Evaluation

Globaloria Evaluation Rubrics

Globaloria students will be evaluated according to the following four categories:

Concept: The game is well thought-out and addresses the educational topic or social issue.
Functionality: The game is complete, playable, and working as intended.
Creativity: The game is interesting and fun to play.
User interface design: Buttons, instructions, etc. make sense and are accessible to the target audience.
Interactivity and gameplay: The game is easy to navigate, with clear rules and a way to win.
Graphic design: The visual style of the game is appealing and enhances the play experience. Credit is given for borrowed art.
Sound design: Sound effects and music enhance the play experience. Credit is given for borrowed sounds.
Collaboration: The team worked together well, communicated well, and distributed work evenly.
Project Management: The team created and followed deadlines. Work was planned and steady.
Educational Value: The team did good research and fact-checking on their educational topic or social issue.
Team Learning: Team members have learned about their game's educational or social topic.
Game and Presentation Files: Completed files have been uploaded to the wiki and linked on the team page. Any files that are too large to upload should be submitted to the instructor before the game presentation.

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User page: User page is personalized with colors, links, photos, video, etc. It is organized, appropriate, and frequently updated.
Social profile: This page is filled out, with all questions answered, an avatar image, blog links, friends, message board posts, etc. Content is creative, appropriate, organized, and frequently updated.
My Projects: Student has completed the Playing to Learn, Choosing a Topic, Mini Game, Imagining Your Game, and other solo assignments.
Team page: Page is filled out, including game title, pitch, paper prototype, game design plan, final game (swf and fla), game assets, and links to all team members' user pages.
Learning log: The learning log is regularly updated, with a short entry after each class.
Community participation: Student posts comments to other users, responds to comments received. Student has posted extra content such as code snippets, group discussion posts, or contributions on a game topic page.

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Content: The blog showcases a developing knowledge and expertise. Posts express a well-defined point of view, stay on topic, and use proper language and grammar.
Media: The student integrates images, video, audio, links, and other media into the blog. Use of media complements or bolsters written content.
Creativity: The student has taken ownership of the blog, personalizing the visual theme, adding extras, etc. Posts are varied and innovative.
Frequency: Students are expected to make two to three updates per week.
Community: The student reads and comments on classmates' blog posts, and acts as a virtual community leader.

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Preparedness: Game or demo was complete, team page was complete, presentation was rehearsed, roles were clear, and all team members participated.
Performance: Team members spoke clearly and knowledgeably, wore appropriate attire, maintained good posture and made eye contact.
Collaboration: The team worked together well during the presentation. All team members contributed to the presentation.
Explanation of concept: Presentation addresses all the content on the team page: target audience, educational or social purpose, gameplay experience, visual style, etc.
Explanation of process: The team talks about how they conducted research, picked a topic, produced their game, and solved problems.
File submission: All files are complete, posted to the wiki, and linked from the Team page.

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