assessments.qmd

---
title: "Assessment schedule"
descriptions: |
    Course assessments for DSCI 310: Reproducible and trustworthy workflows for data science.
---

This course includes a substantial group project component.
You will work in randomly assigned groups of four for the project milestones.
There are also individual assignments
that act as stepping stones to the project milestones.
Given that collaboration is so important in data science,
a portion of your final grade will be an assessment of the evidence you provide
that you were an effective and productive team member.
A combination of peer evaluation
and GitHub history will be used to evaluate this.
Your individual knowledge on the course materials
(concepts and practical skills)
will be evaluated on two summative assessments (midterm and final exam).

Finally, this course is delivered in a blended format,
with some pre-work (video watching or reading)
expected to be done before each lecture.
These will be provided in the course Canvas shell.
Each in class lecture session will start with iClicker cloud
questions to probe your understanding of the pre-lecture material
and then we will work through demonstrations
and exercises in class to build off of this.

In general, assignments will be due 11:59 PM on Saturdays.
However, in the final week of classes,
all assignments need to be submitted by the final day of classes,
thus we have two alternative due dates that week.

```{r}
df <- readr::read_csv("syllabus/assessment.csv")

gt::gt(
        df,
        rowname_col = "Assessment"
    ) |>
    gt::fmt_date(
        columns = "Due Date",
        date_style = 30
    ) |>
    gt::tab_footnote(
        "Assignments are due at 23:59 Vancouver time unless otherwise stated.",
        locations = gt::cells_column_labels(columns = `Due Date`)
    ) |>
    gt::tab_footnote(
        gt::md("These are summative assessments, you can learn more about them here: <https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html>"),
        locations = gt::cells_stub(rows = c("Mid-term exam", "Final exam"))
    ) |>
    gt::tab_footnote(
        gt::md("A higher final exam score can be used to replace a lower midterm exam score."),
        locations = gt::cells_stub(rows = c("Mid-term exam", "Final exam"))
    ) |>
    gt::tab_footnote(
        gt::md("**You must pass the final to pass the course.**"),
        locations = gt::cells_stub(rows = c("Final exam"))
    )

```