- David Morrison
Sunday, May 11, 2014
A5: Comments
- David Morrison
Thursday, May 1, 2014
A4: Comments
Some students are very good at emailing me before the project, and I have attempted to help them (usually to the benefit of their grade). If you are stuck or need help interpreting part of the assignment, feel free to email me.
- David Morrison
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Numeric Parameters for A4
Question:
I have some questions about A4 if you don't mind, I have asked the TA, and he effectively answered me. But his answer seemed a bit difficult for me to do!
I asked him about the numeric parameters needed for each structural system to be provided, suggesting the file that you shared to the class; he said it is a good start (and I realized that we need more info). That was cool. But when I asked him about the charts that we have to be provide (as stated on the rubric:"Both charts and typical numbers are presented for relevant parameters")
he said yes I expect you to provide charts for each system as shown in this website as an example: http://coolsteelframes.wordpress.com/numeric-parameters/
This is like doing A3 9 times! or I have misunderstood him.
Response:
You do not need to repeat all the information for each structural system. We’d ask that you consider what are “key parameters” for your particular structural system. It seems likely that you could extend the list we started in class. You certainly don’t need as many charts as are given in the cited example, but selecting one or two that show important information seems like a good idea for full credit if you can find them.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
A3- Structures Comments
Please also review my comments on your teamwork assessment and be sure to look at my previous post on what many of you have been doing wrong. Team work assessments are designed to give you a 100% if you have done all of your work. I hope everyone takes a look at my comments on the rubric as well as the previous blog post to understand the requirements. Make sure you give SPECIFIC tasks that your group mates performed, and how well they did. Also make sure you provide ALL necessary team identification information to receive full credit.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Teamwork Assessments
Monday, April 14, 2014
A2 Grading Notes
Cohesiveness:
While delegating work is part of the job, I think that for this assignment some teams may have not worked as closely as they could have. This showed up in websites that had different language / formatting from section to section. To work as an effective team, communication must happen early and often to ensure that the product looks like it is coming from a team, not just a group of individuals.
Logistical notes:
Only ONE (1) member from each team needs to submit the assignment every week. Also, your team work evaluation should be submitted SEPARATELY from your project submission as part of the teamwork evaluation submission.
Monday, April 7, 2014
A1a - Revit Assignment : Grading Notes
For feedback on your specific assignment, make sure to view the graded rubric on bbLearn. Many of you forgot to upload your Revit file, or upload a sheet. This makes it hard to provide a grade for you in those categories. The most common mistake was to forget to provide an annotation of the length to verify that a wall has the length of your last name multiplied by 10. Some students went as far as writing this explicitly on the sheet, but you were awarded points as long as the correct length was shown on the sheet. If you wish to receive full credit, don't forget to view the rubric for each assignment, as this will always be how you will be awarded points.
I really enjoyed some of your submissions, and it was clear some of you went above and beyond the call of duty to create exciting and interesting models.
Feedback to make this assignment easier / more clear:
Many of you had issues with selecting the correct template, and those of you whom selected the wrong template suffered until you restarted, and selected Architectural. It may also be useful for students to learn how to import families in the event that a family is not there that they are looking for.
Stats:
Average - 89.75
Median - 97
StdDev - 14.48
These stats don't show the entire picture. The outcomes were mainly bimodal, with a cluster of students forgetting to upload their Revit files or sheets resulting in large point losses.
As some of you have already done, feel free to email me with any questions. - David Morrison
Sunday, April 6, 2014
AE Rules-of-Thumb and Calculation Tools
The following may be of assistance in ROUGH approximations.
AE Rules of Thumb – Google Sheet with rules of thumb for several systems
AE Calcs Spreadsheet – Basic Calculations for several systems.
- Note that it’s part of the AE-Resources website – Which may have other useful tools
- It’s in the Excel group of AE Tools
Remember that these are only to give you a rough estimate. They should never be used for actual design.
Friday, April 4, 2014
A1 - Feedback from the grader
Most of you did a fantastic job on the first assignment! I hope you all are excited going forward now that you understand more about what this class is about. The most common issue was forgetting to include information on the video you watched in class. Some of you also did not break down each assignment and explain why you thought the order was important. I can only assign points to items you have addressed, and if you leave them out, it is an easy way to lose points. I also provided individual feedback to all of you, and I hope you take the time to understand what you may have done wrong. You can access this feedback by pressing the view rubric button. This is very important in the beginning of the year so that you can adjust your submissions accordingly. I have added my email to the bbLearn page if you have any comments or questions.
A few of you have still not submitted your project to bbLearn, and therefore have not earned a grade.
Just a reminder about resubmissions and grade changes (from the syllabus):
- In recognition of the possibility of grading error on our part we are always willing to discuss a grade. However we're much more likely to change a grade if the discussion occurs soon after the grade is received. Our policy is never to lower a grade, only to improve it in recognition of errors we made.
- For projects before the last one we will normally allow a resubmission within one week of the time the project grades are returned. You may receive up to 2/3 of the lost "normal" points.
- We will not accept resubmissions after the end of classes.
- We do not accept revisions of Teamwork Evaluations, nor may they be submitted late.
Average: 95.24
Median: 98
StdDev: 7.38
Advice for next assignment:
Many student submit the Revit assignment in forms of screenshots and/or Revit files. The rubric clearly defines that PDFs in sheet form must be created. You will have to do this if you want full credit. There are tutorials of how to print sheets to PDFs available online such as this one (link).
- David Morrison
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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