ENGG 1200 – Engineering Team Design Experience: Airship (3 units)

The Rubrics
Click on Task Items to go to the referring Rubric:

Task Items % of final grade

Test Flight 0 - 10%
Product Launch 20%
- Box Design (5%)
- Promotional Video (15%)
Final Competition 30 - 40%
Instruction Manual 20%
Press Conference 20%

Penalties for late submission

Late submission by 1 day will incur a 20% deduction from the total score of the assignment, 2 days will incur a 40% deduction, and so forth. Submissions 5 or
more days late will NOT be accepted.

Last revised: 17 Apr 2018

Test Flight (0 – 10%)

Take-off 2 – Complete 0 – Incomplete

Fly over 2 – Complete 0 – Incomplete
Land 2 – Complete 0 – Incomplete
Creative maneuver 4 – Creative, meaningful 0 – Incomplete
and successfully
demonstrated

Box Design (5%)

5 – Exemplary 3 – Competent 1 – Needs Work

Design Design is attractive and Design is attractive but seems not Design requires more work and
professional looking, appears as ready to be launched in the does not look professional.
a mechantable product. market.

Excellent use of applicable Adequate use of applicable

color/text/images color/text/images

Promotional Video (15%)

5 – Exemplary 3 – Competent 1 – Needs Work

Central Message The video delivers a clear and The video delivers a clear The video contains some
compelling message about the message. The message makes relevant contents while the
product. The message is sense to the audience message shows no direct
memorable to the audience connection with the product

Innovation The video contains novel or The video helps the audience The video mainly uses available
Thinking unique ideas. It provides the think about what an airship is ideas and presents some facts
audience with a new perspective capable of and convinces its
of an airship benefits

Use of Visual The video is visually appealing. Some part of the video is Low quality video without any
and/or Audio The use of graphics and sounds interesting. A few graphics and editing. A directly copy of others
Elements supports the delivery of the sounds are useful. work.
central message effectively

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2-Page Instructional Manual (20%)

5 – Exemplary 3 – Competent 1 – Needs Work

Accuracy (5%) No noticeable descrepancies with Some noticeable descrepancies Significant descrepancies with
the airship with the airship the airship

Ease of use (5%) Easy to comprehend. Comprehendible Difficult or unable to

comprehend.
Appropriate use of text/images Appropriate use of text/images
Potential simplification needed.

Troubleshooting Manual caters for comprehensive Manual caters for some Does not contain troubleshooting
(5%) and wide-range of abnormal abnormal situations instructions
situations

Feedback from Score from Feedback Form

customer (5%)

Press Conference (20%)

5 – Exemplary 3 – Competent 1 – Needs Work

Demonstration of Demonstration of product Demonstration of product Demonstration of product lacks

impact (10%) empathizes one’s needs.
The concept is creative and
innovative. Confident to consider
as a marketable product
empathizes one’s needs.
The concept is creative but not
strongly supported.
empathy. Unclear attempt to
demonstrate the purpose.
It is an existing concept, i.e. not
creative nor innovative.

Product launch Convincing presentation, clear to Clear to point presentation Unclear presentation
style and point
Multimedia aids are well- Multimedia aids are under-
multimedia (5%)
Sensory stimuli created other than prepared. prepared.
the speaker supports through the
presentation perfectly

Questions from the Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Not satisfied

Press (5%)

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Final Competition (30 – 40%)

Category Excellent—Level 4 Good—Level 3 Satisfactory —Level 2 Poor—Level 1

Placement 1st to 2nd place team 3rd to 6th place team Did not participate
(8% final grade)

Performance Refer to following table

(22% final grade)

Performance (22% final grade + 1% bonus)

Category Attempted 5 – Exemplary 3 – Competent 1 – Needs Work

(1%)
Round A – Landing on safe ground (6%) Yes/No Land on platform Land on platform Cannot land on
within 3min within 5min platform
Round B – Airship Pinball (6%) Yes/No Earn more than or Earn more than or Earn less than 10
equals 20 points equals 10 points points
Peer votes for Best Airship (Overall – Score from Feedback Form
Control, Asthetics, Integrity,
Functionality, etc.) (5%)
Peer votes for Creative Maneuver (5%) Score from Feedback Form

Round C (Bonus) Knocking block (1%) 1%

Last revised: 17 Apr 2018