Teacher Site for Computational Media Senior Design
Here's where we design and layout the new Senior Design class (from the CS side) for Computational Media majors. Think of this as CS4911 for CM (maybe "CS4912" one day).
Laid out here for Sprint 2009
MWF 11-12 am
CM Students who take CS4911 (for 3 credits) must also complete a 1-credit assignment for 4 credits:
Description of CM Capstone Report
Message sent out to all CM-related faculty before semester starts
Message sent out to all advisors at Week 5
Message sent out to all advisors for grades at Week 15
Message sent out to all customers for grades at Week 15
Materials
Grading
These links probably won't work for you here. They refer to files that are in the .zip files above
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Description
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Grading Criteria
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Weight
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3%
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5%
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10%
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12%
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Sprint 1 presentation
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5%
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5%
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Sprint3 presentation
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10%
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5%
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5%
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10%
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NA
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NA
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Advisor evaluation
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NA
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30
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Schedule
Each week students send their advisor a status report in a pre-defined format.
Week 1
Students pick their project and organize their team.
Week 2
Contact customer and start writing project vision.
| 1/12 | Mini-talk on system architecture and design. design-f08-guz.ppt |
| 1/14 | Developing a Test Plan. testing-f08.ppt |
| 1/16 | First of CM-area talks Ian Bogost on Game Development |
We want to have a set of talks on design and development practices in areas related to Computational Media. Areas we talked about including:
- Web Design: Carl?
- Game Development: Ian? Blair? Mark R.? (Two talks from different perspectives would be great!)
- Computer Animation Development: Karen?
Week 3
By end of Week 3, students should have a vision document, and their first product backlog and Sprint 1 Backlog.
| 1/19 | MLK Jr. Day No class. |
| 1/21 | CM Talk Carl diSalvo on Web Site Design |
| 1/23 | CM Talk Jay and Blair on mobile game platforms |
Week 4
By end of Week 4, students have Sprint 1 Use Cases and first round Design.
| 1/26 | CM Talk Karen Liu's animation class, on how computer animations are developed |
| 1/28 | CM Talk Rebecca Burnett on developing documentation |
| 1/30 | How to present a design and demo. presentations.ppt |
From here on out, there are no lectures. Student teams meet with their advisors weekly or bi-weekly.
Whole groups meet on these occasions:
- Students gather in Week #6 to present their projects. (Mandatory attendance.)
- Teams meet individually with instructor for Design Review and Demo at end of Sprint 2 in Week 11
- Students gather for final presentations. (Mandatory attendance.)
Week 5
Students are finishing Sprint 1.
Week 6
Students complete midterm peer evaluations (to catch any stragglers early), and present their projects. Sprint 2 backlog and uses cases due by end of week.
| 2/9 | Team Presentations | |
| 2/11 | Team Presentations |
| 2/13 | Team Presentations |
Week 7
By end of week, Sprint 2 Design Update.
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
System acceptance test plan due at end of Week 10.
SPRING BREAK
Week 11
Students complete Sprint 3 Backlog and final product backlog by end of week. Each team meets with the instructor for 30 minutes to review their work so-far, demo the product so-far, and review the design in detail.
| 3/23 | Individual Team Review |
| 3/25 | Individual Team Review |
| 3/27 | Individual Team Review |
Week 12
| 3/30 | (If more than 6 teams) Individual Team Review |
| 4/1-4/3 |
Week 13
Week 14
Start final presentations. All vision and design documents must be finalized. By end of last week, students complete individual design assessments with their personal reflection on the project and the design/development process.
| 4/13 | Team Presentations (if necessary) |
| 4/15 | Team Presentations |
| 4/17 | Team Presentations |
Week 15
| 4/20 | Team Presentations |
| 4/22 | Team Presentations |
| 4/24 | Team Presentations |
Finals Week
| 4/27 | CM Students' Reflection Essay Due |
Last modified 8 January 2009 at 2:15 pm by Mark Guzdial |
