The focus of Tutorial 10 is peer review. Peer review is a key part of both collaboration and how we vet knowledge within any field. This tutorial will allow you to practice the skill of both helping others generate a better design and argument, as well as helping you to consider peer feedback and how to weigh it.

During this tutorial, your team will talk with another DP team about their current design, and offer constructive feedback. That team will do the same for you. Our goal is for this peer review exercise to be another avenue for you to get feedback on your design in preparation for the final report. Your TA will be in touch to let you know which team you're exchanging drafts with. Email that team either a copy of your preliminary report, or a more recent draft of your design if you’d prefer (and if such a draft exists).

Because this tutorial has more preparation than usual, we have canceled recitation the day before so that you have time for it.

Preparation

To prepare for this tutorial, you'll do three things:

1. Watch this video
2. Work through the Tutorial 10 module posted on Canvas.
3. Read part of the other team’s draft. We’re expecting you to spend thirty minutes reading and making notes on the draft before tutorial. Your TA will be in touch to tell you which team's paper you'll be reading.

   Once you have the other team’s draft, read the introduction and system overview with the following questions in mind (in some cases, you may find it useful to read or skim other parts of the draft to answer the questions). These questions should guide your initial feedback for the peer review, though you should also address other issues (concerns and praise) that arose during your reading.

   • Based on the introduction and system overview, what are the design priorities of the system and what technical challenges do they address?

   • How does the system distribute a software update?
   • What questions do you have after reading the preliminary report?