Internal Assessment Plan for IB Computer Science session 2009

The Computer Science Internal Assessment Dossier (project) is a long, time consuming project. It counts approximately one-third of the final IB mark (along with 2 written examinations.) The project has 4 stages (sections), to be completed in September, November, January, and February.  Some class time will be available for each stage, but students must also work at home - the work cannot all be done during class.  Stage 3 (writing the program) is the most time-consuming, so ALL the class time in January will be spent writing the computer program.   However, the class-time available is not sufficient for completing the program.  Students MUST plan on working at home, and take advantage of class time to get help from the teacher.

Stage A :  Mon 29 Sep 2008

Stage B :  Data & Methods - Mon 27 Oct 2008
                 Stage B Design – Mon 17 Nov 2008

Stage C :  Program Finished - Mon 2 Feb 2009
                 Usability and Error Handling Docs –  Mon 23 Feb 2009

Stage D :  Monday 9 Mar 2009
                 D1 : Screen-capture pictures of the program running,
                          with a brief description for each picture
                          LOTS of pages - 20 or more
                          Should include a COMPLETE sample of all features,
                             plus screens to show that all goals were achieved
                              (and label these clearly)
                 D2 : Evaluating Solutions (read the assessment criteria)

                 D3 : User Documentation - you can use the some of the same
                           screen-captures as D1
                 Submit ELECTRONICALLY (as documents on the server)
                 You can print it all and turn in the paper version on Mon 16 Mar

== Completed Project (all 4 sections, printed) :  Monday 16 Mar 2009 ==

Presentation (running the program) : 30 min Interview with the teacher,  
                scheduled between 17 Mar and 27 Mar, 2009

View guidelines and suggestions at:  http://ibcomp.fis.edu/projects/dossierBook/dossierOverviewD.pdf

Sample projects are available at:
    SL  http://ibcomp.fis.edu/projects/quizTacToe/quizTacToeDocs.pdf
    HL  http://ibcomp.fis.edu/Projects/StudentSample2007.pdf

Each of the 4 stages will be assessed separately and will receive a grade - these grades are part of the normal class work and are included in trimester reports.

The final, complete project (all 4 stages together) will be marked separately and the mark submitted to the IBO as the Internal Assessment mark.  The completed project would normally contain the same stages that were submitted earlier, but these may also be re-worked before submitting the final version.  In most cases this will only involve reformatting, but there might be some changes in the goals which affect all sections of the project. Reworking these sections will not affect the previously written grades, but could improve the final IA mark.