I am simplifying the requirements and changing the way the extra credit blogs will be scored, starting with the upcoming program, Experimenting with Flyback Transformers.
I'll describe the changes below.
Changes
I am dropping the introductory blog and the forum participation as separate tasks. Why? I just feel I was asking too much of a participant. I am still retaining the 5 extra credit blogs and the final blog.
New Scoring for Extra Credit Blogs
I think I was given some fair criticism on the way the extra credit blogs were scored. I was trying to streamline the judging process, but I feel a change in scoring is in order.
So, this is the system I want to adopt for the extra credit blogs. They will be scored based on the type of blog written, as well as how well all Blogs 1s, 2s, 3s, etc rank to each other.
Scoring for Type of Blog
- Introduction blog: this type of extra credit blog describes the kit, performs an unboxing, and/or describes what types of experiments the participant will perform. Score: 20 points
- Component or Technology Overview/Description: this type of extra credit blog describes the kit components, the supplier's product family, and variants in depth: Score: 25 points
- Experiment Description: this type of extra credit blog describes an experiment, shows data, and/or comes to a conclusion regarding the experiment Score: 50 points
- Tutorial - this type of extra credit blog would show the reader how to do something such as coding, circuit building, and/or troubleshooting with regard to the kit components.. Note: this could be an experiment; however, if the full force of the blog is educational or to provide a nice-to-know tip or trick, then it will be scored as a tutorial Score: 55 points
- Building an application with the kit -- the type of extra credit blog would describe how the participant used the kit's components to build a project that illustrates an application. While this blog isn't a pure experiment, it experiments with the component through an application Score 45 points
Add-on Points to an Extra Credit Blog
- Including a video will earn you an extra 5 points
- Including a video that our element14 team promotes on social media earns you an extra 15 points (this would be a high quality video)
- Including educational images that illustrate the experiment and are highly informative earns you an extra 10 points
Ranking Score
All the Blog 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's and 5's will be scored relative to each other. They will be ranked based on quality. The lowest ranking blog will earn 2 points. Each blog above it will score an additional 2 points. Example: for 5 participants, 5th place = 2 points, 4th place = 4 points, 3rd place = 6 points, 2nd place = 8 points, 1st place = 10 points.
The total extra credit blog score will be the sum of the type of blog score + the ranking score.
