[jboss-gsoc] Fwd: [GSoC Mentors] Re: GSoC 2015 Mentors/Org Admins: "Pencils Down" and Final Evaluation Dates Approaching

Markus Eisele meisele at redhat.com
Sun Aug 23 04:15:08 EDT 2015


Hi Mentors,

Please make sure to file the final evaluations in time!!

M
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From: "'Carol Smith' via Google Summer of Code Mentors List" <
google-summer-of-code-mentors-list at googlegroups.com>
Date: Aug 21, 2015 9:02 PM
Subject: [GSoC Mentors] Re: GSoC 2015 Mentors/Org Admins: "Pencils Down"
and Final Evaluation Dates Approaching
To: "Google Summer of Code Mentors List" <
google-summer-of-code-mentors-list at googlegroups.com>
Cc:

Hi everyone,

This is a friendly reminder that final evaluations are now open and must be
submitted by 19:00 UTC on Friday, 28 August. Please let me know if you have
any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Carol

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Carol Smith <carols at google.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> This is a friendly reminder that Monday, 17 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 21 August.
>
> Friday, 21 August at 19:00 UTC is when final evaluations open. Please
> consider this your reminder to submit your final evaluation by 28 August at
> 19:00 UTC so that you don't delay your students' final payments or possibly
> jeopardize your organization's attendance at the mentor summit.
>
> I have updated the code submission guidelines
> <http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/codeguidelines> and
> posted it on Melange for your reference. Code submission begins once
> students have received a passing grade on their final evaluations (after 28
> August). The deadline is 25 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.
>
> I have posted the questions for the final evaluations below as well for
> your reference.
>
> Cheers,
> Carol
>
> -------
>
>    1.
>       1.
>
>       How would you rate the student’s performance on his/her project
>       since the midterm evaluations?
>       1.
>
>          It has improved since the midterm
>          2.
>
>          It has stayed the same since the midterm
>          3.
>
>          It has gotten worse since the midterm
>          2.
>
>       Considering your student’s original project proposal, how closely
>       does the project produced reflect the project proposed?
>       1.
>
>          It’s almost exactly the same - there have been very few changes
>          to the project
>          2.
>
>          It’s similar - there have been some changes over the course of
>          the summer
>          3.
>
>          It’s different - we changed the goals or scope of the project
>          4.
>
>          It’s different - the student diverged from the project plan
>          3.
>
>       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)?
>       1.
>
>          10-15 hours per week
>          2.
>
>          16-20 hours per week
>          3.
>
>          21-25 hours per week
>          4.
>
>          26-30 hours per week
>          5.
>
>          31-35 hours per week
>          6.
>
>          36-40 hours per week
>          7.
>
>          more than 40 hours per week
>          4.
>
>       How does this amount of time spent on the program compare to before
>       the midterms?
>       1.
>
>          It’s less than before the midterms
>          2.
>
>          It’s about the same
>          3.
>
>          It’s more than before the midterms
>          5.
>
>       How would you rate your student’s performance overall?
>       1.
>
>          Excellent - amongst the best performers I’ve ever worked with
>          2.
>
>          Strong, solid performance
>          3.
>
>          Okay
>          4.
>
>          Poor
>          6.
>
>       How would you rate your experience with the program overall?
>       1.
>
>          Excellent - one of the best programs I’ve ever participated in
>          2.
>
>          Very good
>          3.
>
>          Okay
>          4.
>
>          Poor
>          7. If you are failing your student, please answer the next two
>       questions (if you are passing the student continue to Question #9):
>       8.
>
>       Why did you fail the student (check all that apply)
>       1.
>
>          the student was uncommunicative with their mentor
>          2.
>
>          the student was uncommunicative with the project community
>          3.
>
>          student disappeared after midterm
>          4.
>
>          the student didn’t complete their project
>          5.
>
>          The student did not stick to their timeline or project plan
>          6.
>
>          The students’ work was of poor quality, in spite of our/my
>          efforts to help them improve
>          7.
>
>          other
>          1.
>
>             Please explain.
>             9. Any other information you’d like us to know about why you
>       failed the student?
>       10.
>
>       What one thing would you tell mentors for your organization to do
>       in the future to help the students’ experience with the program?
>       11.
>
>       What was the most rewarding and/or difficult part of the program
>       for you this year?
>       12.
>
>       Is there additional information we should tell students before
>       applying to future programs?
>       13.
>
>       Your previous experiences with GSoC: (check all that apply)
>       1.
>
>          I was a student in GSoC
>          2.
>
>          I was a mentor in a previous GSoC
>          3.
>
>          This is my first time as a mentor
>          14.
>
>       Are you a current or former Google employee or intern?
>       1.
>
>          Yes
>          2.
>
>          No
>          15.
>
>       Anything else you’d like to tell us?
>
>
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