In the subject of machine elements, the teaching content covered in lectures, exercises, and preliminary calculations is supplemented by a term paper to be completed over the course of the semester, in which the knowledge gained on the design and construction of machine elements is to be applied independently to the design of an assembly. Support for the term paper was supplemented by the option of weekly submission and correction of interim results, which cannot be done manually due to the large number of calculations and interim results required and the number of students participating. The implementation of the term paper assessment, the associated challenges, and the experience gained are summarized below.