Mills, Multiple assessment strategies for capstone civil engineering class design project Multiple assessment strategies for capstone civil engineering class design project

final year, final semester project undertaken by all civil engineering students. The capstone course is focussed around a group learning experience, as the whole class works as a self-managed design consultancy for the duration of the project. The project incorporates tender, feasibility study and concept design as well as detailed design stages with students also required to present their project publicly at Engineers Australia at the conclusion. Developing clear and equitable assessment practices in such a major group project is a challenge that has been met through the use of multiple assessment strategies for individuals, work groups and the class as a whole. A triangulation type process is used between various assessment methods to arrive at final grades for each student. This paper describes both the project and assessment practices used in it