

This is a group exercise/project/assignment.
It is not acceptable to assign the total responsability for any one section of the project to any one person.
Everyone in the group MUST participate in EVERY part of the project.
Everyone MUST read and proof-read the work written by all members of the group.
The group MUST discuss every part of the project. The group must meet regularly to discuss all aspects of the project.
If someone is too sick or too lazy or too disorganized to do his share, the group must still submit a completed high-quality project. This is a GROUP project.
Otherwise everyone in the group fails.
Don't forget that everyone in the group must submit a group evaluation once the project is finished.
This is a GROUP project.
Coordination of the group work.
- ALL members of the group must participate in ALL PARTS of the assignment.
  - It is unacceptable to assign a section of the assignment to certain individuals. EVERYONE must participate.
  - Coordinated = ALL members of the group must participate in integrating ALL PARTS of the assignment. = Cooperation = Organized = Team effort
  - Disorganized = Individuals did their part. The parts were copied&pasted into the final document. The group did not have meetings to discuss and modify the individual's work before incorporating it into the project.
    - Everyone must participate in preparing and writing ALL aspects of the paper. No single person should do all of one part of the paper.
- The group MUST get together to plan, organize, and write the document. The assignment must be a group project, not just a series of sections that have been copied and pasted from the individual members' efforts.
- Everyone is responsible for EVERYTHING.
  - If someone in the group does not perform adequately, the group must still produce a high-quality assignment.
  - If the paper is inadequate, everyone's mark will suffer.
  - If an individual is lazy or incompetent or disruptive, only that individual's mark will suffer. Each individual in the group must submit an evaluation of all the group members for that assignment.
  - No excuses!
- Leadership, responsibilities, communication - setting up the meetings, dividing the tasks, coordinating the work, calling/e-mailing
  - Someone has to take charge, be the leader, take responsibility for coordinating the group's work.
- Time management - Start now, Don't wait till the last minute, organize a schedule of group goals and activities
  - Start early. Finish early.
- Everyone in the group is responsible for everything the group does.
No excuses!
The result must reflect the efforts of a GROUP effort, not just a compilation of the work done by each individual. Everyone must be involved in every part of the project.
You are responsible for your group's work. You may not blame anyone else.
You MUST work TOGETHER with your group. The group must finish all the work even if some group members do not participate.
Everyone (usually) gets the same mark. Each group member must submit a peereval.htm.

Participants in your group for the Assignmnent
- To find your Assignment's group members, log into Moodle and click on "Participants" (top left corner of your Moodle window).
- To add your name to a group or to make changes to your group, you must submit a new Proposal Form.
  - Delete your previous file by clicking on the X. You can then upload your new file.
  - Include any comments or explanations as necessary.
- Remember that you can always contact your classmates by using MyDawson MIO or Moodle Mail (Quickmail).

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