Professor Bertozzi's Game Design Grading Criteria

Quinnipiac University Digital Game Design and Development

Storyboards

Storyboards are a critical part of designing multimedia. The first page of your storyboards outlines the scope of the project, the message, the intended audience, the mode of delivery, and how you will test the finished project to see if you have attained your goals.

Subsequent pages describe in detail, the structure of the piece, the content, graphic design and styles and the coding that you will use to build the piece.

If the piece is a website, one page should be a map of the entire site which shows how pages are linked, each separate page of the website should have it's own page with pertinent details. You should include your stylesheet and any frames, forms or javascript coding.

Other types of content such as narratives, games, interactive work, etc. should also include all of the above information as well as storyboards which detail frame changes, explantion of interactivity and the code used in the piece.

Project

Projects vary widely based on student interests and intentions. As stated in class, your grade is not based on whether or not the professor "likes" your work. The grade is based on how well you met the goals that you defined in the storyboards and how well you utilize the skills taught in the class.

Grading of projects is based on:

• project demonstrably meets the goals defined in the storyboards (60%)
• project demonstrates skills acquired over the course of the class (10%)
• all parts of the project work as they should (10%)
• text and images and authorship of the piece are properly cited (5%)
• text does not include typographical or grammatical errors (5%)
• visual appeal, design and integrity (5%)
• appropriate use of sound (if relevant)
• evaluation by other students (5%)

Usability

The purpose of usability testing is to detect flaws in your work. A good usability test elicits negative feedback which shows you how you could improve the piece. Usability reports can briefly touch on positive feedback, but the focus of the report is on what should be improved.

• General questions regarding overall usability, structure and organization of information (10%)
• Specific questions which are relevant to the content of your project and which force users to be specific about features (20%)
• Summary of positive feedback (10%)
• Summary of negative feedback (40%)
• Recommendations for improvement (10%)

XHTML Website Grading Rubric
(e excellent   g- good  f-fair  np- not present or inadequate) 

meets goals defined in the storyboards ()
demonstrates skills ()
all parts of the project work as they should ()
text and images and authorship of the piece are properly cited ()
text does not include typographical or grammatical errors ()
visual appeal, design and integrity ()
code validates ()
code is commented ()


Flash/LUA Project Grading Rubric
(e = excellent, g = good f=fair p=poor, n=none)

storyboards:

page defining progect goals & audience ()
sketches ()
description of how coding works ()
code ()

project:

meets goals defined in the storyboards ()
demonstrates skills ()
all parts of the project work as they should ()
text and images and authorship of the piece are properly cited ()
text does not include typographical or grammatical errors ()
visual appeal, design and integrity ()
appropriate use of sound ()
preloader is present and works ()
code is free of errors()


Usability Grading Rubric  (e = excellent, g = good f=fair p=poor, n=none)

General questions  ()
Specific questions on your content ()
Questions that determined if message was successfully communicated ()
Summary of positive feedback ()
Summary of negative feedback ()
Recommendations for improvement ()
Clear, correct language and grammar()




Design Notebook Grading Rubric (e- excellent   g- good f-fair  np- not present or inadequate) 
storyboards for all assignments ()
design/coding/structural info ()
comments on other student work ()
responses to readings ()
usability tests ()
neatness/organization ()