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Grading is a frequently discussed and contentious issue. There are several views on how best to do grading and deciding how to grade students who participate in a joint international project-oriented course is far from trivial. This paper examines some in-situ observations and concerns, here referred to as myths, which arose during the project. Some statistical information extracted from the assessment data is used to examine the truth and relevance of these myths.

Our students will eventually work in a global market; what better preparation can we provide for international collaboration than … international collaboration? The RUNESTONE project is developing and evaluating the notion of incorporating international group projects into the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum. RUNESTONE adds new dimensions to student teamwork, requiring students to handle collaboration that is remote, cross-cultural, and linguistically challenging. RUNESTONE is a three year project, with the prototype version running in winter 1998 with students at Uppsala University, Sweden, and Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. The 1998 pilot study will be followed by a full-scale implementation in 1999 and another in 2000.