Lab 9 Rubric

Lab Exercise 9 Grade Rubric

1. Compare the personalization options available on Pandora and LastFM. Create a list of 6 vocalists; 3 should be from the U.S. and 3 should be international/foreign artists. Half of the artists should be male and half female and no two artists should be from the same genre (for example, pop, country, rap, etc.). Enter each artist into Pandora and record the first 5 recommendations it gives you. Repeat this process on LastFM.
(45 points)

__ Successfully identifies 6 vocalists following the guidelines and records the recommendations given on both Pandora and Last FM.
(45 points)

__ Successfully identifies 6 vocalists following the guidelines and records the recommendations given on either Pandora or Last FM but not both.
(30 points)

__ Identifies 6 vocalists but does not follow the guidelines provided; more than 3 of the vocalists are from the U.S., more than half are male/female, or more than 2 artists are from the same genre. Successfully records recommendations on both Pandora and LastFM.
(15 points)

__ Identifies fewer than 6 vocalists or does not record the recommendations for all of the vocalists.
(0 points)


2. Publish your findings in the form of a report. You will be comparing the recommendations of each service in order to determine if there are any advantages to using one service over the other by answering the following questions:
(45 points)

- Did the services offer the same, or comparable, recommendations?
- Within each service, how similar or different were the recommendations for each artist that you searched?

__ Successfully compares and contrasts the recommendations offered by each service as a way of determining the advantages/disadvantages of using one service over the other.
(45 points)

__ Discusses the recommendations offered by each service but does not compare or contrast the two services.
(20 points)

__ Results are published in a form other than a report, such as a table or checklist.
(0 points)


3. Publish your results to your blog. It should be clear, concise and grammatically correct. Each group member should publish the completed report to their blog.
(10 points)

__ Results are published to blog before class starts on Friday.
(10 points)

__ Results are published after class starts on Friday.
(0 points)