One of the most fair way to handle group projects grading was in my capstone business management course. At the end, the 6 of us each had to (privately) rank ev

One of the most fair way to handle group projects grading was in my capstone business management course. At the end, the 6 of us each had to (privately) rank everyone else according to their contribution, and the assessment by your peers was 20% of the grade for the project. Because someone had to come in last place, it eased a lot of the tension and created a much more pleasant group dynamic: - The free-rider(s) were perfectly okay with jumping on the grenade, filling the last-place spot, and knocking 20% off their final grade in exchange for doing very little work and still passing the class. - The lazier people who did care about their grade were a bit more motivated to contribute than they otherwise would've been. - The go-getters who wanted to ace the class felt like they were fairly compensated for doing most of the heavy lifting.