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Table 2 Rubric for assessing good documentation practices using ELN

From: Implementation and use of cloud-based electronic lab notebook in a bioprocess engineering teaching laboratory

Attribute

% contribution to ELN grade

Competencies measured

Draft protocol

16.5

Draft version of complete protocol is submitted before the lab class begins. All obvious steps are covered in the protocol, and the protocol reflects some understanding of theory behind the experiments.

Objectives

16.5

Check if experimental objectives are clearly stated, preferably as a bullet point listing.

Revised Protocol

42

Students actively participated in collaborative revision of their draft protocol with the instructor/TA. Arguments for experimental steps were strong.

Raw data and good documentation

25

Check if all raw data was compliant with ALOCA.

  1. ELN contributed to 20% of the lab course grade