Operational Project

20 points

The project toward which this entire class1 has been building.

Submission:

  • Your project should be clearly linked to from your project website. In particular:
    • If your project is web-based, a link to the site will suffice.
    • If your project is a native app, a screen recording of the app functioning should be posted.
    • If your project is some sort of other experience (voice skill / Microsoft HoloLens, etc.), include whatever medium you think best to show your project in action.
  • Additionally, you must include all the files necessary to recreate the project. In particular:
    • If the project is a native app 2, you should upload a zip of all your project files to your project site and link to that.
    • If your project’s code lives primarily in a web editor (like an Alexa skill / Google Action), save as plain text files the code that lives on the web along with instructions for recreation and post those files as a .zip on your site.
    • If your project includes a key data set, an export of that data set must be included.

Evaluation:

As has been the case all semester, standards for your final project are high. To earn an A, your project must be truly outstanding in one or more ways. A very good project should earn an A- or B+, and a solid project should earn a B or B-.

Your attitude for the final project (as with everything else for the class) should be “How good can we make it?” not “What’s the least I need to do?”. In particular, we’ll pay attention to:

  • Essential functionality: does the project successfully function as intended?
  • Technical accomplishment: does the project have a particularly impressive technical feature?
  • Visual / aesthetic design: is the project aesthetically pleasing?
  • User experience design: does the project show empathy and consideration for its intended users?
  • Polish: is the app well-finished, or does it contain many rough edges?

  1. and your entire New Media Certificate journey!

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