Grading Criteria for the grade on each assignment A-Outstanding The document more than meets the specifications for the assignment. The document demonstrates sensitivity to the context. The document addresses the right audience and meets that audience's needs. The content is worthwhile, rich, accurate, and complete. The organization emphasizes what's important, makes information easily accessible, motivates the right audience response, sorts the familiar from the new and begins with the familiar. The style is readable, fluid, appropriate, and correct in grammar and mechanics. The format and design are engaging and enhance content. B-Good The document meets the specifications for the assignment but requires minor improvements in content or organization or style or design. C-Satisfactory The document meets the specifications for the assignment--but only minimally. It needs a new organizational plan to make its information accessible. It covers the topic only superficially. The text is hard to read and demonstrates serious errors in mechanics or grammar. D-Just passing The document meets only some of the specifications, its content is barely adequate, and it demonstrates major errors in mechanics and format. F-Failure The document doesn't meet the specifications of the assignment, is weak in content, and contains major and excessive errors. Final grades will be weighted as follows Individual memos, letters, white paper (Assignments 2A&B, 5 ,6, 8) 35% Team report (Assignments 4, 7A&B) 35% Laboratory discussion & exercises (including Assignments 1, 3, 9A&B) 30%

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