Week

Homework videos

Homework

Class activities

1

9/4

• Course overview
• Picking a project (what's the right scope?)
• Examples of good projects

2

9/11

Coming up with ideas Links to an external site.

5 ideas

• For each classmate's list of 5 ideas, reply with one thing you like and one thing you're concerned about any of their ideas
  

3

9/18

Scoping and assessing an idea Links to an external site.

PoCs Links to an external site.

PoC plans for two ideas

• For each classmate, list one thing you like and one thing you think they could improve about their PoC plans

4

9/25

Complete most crucial PoC for two ideas

• For each classmate, list one thing you like and one thing you think they could improve about their PoCs

5

10/2

How to survey and write up related work Links to an external site.

Related work with citations

• Write a comment on two of your classmate's related work (mention something you think they may have missed or a question you have about something they stated)
• Pick a popular application (Instagram?); draw a few wireframes showing the main features and how buttons/links connect

6

10/9

How to write user stories Links to an external site.

How to make a wireframe Links to an external site.

User stories I

Wireframes I

Completed PoCs (nothing to submit, but be ready to discuss what you've done)

• • Write a comment on two of your classmate's user stories
  • Write a comment on two of your classmate's wireframes
  • Pick a popular application and draw an architecture diagram and share with class

7

10/16

How to plan a prototype Links to an external site.

How to make a diagram Links to an external site.

Planning data storage Links to an external site.

Diagrams

Data model

• Write a comment on two of your classmate's diagrams
• Write a comment on two of your classmate's data models
• Discuss diagrams/data models

8

10/23

Thesis proposal format Links to an external site.

First draft of Thesis proposal

• Peer review

9

10/30

Updated user stories, diagrams, wireframes, and data models

• Feedback on updated user stories, diagrams, wireframes, and data models

10

11/6

How to record a demo Links to an external site.

Demo of initial prototype

• For each classmate, list one thing you like and one thing you think they could improve about their prototype or demo delivery

11

11/13

Website draft

• For each classmate, list one thing you like and one thing you think they could improve about their website

12

11/20

Second draft of Thesis proposal

• Peer review

13

12/4

Making a presentation Links to an external site.

Presentation draft

Give draft presentations

14

12/11

Thesis proposal

Thesis website

Prototype code

Prototype demo video

Presentation

Give presentations