Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

 IT 415 Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Short papers offer additional opportunities for analysis of the system design process. In the first short paper, you will discuss a sample system design

document, and in the second short paper, you will summarize each document that will be included in your detailed design.

You are required to write two short papers.

Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Content Demonstrates strong or Demonstrates knowledge with Demonstrates knowledge but Fails to demonstrate knowledge 20

adequate knowledge of the some errors or omissions with major errors or omissions of the materials

materials

Critical Analysis Provides a strong critical analysis Provides analysis and Provides analysis and Fails to provide critical analysis 20

and interpretation of the design interpretation of design interpretation of design and interpretation of the design

document document with some errors or document but with major errors document

omissions or omissions

Sources/Examples Sources or examples meet Sources or examples meet Sources or examples meet Source or example selection and 20

required criteria and are well required criteria but are less required criteria but are poorly integration of knowledge from

chosen to provide substance than adequately chosen to chosen to provide substance the course is clearly deficient

and perspectives on the issue provide substance and and perspectives on the issue

under examination perspectives on the issue under under examination

examination

Writing (Mechanics) Paper is clearly organized, well Paper is fairly well organized and Paper is poorly organized with Paper is not organized or well 20

written, and in proper format written, and is in proper format inconsistent and inadequate written; work is of poor quality

with strong sentence and with reasonably good sentence sentence and paragraph and unacceptable in terms of

paragraph structure and few and paragraph structure, but development, and numerous grammar and spelling

errors in grammar and spelling significant number of errors in errors in grammar and spelling

grammar and spelling

Writing (APA) Paper contains proper APA Paper contains few errors in APA Paper contains significant errors Paper contains more than five 20

formatting with no more than formatting in APA formatting significant errors in APA

one significant error formatting

Earned Total 100%