DHA SUFFA UNIVERSITY Dept.

of Electrical Engineering
Lab Course Title Lab Course Code| LAB

Fall 2018
Grading Policy:
1. Final Lab Performance 30 Marks
a. Realization of experiment 15 Marks
b. Data analysis 15 Marks
2. Lab Manual 20 Marks
a. Responding 6 Marks
b. Observations 7 Marks
c. Conclusions 7 Marks
3. Complex Engineering Problem (CEP) 20 Marks
a. Hardware and/or software 10 Marks
b. Viva 5 Marks
c. Report 5 marks
4. Assignment/quiz / Viva 10 Marks
5. Lab performance 20 Marks
a. Diligence 4 Marks
b. Data collection 4 Marks
c. Conducting experiments 4 Marks
d. Lab safety 2 Marks
e. Team work 4 Marks
f. Computer use (if applicable) 2 Marks

 Each semester will have 15 weeks of study duration having 13 lab sessions (one lab session per
week) along with one week for project submission and last week for final lab performance.
 13 lab session are designed in such a manner to entertain 12 regular labs along with an open
ended lab.
 At the end of each semester (last week) students will be assessed by final lab performance which
will contribute 30% towards total lab grading.
 Students are required to submit complete lab report within 7 days after performance day of
each lab to be graded. Marks of weekly lab reports will have a weightage of 20% in total lab
grading.
 Students will submit a semester project in a group of maximum four as assigned for project
submission (second last week) along with a project report. The project will contribute 20%
towards their final lab grading.
 Students will be given assignments and/or quizzes which will contribute 10% towards their final
lab grading.
 Each week, students will be assessed on their performance in lab. The cumulative sum of weekly
lab performance will account for 20% of total lab grading.

The rubrics to assess students for each category of grading policy are as follows:

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Final Lab Performance Rubrics:

eria
Crit
Criteria
Marks Proficient Adequate Substandard Unacceptable
(m) m*(100-81%) m* (80-61%) m* (60-41%) m* (40-0%)
. .

Crit
Standard
eria  Need
 Need  Incapable of
guidance in
guidance in selecting
selecting
 Select relevant selecting relevant
relevant
equipment to relevant equipment to
equipment
perform equipment perform
Realization to perform
experiment. to perform experiment.
of experiment.
 Develop setup experiment.  Failure in
experiment 15  Need
diagrams of  Develop understanding
guidance in
equipment setup setup
(P4, P3) developing
connections or diagrams of diagrams of
setup
wiring on their equipment equipment
diagram of
own. connections connections or
equipment
or wiring on wiring.
connections
their own
or wiring.
 Conduct
 Conduct
simple
simple  Unable to
computatio
computatio conduct
 Conduct simple ns and
ns and simple
computations statistical
statistical statistical
and statistical analysis
analysis analysis on
analysis using
using collected
accurately collected
collected data.
using collected data with
data with  Complete
data. minor
major failure in
 Correlate errors.
errors. correlating
experimental  Correlate
 Unable to experimenta
Data results to experimenta
correlate l results
analysis known l results to
15 experimenta with known
theoretical known
l results theoretical
(A4) values theoretical
with known values.
accurately. values
theoretical  Incapable of
 Account for reasonably.
values. explaining
measurement  Partial
 Incapable of measureme
errors and ability to
explaining nt errors or
parameters account for
measureme parameters
that affect measureme
nt errors or that affect
experimental nt errors
parameters the
results and
that affect experimenta
accurately. parameters
the l results.
that affect
experimenta
experimenta
l results.
l results.

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Lab Manual Rubrics:

ria
Crite
Criteria
Marks Proficient Adequate Substandard Unacceptable
Crite (m) m*(100-81%) m* (80-61%) m* (60-41%) m* (40-0%)
. .

Standard
ria
 Student
 Student
demonstrates  Student was
demonstrates
accurate absent OR
 Student accurate
understandin lacks in
demonstrates understanding
g of the lab demonstrati
Responding accurate of the lab
objectives ng accurate
understanding objectives
6  Student lacks understandin
(P4, A2) of the lab  Student has
in basic g of the lab
objectives and basic knowledge
knowledge objectives
concepts. but lacks some
and and
understanding
understandin concepts.
of concepts.
g of concepts.

 Data and  Data and

explanations explanations
 Data and  Data and are are
explanations explanations are incomplete incomplete
are complete complete and and justified. and
and justified. justified.  Graph (if any) unjustified.
Observations  Graph (if any) is  Graph (if any) is is not neat  Graph (if
7 neat and not neat but and any) is not
(P3) includes includes incomplete attached or
complete titles complete titles titles, contains
and accurate and accurate inaccurate major errors
units. units. units and or is
contains unacceptable
minor errors. .

 Integrates  Unable to
 Integrates data
 Integrates data data integrate
Conclusions effectively and
effectively. reasonably. data.
concludes
7  Unable to draw  Unable to  Unable to
(P4) completely and
all conclusions. draw draw
accurately.
conclusions. conclusions.

