PrintCritique #3
Critique #3 will be your second critique involving a peer review of a map created by someone in this class. In this activity, you will be assigned a colleague's map from this class to critique from Lab 4: Terrain Mapping.
Your peer review assignment includes writing up a 300+ word critique of one of your colleague's Lesson 4 Lab.
In your written critique please describe:
- three (3) things about the map design that you think works well and why.
- three (3) suggestions you have for improvement of the map design and why these improvements would be helpful.
According to the two prompts above, a map critique is not just about finding problems, but about reflecting on a map in an overall context. Your critique should focus on the map design that works well as much as it does on suggestions for design improvements. In your discussion, you should connect your ideas back to what we learned in the previous lessons.
Remember, your critique should be as much about reflecting upon design ideas well-done as it is about suggesting improvements to the design. In your discussion, connect your ideas to concepts from previous lessons where relevant.
Grading Criteria
A rubric is posted for your review.
Submission Instructions
You will work on Critique #3 during Lesson 5 and submit it at the end of Lesson 5.
Step 1: When a peer review has been assigned, you will see a notification appear in your Canvas Dashboard To Do sidebar or Activity Stream. Upon notification of the Peer Review (Critique), go to Lesson 4: Lab 4 Assignment. You will see your assignment to peer review. (Note: You will be notified that you have a peer review in the Recent Activity Stream and the To-Do list. Once peer reviews are assigned, you will also be notified via email.)
Step 2: Download/view your colleague's completed map.
Step 3:
- Write up your critique using the prompts above in a Word document.
- Please write the student name of the map that you have been assigned to critique at the top of the page.
- Be sure to review the critique rubric in which you will be graded for more guidance on the expected content and format of your review.
- Save your Word document as a PDF.
- When submitting your PDF, use the naming convention outlined here:
YourLastName_LastNameOfColleagueCritiqued_C3.pdf
Step 4: In order to complete the Peer Review/Critique, you must
- Add the PDF as an attachement in the comment sidebar in the assignment.
- Include a comment such as "here is my critique" in the comment area.
- PLEASE DO NOT complete the lesson rubric as your review, award points, or grade the map you are critiquing. Even though Canvas asks you to complete the rubric, PLEASE DO NOT COMPLETE THE RUBRIC OR ASSIGN POINTS/GRADE.
Step 5: When you're finished, click the Save Comment button. Canvas may not instantly show that your PDF was uploaded. You may need to exit from the course, leave the page, refresh your browser, or some combination thereof to see that you've completed the required steps for the peer review. If in doubt, you can send a message to the instructor for them to check an confirm that your PDF was successfully uploaded.
Note: Again, you will not submit anything for a letter grade or provide comments in the lesson rubric..