Assignment 1 Rubric
From a total of 10 points:
- Each problem subtracts 0.5 pt.
- Each boldface problem subtracts 1 pt.
"No data" symbology
- "No data" not indicated
- "No data" over-emphasized
- "No data" color/pattern insufficiently distinct from data
color/pattern
Symbology classification and legend
- Break values not intuitive, or not explained
- Raw field name (vs human-readable explanation) in legend
- Empty classes (no corresponding values on map)
- Break values or ranges not specified
- Too many classes (hard to tell apart)
- Too much precision in break values
Color scheme
- Inappropriate choice of sequential/diverging/random color scheme
- Duplicate colors
- Feature outlines too faint, or too obtrusive
- Feature colors too similar to background color
- Colors too muted, or too lurid
Units
- Units not specified
- Units insufficiently explained
Layout components & arrangement
- Map extent cut off
- Margins too wide, or too narrow
- Text too large, or too small
- Legend missing, or poorly formatted
- Title missing, or poorly formatted
Data sources & citation
- Publisher missing, or incorrect
- Name missing, or incorrect
- Data source missing, or incorrect
Typos, etc.
- Acronyms in map title
- Unexpanded acronyms
- Grammatical errors
- Typographical errors
File naming & size
- Incorrectly formatted file name
- Incorrect map image size
- Incorrect map file format