Design a project students can finish
The difference between a real project and a busy-work assignment.
The projects that produce the best verified evidence share a few things. Keep these in mind when you shape one.
Give it one real outcome
A project should move something forward for a real organization, or stand in convincingly for one. "Redesign the onboarding email flow to lift activation" is an outcome. "Practice writing emails" is an exercise. The first produces evidence; the second produces a grade.
Break it into milestones students can deliver against
Milestones are how students submit and how you review. Three to five concrete checkpoints, each with something to hand in, keeps the work legible and gives you natural review points rather than one big submission at the end.
Bring in a sponsor when you can
A sponsor makes the outcome real and adds the second verification signature. It is optional, not required. A project without a sponsor still produces faculty-verified evidence; a project with one produces evidence that carries both signatures.
Tip
Scope for the time you have. A project students can actually finish and get verified is worth more to them than an ambitious one that stalls at 60 percent.