SLIDE Final Project Score SheetFinal Project Score Sheet -- Spring 2009 
This score sheet is intended to give you a rough idea of how much work you need 
to do to get a good grade on the final project. We have tried to list categories 
of problems that you might want to tackle in your project. Then for each 
category we tried to rank what we feel are reasonable solutions to those 
problems. You do not have to score points from every category to get a good 
grade. The best final projects will probably be of the form where you have 
excelled in one or two categories and also done some effort in the other 
categories to make a cohesive scene. 
The key of course is to have a well integrated scene with one clear technical 
focus. 

The following is our estimated grading table. The points on the left are 
intended to be a rough guide line to you as to what we are looking for. We will 
not necessarily be grading your project in such a mathematical way. Instead the 
project as a whole will be given a grade. 
  Category Max Points - you can only score up to the max points per category, 
  which means you need to do work in several different areas, (and you may well 
  do some work in all areas). 
  Item Suggested Points - this is what we feel a good amount of work is worth on 
  average. Your actual rating could be less or more depending on complexity 
  User Interface - having a natural, easy-to-use interface can be worth 5-10 
  extra brownie points. Keyboard and mouse controls which give the user direct 
  control over the camera or steering an object around would fall under this 
  category. 
  Aesthetics - nice choices of surface properties, lighting, and texture maps 
  could be worth 5-10 points extra. 
            Letter 
            Grade Points 
            Achieved 
            A+ 120 - 200 
            A 110 - 119 
            A- 100 - 109 
            B+ 90 - 99 
            B 80 - 89 
            B- 70 - 79 
            C+ 60 - 69 
            C 50 - 59 
            C- 40 - 49 
            D+ 30 - 39 
            D 20 - 29 
            D- 10 - 19 
            F 0 - 9 
             CATEGORYPoints possibleStudent's ratingInstructor's rating





            CORE:  Models, Geometry20 max


             Static (sweep with twist) 10


             Procedural (functional height field; Perlin noise) 15


             Articulated (spider with six 2-piece legs) 20







            EXTENSION:  Models, Geometry60 max


            Fractal mountains 30


            3D-Mazes 40


            CC-subdiv, arbitrary genus 40


                 and with proper texture coordinates60












            CORE:  Surface Decoration20 max 


             Texture mapping5


             Environment mapping5


             Bump mapping   10


             Transparency 10







            EXTENSION:  Surface Decoration50 max 


             Displacement mapping30


             A truly sophisticated shader50












            CORE:  Animation, Locomotion20 max 


             Gliding, rotating, scaling, breating 5


             Undulating snake 10


             Hopping (parabolic trajectory)10


             Walking (like stick-leg "ant" in demo)15


             Walking without Slipping (like "BugsLife") 20







            EXTENSION:  Locomotion, Simulation60 max 


             Flocking behavior (of birds) 20


             Inverse kinematics 1 limb 20


             grabbing with multi-segment arm 40


             Walking on irregular terrain 60


             Quivering spring-mass jello 40


             Large, real-time, interactive spring-mass jello 60


             Interactive waving flag  60


             Approximate collision detection and prevention 40


             Reaction to collision (billiard) 60












            CORE:  Interaction20 max 


            Multiple Cameras 5


            Steerable Cameras 10


            Nice Lighting Controls 10


            Slider Controlled Objects 10


            2D Steerable Objects 15


            3D Steerable Objects 20







            EXTENSION:  Interaction50 max 


            Movable target point for a vehicle or flock of birds 30


            Boxing kangaroo: inverse kinematics + user interaction 
            50












            CORE:  Rendering20 max 


             Switchable modes: Gouraud, Phong, ... 10


             Raytraced glass objects 10


             Accelerated ray-tracing 20







            EXTENSION:  Rendering60 max 


            Real-time:



             Transparancy with depth sorting 20


             Real-time shadows 40


            Off-line:



             Fog, etc  (participating media)20


             Realistic reflective/refractive intenisites (Schlick approx.)20


             Path-tracing   50


             Photon mapping (global illumination)60