Group Work Self Assessment Form

Course : BA (Hons) Graphic Design Year : Three

Module : OUGD303 FMP Date : 28/05/2013

Project Title : Surface Pattern and Printed Textiles Year Book

Group Members :

Name: Specific Project Responsibilities:

1 Kirsty Alderson Editing and placing images into the document, designing

quote pages, making changes to body copy and

communicating with course leader. Helped with photoshoot.

2 Claudia Griffin Placement of all body copy and type setting body copy and

development of concept. Helped with photoshoot.

3 Kirsty Hardingham Development of concept and front and back cover design.

Helped with photoshoot. Colour scheme.

4 Sophie Wilson Design of grid and body copy changes and helped with the

photoshoot. Communicated with course leader and added

hyperlinks into document.

5

6

In the table below, you are asked to determine the relative contribution / quality of each member of the group, by

allocating 10 marks between the group members for each category, and then totaling each member's score.

Contribution: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Workload / Effort 4 3 2 1

Quality of Work 3 3 3 1

Professionalism / Teamwork 3 3 3 1

Leadership 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3

Total 13.3 12.3 11.3 6.3

Using the above scores as a guide, you are asked to decide whether a differential in the grades given for your project

should be allocated. Your project will first be given one overall grade. The differentials agreed below will form a

recommendation to your assessors that this grade is adjusted to reflect the individual contribution of each member of the

group. You may allocate to a team member a positive score up to +5, a negative score up to -5, or a neutral score, 0 .

The total group score should be zero, when all these differentials are added together, eg. for a group of five : +5, +2, 0, -3, -

4 (= total zero).

Group member :

1 2 3 4 5 6

Differential Grade :

0 0 0 0

"The above evaluation of the group's contribution to this project has been agreed by all members of the team." Signed :

1

Kirsty Alderson

2

Claudia Griffin

3

Kirsty

Hardingham

4

Sophie Wilson

5 6

NB: The agreed differentials are a recommendation to your tutors, which in normal circumstances they will accept.

However, the assessors reserve the right to override the recommendation, if other evidence suggests that this analysis is

incorrect.

Group Work Self Assessment Form - Student Guidelines

The Group Work Self Assessment Form is used to help tutors to evaluate the shared group

element of assessed work. The process used is based on the principle that the tutors will

assess the overall grade which the project deserves, based on the brief's learning

outcomes, but the student group will take responsibility for evaluating and agreeing any

differentials in quality and contribution which each has made to the group element of a

project. And this agreed differential will then be applied by your tutors to the overall

group grade in determining individual grades for the work. To facilitate this process, it is

recommended that the attached self assessment pro-forma is completed and agreed by

each group, and submitted along with the assessed work. The assessment of the overall

grade for a group production by the assessors will create a mean score, which is varied

by implementing the differentials agreed by your group, up to a maximum of +5, or -5

marks. It may be, however, that the group decides all members have contributed

equally, and they wish to all be awarded the same grade.

Before completing the form, it is important that you each check the brief carefully, to

understand precisely which assessment elements are to be assessed as a group, and

which elements will be assessed individually. The decisions you reach on the self

assessment form will only be applied to the elements of the assessment which will be

assessed jointly. You should meet together as a group to complete the form. You may

wish to each complete a separate form in advance, and compare results, before

coming to an agreement. Or you may wish to discuss the form as a whole and agree the

scores for each member at the meeting.

To decide whether to implement differential grades, you are asked to first describe your

individual roles in the project. Then analyse the contributions each of you has made in

terms of four aspects - workload, quality, teamwork, and leadership. This can be done by

allocating 10 marks between the group members for each category, and then totaling

each member's score. For example, in a group of four, you may decide that 1 person

deserves all the 10 marks for leadership, but that for workload all four deserve 2½ marks

each. You can then determine from this analysis total differential scores for each

member of the group. You may allocate to a team member a positive score up to +5, a

negative score up to -5, or a neutral score, 0 . The total group score should be zero,

when all these differentials are added together, eg. for a group of five: +5, +2, 0, -3, -4 (=

total zero). During assessment, your group project will first be given one overall grade.

The differentials agreed by you will form a recommendation to your assessors that this

grade is adjusted for each member of the group, to reflect their individual contribution.

Your assessors will expect to see a relationship between different parts of the form. In

other words, the description of roles and analysis of contributions should be seen as a

form of justification for the decisions reached regarding differential grades. When you

have signed the form to agree the differentials, they will become a recommendation to

your tutors, which in normal circumstances they will accept. However, the assessors

reserve the right to override the recommendation, if other evidence suggests that this

analysis is incorrect. In such circumstances, the members' grades and the rationale for

not accepting your recommendations will be explained to you in written feedback.

In most cases, experience suggests that all members of a group will agree the self

assessment form. In cases of dispute, however, there is an arbitration system. If the group

cannot agree one self assessment form, all members are asked to present an individually

completed sheet, presenting their view of the situation. The tutors will then allocate an

overall project grade, based on the module outcomes, and then also determine any

differentials. The tutors may also request a meeting with the whole group, or individual

meetings with all the members, in order to discuss the project and the self assessment

forms, before deciding these grades. Your tutors may in these circumstances allocate a

maximum of 5 additional marks to the strongest student. But the assessors may also

decide on a reduction of up to 10 points for any weaker students. You should be warned

that taking this course of action will transfer responsibility for determining the differentials

to your tutors. It will also be interpreted as demonstrating poor group working skills, which

may be taken into account in the assessment process.