<aside> 🚩 Each team member will “claim responsibility” to varying degrees for each component of a team's design project. This information will be used by the instructors to calculate your project grade. Therefore it is vital that all team members reflect on their responsibility throughout the semester. Claims of responsibility will be reported in a Workload Distribution Form (WDF), which must be stored in your Google Shared Folder.

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<aside> ⚠️ Every team MUST keep their WDF in their Google Shared Folder. Typing your own name is equivalent to “signing” the WDF and accepting all the responsibility values of your teammates. Not signing your name means you believe there are egregious errors in the WDF, and will trigger an investigation by the instructors. Not following the procedures on this page will lead to significant deductions and penalties. Refer all questions about the WDF to Prof. Salustri.

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• ON THIS PAGE

Visual Overview

The visual overview in Figure 1 below shows the relationship between various key project deliverables and the submission and grading process.

Numbered links indicate the relative order in which tasks are performed.

Figure 1: An overview of the design project submission system

At the start of the semester

This must be done as part of the kickoff meeting stage of your design projects, as soon as possible after the design teams have been established.

A sample WDF (with only Milestone 1 completed) is available for you to think about.

Get a copy of the WDF

Access the WDF Google Spreadsheet template.

Make a copy of it and put it in your team’s Google Shared Folder.

Each team only needs one WDF.

Prepare the WDF

<aside> ⚠️ Warning!

1. You must only edit cells that have a WHITE background. Do not edit cells in grey.
2. Changing the structure or equations in the cells of the WDF will be treated as cheating and will result in a charge of academic misconduct.

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There are three tabs in the WDF. There are two tabs for the Milestone Reports (MS1 and MS2). The last tab is for the FINAL Report.

<aside> 🚩 The information in each tab is NOT cumulative. So the tab for MS2 is meant to capture work done between MS1 and MS2, and the FINAL tab is meant to capture work done after MS2.

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In the MS1 tab:

• Enter the FULL names of the team members in Column A, Rows 4-9.
• If there are fewer than 6 people in your team, delete the text in the remaining cells of Column A only. The rest of the spreadsheet will update by itself.
• DO NOT DELETE WHOLE ROWS.
• Cell F1 will automatically show the number of people in your team. Verify that the number is correct. If it is wrong, DO NOT FIX IT. Email Dr. Salustri immediately.

The names in Column A will be transferred automatically from MS1 into MS2 and Final.