Faculty oversight

The oversight cockpit gives a coordinator a clear read on every group they look after: who is contributing, how evenly the work is split, and which groups are heading for trouble, all from the live work.

Why timing is the point

The conditions that suppress effort in groups weaken when individual contribution is identifiable and evaluated. ¹ But in a normal course the instructor cannot see contribution until the end, which is exactly when nothing can be changed. Oversight moves that visibility earlier, so a quiet member or a lopsided split is something you notice in week three, not at the viva.

What the cockpit shows

• ·Per-member contribution share within each group.
• ·Inequality of the split, summarised so an unbalanced group stands out at a glance.
• ·Flags for the patterns that precede failure: an inactive member, or a single person carrying the group.
• ·Group lifecycle status, from in-progress through submitted, closed, and graded.

Built for the free-rider problem specifically

Free-riding is the greatest single concern students report about group work. ² The cockpit is designed around it: not to punish, but to surface the imbalance early and give the instructor a reason and a moment to step in. When members can see that contribution is recorded and visible, the incentive to coast, and to retaliate by coasting, both fall away.