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Participation Log

Overview

Participation ensures consistent engagement and builds connections with your classmates and the instructor. At the end of each module (or combined modules, as shown on Canvas), submit your Participation Log using the provided format below.

Objectives

This log promotes:

• Time management – Staying on track with deadlines
• Accountability – Ensuring fair, transparent grading
• Consistent engagement – Active involvement throughout the semester

Participation Activities

• Watch 1–4 videos weekly and submit an exit ticket for each.
• Answer all embedded participation questions for credit.
• Provide complete, thoughtful responses as instructed.
• Your exit ticket reflection may include:
  • Key concepts or skills learned
  • Interest in further exploration
  • Application to your research
  • Challenges faced
  • Feedback on content or delivery
  • A simple “thank you” if no feedback is needed
• Exit Tickets and participation questions are due weekly
• Participation due date is posted on Canvas.
• To complete the log and receive credit, you must finish the Participation activities (exit tickets + participation questions) on time.

Instructions for Logging

• For exist tickets and participation questions, you need to record
  • video title, date watched, exit ticket date
  • question title and response date

Example Log:

Video Title	Date Watched	Exit Ticket Date	Title and Date of Answered Participation Questions
Getting Started: Introduction to Research Methods	Aug 18	Aug 19	- What is research? on Aug 18 - Engineering design vs. scientific research on Aug 18 - Get to know each other on Aug 19
Fundamentals: Research Paradigms	Aug 19	Aug 19	- Research design on Aug 19 - Research approach and design on Aug 19
Fundamentals: Research Question	Aug 26	Aug 26	- Research question on Aug 28
Fundamentals: Research Proposal	Aug 27	Aug 27	- Research proposal: Learning objectives on Aug 28

In the above example you will get:

• 40 points for 4 exit tickets
• 70 points for answering 7 participation questions in the four videos

Grading

• Full credit: All activities completed on time; log matches Canvas records.
• Partial credit: Incomplete, mismatched, late exit tickets, late participation activities, late logs (see Late Submission Policy).
• No credit: Missing exit tickets, participation questions, or log entries.

Videos that require exit tickects.

Your Participation activities (exit tickets + participation questions) for each week’s videos are due by Sunday at 11:59 PM of that week. For example, by the end of Week 1 you should have watched and posted your exit tickets and responses to participation questions for these videos:

• Getting Started: Introduction to Research Methods (10 points for the exit tickt and 30 points for participation questions)
• Fundamentals: Research Paradigms (10 points for the exit ticket and 20 points for particiation questions)

Week	Module	Video #	Video Exit Ticket	Video Partcipation Activity
1	0. Getting Started	1	Getting Started: Introduction to Research Methods (10 points)	- What is research? (10 points) - Engineering design vs. scientific research (10 points) - Get to know each other (10 points)
1	1. Fundamentals	1	Fundamentals: Research Paradigms (10 points)	- Research design (10 points) - Research approach and design (10 points)
2	1. Fundamentals	2	Fundamentals: Research Question (10 points)	- Research question (10 points)
2	1. Fundamentals	3	Fundamentals: Research Proposal (10 points)	- Research proposal: Learning objectives (10 points)
2	2. Literature Review	1	Literature Review: Overview (10 points)	—
3	2. Literature Review	2	Literature Review: Library Resources - Guest Lecturer (10 points	—
3	2. Literature Review	3	Literature Review: Literature Search (10 points)	- Literature search and source evaluation (100 points)
4	2. Literature Review	4	Literature Review: Citation Management (10 points)	- Citation management with Zotero (40 points)
4	2. Literature Review	5	Literature Review: Writing Your Review (10 points)	- Review Introduction (100 Points)
5	2. Literature Review	6	Literature Review: Technical Writing (10 points)	- Cohesiveness of Writing (50 points) - Self-Edit for Clarity (30 points)
6	3. Methods	1	Methods: Method Development (10 points)	—
6	3. Methods	2	Methods: Method Development Exercise (10 points)	- Review Method Section (100 Points)
7	3. Methods	3	Methods: Lab Methods - In Person (25 points)*	—
7	3. Methods	4	Methods: Lab Methods - In Person (25 points)*	—
8	3. Methods	5	Methods: Ethics in Engineering and Research (10 points)	- Macro and micro ethics in the ASCE Code of Ethics (10 points) - Ethical issues in your research (20 points) - Plagiarism, Falsification, and Fabrication (30 points) - Other Deviations from Acceptable Research Practices (10 points)
9	4. Completing the Research Proposal	1	Completing the Research Proposal: Expected Results and Timeline (10 points)	- Expected results (40 Points)
9	4. Completing the Research Proposal	2	Completing the Research Proposal: Title and Abstract (10 points)	- Abstract Evaluation Exercise (50 Points)
10	5. Data Management	1	Data Management: FAIR Guiding Principles (10 points)	- FAIR
10	5. Data Management	2	Data Management: Data Management Plan (10 points)	- Data Management Quiz (30 points)
10	5. Data Management	3	Data Management: Using GitHub to Share Research Data (10 points)	- Creating a GitHub Repo (20 points)
11	6. Visualization	1	Visualization: Publication-quality Figures (10 points)	To be announced
11	6. Visualization	2	Visualization: Conceptual Diagrams and Graphical Abstracts (10 points)	To be announced
13	7. Presentation Skills	1	Presentation Skills: Audience-Centric Techniques (10 points)	To be announced
13	7. Presentation Skills	2	Presentation Skills: Slide Design (10 points)	To be announced

*Methods: Lab Methods

• This is an in-person event and no video will be posted.
• After attending, complete the exit ticket.
• For details, check Laboratory Methods Classes

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