Welcome to CSC489 Senior Thesis I!

Resources

Syllabus
Office hours
SP2020 Theses, previous Thesis posters—passwords for both can be found in the welcome Announcement
Hank's projects

Meetings

We will be meeting virtually each week as a group to discuss ideas and project progress. You can meet with me as needed during office hours (contact me if you cannot make office hours so we can schedule another time).

Schedule

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	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 PoCs	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	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 How to make a wireframe	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 How to make a diagram Planning data storage	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	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	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	Presentation draft	Give draft presentations
14 12/11		Thesis proposal Thesis website Prototype code Prototype demo video Presentation	Give presentations