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e2Logos: A Novel Software for Evaluating Online Student Project Reports

Authors:
Panagiotis Apostolellis
Philip Hart
Ketian Tu

Keywords: usability test; grading software; web annotation tools; project-based learning; student feedback

Abstract:
Most assignments in engineering design courses include open-ended, real-word projects, where groups of students work together and produce a collection of deliverables, which need to be reported and evaluated by the instructor so that the students can act upon the feedback. The complexity of the work often demands that project artifacts be reported online, but there is no software designed to assess and grade web-based technical reports. This paper introduces e2Logos, a novel custom grading/feedback tool designed for evaluating online reports and presents results from a comparative usability study with Gradescope, a popular grading tool for PDF submissions. Findings from grading two project phases in two semesters for a computer science Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course, revealed that e2Logos was perceived as more efficient, motivating, dependable, and attractive than Gradescope, by using the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) and our own usability goals. However, it was not shown to improve grading consistency among graders. Implications for designing similar software are presented as design requirements, along with our plans to evaluate e2Logos for its effectiveness in improving learning outcomes in Project-Based Learning (PBL) courses.

Pages: 114 to 123

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: April 24, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-68558-078-0

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023