Project start - action items

[mbonsma]

The final project will be starting next week! Here are some action items to do (ideally before Thursday):

• make action items into issue on r course repo (Maddy)
• update Ahmed and Lindsay on action items (Maddy)
• choose group sizes
  - 5 groups of 4, 2 groups of 3
• decide how groups will be chosen
  - class will choose
• decide what the last assignment will be
• set up meeting for Monday
  - 6 pm hangout
• get group decision on dataset uniqueness (Maddy)
  - We won't enforce uniqueness; by providing lots of datasets it should be okay.
• update lecture notes for Tuesday:
  • add assessment changes and specifics (Maddy)
    • update dataset list (James)
  • choose some NEON datasets to highlight (James)
• create document for Quercus that outlines project and deliverables
• add project submission info to Quercus doc
• look over updates to lecture notes (Ahmed and Lindsay)
• update syllabus with presentation date (James)
• fix assignment titles in syllabus (Maddy)

[mbonsma]

For assessment, here's some specifics that I'm thinking about

• Weekly project updates:
  • On Tuesdays at the beginning of class
  • Two people present from the group, rotate each class
  • 2 minutes each
• Project deliverables:
  • Report styled as a journal article: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion (can make more / different sections if they want)
  • All the code: project results must be reproducible by someone else
  • 10 minute presentation with 2 minutes for questions, styled as a conference presentation (assume not too much familiarity with the topic in the audience)
  • Self-assessed contributions: max 1 page outlining individual contributions (code, writing, presenting, etc)