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Complex Engineering Problem (CEP):

Criteria
Criteria
Marks Proficient Adequate Substandard Unacceptable
Criteria (m) m*(100-81%) m* (80-61%) m* (60-41%) m* (40-0%)
. .

Standard
 Hardware  Hardware
 Hardware  Hardware
packaging is packaging is
packaging is packaging is
optimized average but
average but poor and un-
and presentable
presentable presentable
Hardware presentable (Use of
(Use of (Use of
and/or (Use of aesthetic
aesthetic aesthetic
Software aesthetic sense, if
10 sense, if sense, if
sense, if applicable).
applicable). applicable).
(P4) applicable).  Hardware/
 Hardware/  Hardware/
 Hardware/ Software is in
Software is Software is
Software is partially
not working not working
in working working
at all. at all.
condition. condition.

 Does not
 Knows  Knows about  Does not
know about
about basic basic theory know about
basic theory
theory regarding basic theory
regarding
regarding CEP. regarding
Viva CEP.
CEP.  Doesn’t reply CEP.
 Does not
5  Replies all all CEP  Replies all
(A2) reply single
CEP related related CEP related
CEP related
questions to questions to questions to
questions to
theory and theory and theory and
theory and
practical. practical. practical.
practical.

 Does not
 Contains  Contains
contain  Do not
theoretical theoretical
Report sufficient contain
background. background.
theoretical theoretical
5  Diagrams  Diagrams are
(A3, A4) background. background.
are in good not in good
 Diagrams are  No Diagrams
order. order.
incomplete.

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eriaLab Performance Rubrics:

Crit
Criteria
.
Marks Proficient Adequate Substandard Unacceptable
Standard (m) m*(100-81%) m* (80-61%) m* (60-41%) m* (40-0%)
Crit
eria  Student shows
 Student arrives on  Student arrives on
tardiness or
Diligence time and prepared. time and prepared.
unpreparedness.
 Answers questions  Answers questions  Student was absent
4  Incorrectly
(A4) correctly with correctly but lacks
answers
confidence. confidence.
questions.

 Doesn’t know how

 Plans data
 Plans data to plans data  Doesn’t know how
collection to
collection to collection to to plans data
Data achieve lab
achieve lab achieve lab collection to
collection objectives and
objectives and objectives and achieve lab
4 conducts an orderly
conducts an orderly conducts objectives and
(P2) and a complete
and a complete incomplete data conducts
data collection with
data collection. collection with inaccurate.
minor errors.
major errors.

 Student able to
 Student able to  Student able to
Conducting calibrate  Student unable to
calibrate calibrate
experiment equipment but calibrate and
equipment and equipment but
4 operate operate
carefully operate operate equipment
(P3, A2) equipment with equipment.
equipment. with minor errors.
minor errors.

 Respectfully  Respectfully
 Casually observes
Lab safety observes safety observes safety  Disregards safety
safety rules and
rules and rules and rules and
2 procedures with
(A2) procedures with no procedures with procedures.
major errors.
errors. minor errors.

 Actively engages
 Actively engages
and cooperates
and cooperates
with other group
with other group  Cooperates with
members.  Distracts
members. other group
Team work  Faces difficulty in discourages other
 Explain concepts to members.
explaining concepts group members
4 fellow classmates,  Doesn’t actively
(A2, A3) to fellow from conducting
when required. engage to perform
classmates. lab experiments.
Eager to participate lab experiments.
 Eager to participate
and assists when
and assists when
needed.
needed.

Computer 2  Uses computer to  Uses computer to  Uses computer to  Doesn’t know how
use collect and analyze collect and analyze collect and analyze to use computer to
(if data effectively data using modern data using modern collect and analyze
applicable) using modern engineering tools engineering tools data using modern

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engineering tools necessary for necessary for engineering tools

necessary for engineering engineering necessary for
(P2, P4) engineering practice with minor practice with engineering
practice. errors. major errors. practice

Important Instructions:
* It is a reference document for your understanding. This document has been highlighted only
for your own understanding. Please remove highlighter on contents along with these instructions
before sharing it with students.

The following are the color codes:

1. Stringent Rubric Criteria's: (Essential rubrics criteria have to be evaluated.)

2. Flexible Rubric Criteria's: (Optional rubrics criteria - maybe evaluated depending on instructor's
choice.)

Description of each criteria of rubric is thoughtfully drafted and mapped to corresponding

psychomotor and/or affective domain based on its description for your convenience and
understanding. If you could notice, some criteria's description has multiple points and is mapped to
multiple psychomotor and/or affective domain due to overlapping. You may drop or add any based
on criteria descriptions and in depth analysis of psychomotor and affective domains.

Please note: All lab engineers/instructors have full privileges to remove any flexible rubric criteria
or add a new one, which is related to their lab needs in consultation with theory teacher. In case of
any change in stringent rubric criteria, prior formal permission should be obtained from President
Course Development & Quality Assurance (Dr. Salman Zaffar).

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