Procedure Assignment 
10%
Support Plan with prototypes (shared team grade)13%
Human-Robot Communication Assignment2%
Course Project (shared team grade)25%
Individual contributions to Course Project20%
Comprehensive Exam:30%
Human-Robot Communication Project:
Each student will participate in a 75-minute, out-of-class research study conducted by HCDE professor Sarah Kriz. The study will investigate how human beings communicate with robots. Alternatively students may opt to read an article on human-robot communication and write a response paper.
Oral presentations:
Each student will prepare and deliver no more than three brief oral presentations (with slideware support content) in order to complete the course. Presentations may be delivered to groups or to the entire class. In some cases, the entire class will prepare a presentation. In other cases, only individual students will be ask to present on a topic. Only highly informative presentations will count toward fulfilling this requirement.
Note: The weighting of grades may be changed as the course proceeds. Minor assignments and readings may be added.
Academic
Integrity
Students
are expected to work independently
unless other instructions are
given. Consult with the instructor
if you think your work plan might
constitute plagiarism. You should
also acquaint yourself with the HCDE
Plagiarism Policy.
Attendance
Students are expected to attend class regularly.
Missing a significant number of classes
will result in a deducation from the
course grade.
Student
Rights
Please read the HCDE
statement on student rights.
Human
Subjects Participation
Students
registered in HCDE courses are part
of the HCDE Human Subjects Pool.
This means that students may be
asked to participate in a research
study. Participation in research
studies is voluntary; students
who do not wish to participate
will be offered an alternative
assignment. Please
read the HCDE statement about human
subjects.
Student
Rights to Privacy: Emailing
Assignments and Grades
There are Federal laws that protect
every student's right to privacy.
One important aspect of your
right to privacy is your right
not to have the grades I assign
and the comments I provide
made public. So, for example,
grades would never be posted
outside my office door. My
preference is to email
assignments with grades and
comments to each student. However,
it is conceivable that such
emails might be intercepted,
enabling someone to view what
I have sent you. If you do
not want to accept this risk,
please let me know, and I will
use an alternative means of returning
graded assignments to you.
