Third Year Project Portal

Comp 591 and Comp 592

The work to be assessed at this stage comprises both the Project Specification and Design report and its oral presentation. Both pieces of work should be considered before arriving at a mark.
This assessment is worth 20% of the project mark.

There is no page nor word limit for the Project Specification and Design report. Note that the only penalties that may apply to the Project Specification and Design report and presentation are the late submission penalties. These will be applied by the Student Office. Markers should assess the Project Specification and Design report and the presentation without consideration of the penalties.

For further information on the expected format, structure and content of the Project Specification and Design report and its presentation see the guidance that was provided to students. Note that deviations from the suggested structure are legitimate, provided that the important points are still covered.

The deadline for submission of the Project Specification and Design report is Monday of week 6 at (noon) via the Comp591 E-project system.

The presentation is given during the week of week 6 at a time arranged by you with the supervisor and the second marker.

The submitted Project Specification and Design report and its presentation are marked by both supervisors. The Project Specification and Design Feedback Form is given below. Both markers complete their assessment independently.

The summative part of the assessment must be completed with reference to the University Marking Descriptors and the Marking Guidelines provided below. The markers then compare marks. If there is a difference of more than 10%, they must discuss the work and attempt to come to a closer agreement on its merits, before returning their mark.

Departmental MEng group projects comp 591 produce three deliverables, all of them are formally assessed, as described below. Two members of staff are involved with the assessment of each project. These are referred to below as the Supervisor and the Co-Supervisor.

The work to be assessed at this stage comprises the project final presentation and the demonstration of the software produced. Markers should see the software being executed as well as some representative parts of the code. Both the quality of the presentation and the quality of the software should be considered before arriving at a mark. The Final Presentation is worth 20% of the project mark.

For further information on the expected format, structure and content of the Final Presentation see the guidance that was provided to students. Note that deviations from the suggested structure are legitimate, provided that the important points are still covered.

The Demo final presentation is held in the week of week 10, at a time arranged by you with the supervisor and the second marker. The deadline for submission of slides is Monday (noon) of week 10 via Comp591 E-project ystem.

The final presentation is marked by both supervisors via the Comp591 E-project system. The Final Presentation Feedback Form is given below. The assessment must be completed with reference to the University Marking Descriptors and the Marking Guidelines provided below.

Both markers complete their assessment independently.The markers then compare marks. If there is a difference of more than 10%, they must discuss the work and attempt to come to a closer agreement on its merits, before returning their mark.

Third Year Project Portal

Comp 591 and Comp 592

Third Year Project Portal

Comp 591 and Comp 592

For the first semester (group project), the work to be assessed at this stage comprises both the group Joint Final Report and Individual project reports. The project report is worth 60% of the project mark. For the second semester, all projects are individual and so the work to be assessed is the just the Final Report.

The Final Report must be self contained, and contain a complete record of the work carried out. A target of 10,000 words is recommended, with a maximum of 15,000 words. Appendices will not be included in the maximum word limit. You should also include the code of your software (zip format).

(for first semester, an individual project report must be up to two A4 pages, outlining an individual contribution to the project and learning experience.)

Note that there are two penalties that may apply to the Final Report: (i) lateness, and (ii) excess length of an individual report. These will be applied by the Student Office. Markers should assess the Final Report without consideration of the penalties.

For further information on the expected format, structure and content of the final report see the guidance that was provided to students. Note that deviations from the suggested structure are legitimate, provided that the important points are still covered.

The deadline for submission of the project report is Friday (noon) of week 12.

The submitted final report is marked by both supervisors via the Comp591-2 E-project system. The Dissertation Feedback Form is given below. Both markers complete their assessment independently.

The assessment must be completed with reference to the University Marking Descriptors and the Marking Guidelines provided below.

The markers then meet to agree a mark. If there is disagreement in the marks awarded, the two marks should be returned together with a summary of the reasons for the difference in judgement using the form available below. If there is a differential of more than 10% between the 1st and 2nd marker of a project, a 3rd marker will be assigned to mark the project dissretation. The final mark for the project dissertation will be calculated as 25% of the mark by the 1st marker plus 25% of the mark by the 2nd marker plus 50% of the mark by the 3rd marker.

(For first semester group projects, After obtaining the final mark of the group, individual moderation should be done based on the submitted individual project reports of all the group members.)

For the presentations two options will inform the assessment process:

Option 1
* Submit slides via E-project system as a PDF by the due date.
* Schedule a video conference with your supervisor and the second marker at mutually convenient time.
* During 20-30 minute session, present your work via screen sharing and discussion via video chat.

Option 2
* Record a short 10-15mn video of your work, to be uploaded via https://stream.liv.ac.uk/
* Submit a link to the vide and slides via E-project system by the due date.
* Schedule a online conference with your supervisor and second marker at mutually convenient time.
* During a 10-15 minute session, discuss your project and answer questions via video chat.