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Some Changes in How Blogs are Scored in Experimenting Challenges

rscasny

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.

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  • It feels like there are two distinct elements to judging/scoring entries to challenges and competitions.  

    The first is there should be a minimum quality level of posting to even get to the point where scores can be apportioned.  I may be sticking my neck out here to get my head chopped off, but I sometimes react with a “what?? Is that it?? Seriously??”  to some postings.  How are these even being lined up for prizes purely by default of numbers, e.g 5 prize winning positions with 6 entries of mediocre or no value.

    The second is awarding those contributions that have been filtered for a base level of quality.  Giving them points based on quality of response referenced against the goal of the challenge, along the lines you mention.  

    I definitely think there should be a minimum standard to achieve to even get to the point-scoring start point.  It would require more upfront information to be provided for the challenge so it is clear on expectations.

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  • It feels like there are two distinct elements to judging/scoring entries to challenges and competitions.  

    The first is there should be a minimum quality level of posting to even get to the point where scores can be apportioned.  I may be sticking my neck out here to get my head chopped off, but I sometimes react with a “what?? Is that it?? Seriously??”  to some postings.  How are these even being lined up for prizes purely by default of numbers, e.g 5 prize winning positions with 6 entries of mediocre or no value.

    The second is awarding those contributions that have been filtered for a base level of quality.  Giving them points based on quality of response referenced against the goal of the challenge, along the lines you mention.  

    I definitely think there should be a minimum standard to achieve to even get to the point-scoring start point.  It would require more upfront information to be provided for the challenge so it is clear on expectations.

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