How this is scored
Four criteria, scored 5 / 3 / 1. Each one has a short list of things that have to be there — miss one and it is a 3, miss more than one and it is a 1.
Read this first
This rubric works differently from a points-out-of-100 sheet. For each criterion there is a list of requirements. A 5 means every item on the list is present. A 3 means one is missing. A 1 means more than one is missing.
So it pays to check the lists below against your own work before you present. Most lost points on this project are things students simply forgot, not things they did badly.
Desktop Organizer Case Study
Did you study what already exists before designing your own?
All three present:
- Multiple examples included
- Analysed across specific criteria you chose
- User feedback included
One of the three missing.
More than one missing.
Sketches
Did you generate real options before committing to one?
All three present:
- Multiple concept sketches — at least three different ideas
- Quick, but not careless
- Sketches communicate the design elements of the product — luxury, reliability, sleek and so on
One of the three missing.
More than one missing.
Elevations and Perspective
Could somebody else build your design from your drawings?
All three present:
- Three elevations — top, front and side — drawn correctly, one view per sheet
- Each sheet includes dimensions, labels, and its own title block (name, part, view, scale)
- Perspective drawing is done neatly in two point perspective
One of the three missing.
More than one missing.
Model Build
Did you build safely and think before you cut?
Both present:
- Safety procedures are always used while building
- Critical thinking about building dimensions used to minimize waste
- CBuild quality reflects students best efforts and is not rushed or disregarded
One of the three missing.
Two missing.
What your presentation has to show
Aim for 2 to 4 minutes. Your deck must show pictures of your work, not just the finished model:
- You do not need to include your case study.
- Your brainstorms, and a description of each. Where did your inspiration come from?
- Your elevation drawings (top, front, side), close enough to read the dimensions and the title block
- Your perspective drawing
- Pictures of your final product, and a description of it
Take the drawing photos in good light, straight on, with the whole sheet in frame. A blurry photo of a good elevation scores like a bad elevation, because nobody can see it.
Before you present, check yourself
Run down this list. It is the same list the rubric uses, in the order you did the work.
- Four organizers in the case study, with my own rating criteria
- Real user feedback, not just product descriptions
- Three or more genuinely different concept sketches
- Sketches are labelled and say something about the character of the design
- Three elevation sheets, one view each, correctly drawn
- Dimensions and labels on the elevations
- Title block filled in on all three sheets
- One two-point perspective drawing, neat
- Model built, with safe knife technique throughout
- I can explain how I planned my cuts to avoid waste
- My brainstorms, elevations, perspective, and final product are photographed and in my deck
Your daily work — safety, cleanup, notebook, effort — is not scored here. That is on the grading page under weekly standards.