The grade marked on the project is an estimate, subject to change up to 14 days after you submitted the project. At any point during that time the instructor may arrange a meeting with you to ask questions about your project to assess your level of understanding. Based on these findings, the instructor will determine your final grade on the project. If the instructor does not ask to meet with you to discuss the project within fourteen days of your submission, the marked grade automatically becomes the final grade.

You are responsible for learning the material to the best of your ability and in the ways you find most effective. If that involves collaboration with others, so be it. Should you decide to participate in such collaborations, it behooves you to put substantial effort into them. Otherwise, your learning goals will almost certainly be compromised, and should you be required to explain your work, your instructor may find that the grade you deserve on the project is substantially lower than the original estimate. Besides, your level of understanding is unlikely to be sufficient to succeed on examinations, and this will have a negative effect on your grade in the course. Most important, you will not learn enough in the course to succeed in professional activities or in subsequent courses that depend on knowledge gained in this one.

Often, certain members of teams tend to take on a lion's share of the work. This is a common element in group behavior. Learning to deal with it effectively will be a valuable skill. The instructor wants to avoid the development of dominant team members because they limit the learning experience of others in the group and because this mode of operation is rarely an efficient way to complete projects. If you observe this phenomenon in your team, consult with the instructor about ways that the problem can be addressed. Your consultation will be entirely confidential unless you decide to reveal some aspects of it in an attempt to arrive at a satisfactory solution.