<div dir="ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>Just a reminder to all students and mentors that we are approaching the end.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">'Carol Smith' via Google Summer of Code Mentors List</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com">google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:46 AM<br>Subject: [GSoC Mentors] GSoC 2014 Mentors/Org Admins: "Pencils Down" and Final Evaluation Dates Approaching<br>To: Google Summer of Code Mentors List <<a href="mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com">google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi there,<br><br>This is a friendly reminder that Monday, 11 August is our soft "pencils down" date. We suggest that students have completed their projects by this date and spend a week writing documentation and wrapping up their projects. We require that students stop all coding on 18 August. <br>
<br>Monday, 18 August at 19:00 UTC is when final evaluations open. Please consider this your reminder to submit your final evaluation by 22 August at 19:00 UTC so that you don't delay your students' final payments or possibly jeopardize your organization's attendance at the reunion.<br>
<br>I have updated the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/codeguidelines" target="_blank">code submission guidelines</a> and posted it on Melange for your reference. Code submission begins once students have received a passing grade on their final evaluations (after 22 August). The deadline is 19 September. One question students ask a lot is what portion of their code to submit if they made changes to an existing code base or their code interacts a lot with a system they didn't write. The answer is: use your best discretion. Have them submit the code that makes the most sense from a user's perspective. If students need help with code submission they should contact the Melange team at <a href="mailto:melange-soc-dev@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">melange-soc-dev@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>
<br>I have posted the questions for the final evaluations below as well for your reference.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Carol<div>-----------</div><div><span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How would you rate the student’s performance on his/her project since the midterm evaluations? </span></p>
</li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It has improved since the midterm </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It has stayed the same since the midterm </span></p>
</li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It has gotten worse since the midterm </span></p></li></ol><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Considering your student’s original project proposal, how closely does the project produced reflect the project proposed? </span></p>
</li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s almost exactly the same - there have been very few changes to the project</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s similar - there have been some changes over the course of the summer </span></p>
</li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s different - we changed the goals or scope of the project</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s different - the student diverged from the project plan</span></p>
</li></ol><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How much time have you spent on Google Summer of Code since the mid term evaluations (again, take into consideration both time mentoring the student and working on the program as a whole)? </span></p>
</li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">10-15 hours per week</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">15-20 hours per week </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">20-25 hours per week </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">25-30 hours per week </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">30-35 hours per week </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">35-40 hours per week </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">40+ hours per week</span></p></li></ol><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How does this amount of time spent on the program compare to before the midterms? </span></p>
</li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s less than before the midterms </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s about the same </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">It’s more than before the midterms </span></p></li>
</ol><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How would you rate your student’s performance overall? </span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Excellent - amongst the best performers I’ve ever worked with </span></p>
</li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Strong, solid performance </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Okay </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Poor </span></p></li></ol><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How would you rate your experience with the program overall? </span></p>
</li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Excellent - one of the best programs I’ve ever participated in </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Very good </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Okay </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Poor </span></p></li></ol><li><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.15;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">If you are failing your student, please answer the next question:</span><br>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Why did you fail the student (check all that apply)</span></p>
</li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">the student was uncommunicative with their mentor</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">the student was uncommunicative with the project community</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">student disappeared after midterm</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">the student didn’t complete their project </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The student did not stick to their timeline or project plan</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The students’ work was of poor quality, in spite of our/my efforts to help them improve</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">other</span></p></li></ol></ol><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" start="8">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What one thing would you tell mentors for your organization to do in the future to help the students’ experience with the program? </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What was the most rewarding and/or difficult part of the program for you this year?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Is there additional information we should tell future students before applying to future programs? </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Anything else you’d like to tell us? </span></p></li></ol></span></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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