INFT6009 Timetable
2017 Trimester 2
Assignment 1: Draft project presentation
Due: Friday 30 June 2017, scheduled class time (Callaghan students)
Sunday 2nd July 2017, 10pm (Weblearn students)
Worth: 15% of total marks for this course
You have been asked to prepare a demonstration of cloud and mobile technologies to the directors of
a technology company. At this stage they are looking for a concept only. You will prepare a draft plan
of your own project that uses cloud and/or mobile technologies. This project is meant to be your own
individual work, and should be a practical project that uses the techniques discussed in this course, for
example:
A mobile App using the techniques taught in this course, written using TouchDevelop
A piece of software that uses a connection to a cloud service, written using TouchDevelop
Students with advanced programming skills may use other programming languages and technologies,
with the written permission of the teaching staff, as long as they address the principles taught in this
course, and do not duplicate material taught in other courses at the University of Newcastle. In case
of doubt - ask.
What is not acceptable:
A programming project that does not use the methods and techniques discussed in this course
Any material or software that has been submitted for assessment for another course.
Any material prepared by another person, unless you clearly indicate which is your own work
(for which you receive marks), and which is another person’s work (for which you receive no
marks).
Vague statements about what your project will do, with no evidence of any plan or progress
towards your goals.
A completely unrealistic or over-ambitious idea for a project with no concrete idea of how it
will be achieved.
The draft project concept should include a clear plan about the project, where information will be
sourced from, what resources will be required, what technical problems are anticipated and where
you expect to find help to solve those problems. The project must be relevant to the course, meaning
that you must use techniques that are taught in this course. This means that your project should
include only the programming languages TouchDevelop, unless you have negotiated with the
teaching staff and obtained permission to use other languages. When you are looking for ideas for
your project, see what else is on the web but don’t copy! Try to be original.
At this stage your draft project will be assessed only by a presentation. This will be a verbal and/or
visual presentation, so no written material will be submitted. It is completely up to you whether to use
PowerPoint slides, a whiteboard, audio or video materials. At this stage a working prototype is not
expected (that will come later in Assignment 2). Make sure you prepare for your presentation by
rehearsing well. Use a presentation style that is clear, so that you message can be easily understood.
Don’t go over time: whenever you are asked to give a presentation in a professional context you must
respect the audience. Going over time shows disrespect and poor planning. If your presentation lasts
more than about 5 minutes, the part that goes over may be ignored during marking. Try to be
entertaining, be confident, and to engage your audience. (The best way to find confidence is in
repeated rehearsals.)Your peer feedback will consist of short comments you make while you watch other presentations.
These comments will be collected, marked and will go towards you mark for this assignment. The
comments you make will not be identified to other students. In other words, your peers will see the
comments you made about them, but will not know who made the comments. Please make the
comments positive and constructive.
Examples of poor and unhelpful comments:
Your project is useless (too negative)
You could improve this project (not specific enough – how could it be improved?)
Examples of constructive comments:
I would like to hear more about the purpose of this project.
The user interface is not clear, because it’s not obvious what to do after you select option “A”
from the list.
How to submit your assignment
If you are studying on campus, you will present your draft project concept during the scheduled
weekly class time, with all other students in attendance as your audience. You can assume that there
will be a computer available in class with a working connection to the internet, plus data projector and
whiteboard. If you need to show something happening on a small screen such as a mobile phone, it is
recommended that you bring a webcam or use screen projection software, so that everyone will be
able to see. It is your responsibility to arrange this and test its operation beforehand.
A time slot will be randomly assigned to you, and to other students. You will be advised of your time
slot well before the event. However, you are expected to be present for the whole class time as shown
on your study timetable. In addition to giving a presentation, you will attend all other presentations as
part of the audience, and you will provide peer feedback to other students.
If you are studying by Weblearn, you will submit your presentation via video posted to YouTube, and
will provide peer feedback of videos submitted by other students. Your video should begin by
showing your face and photo ID and should be no more than 5 minutes long. Your video will be made
available for other students to watch. Post your video to YouTube as unlisted, and submit the URL to
BlackBoard under Assignment 1. You will be asked to provide peer feedback to other students.
Marking scheme
You will be awarded marks as follows:
Presentation Style 2.5
Organisation 2.5
Planning 3
Originality 2.5
Relevance 3
Peer feedback 1.5
TOTAL MARKS 15Personal Circumstances:
If you are unable to complete a presentation in the manner described above for any reason, you are
advised to make an application for Adverse Circumstances, and to make this as early as possible so
that alternative arrangements can be made for your assessment.
Marking Rubric:
Component HD
85% - 100%
D
75% - 84%
C
65% - 74%
P
50% - 64%
F
0% - 49%
Weight
15
Presentation
Style
Very clear,
entertaining
and
confident
style,
audience
engagement
Good
preparation,
speaks to
audience,
with clear
message
Presentation
prepared and
rehearsed,
with clarity
Evidence of
an effort,
with clarity
Little or no
evidence of
preparation,
trivial or
very short
presentation
2.5
Organisation Well
organised
presentation
with logical
sequence
Significant
organisation
and
meaningful
sequence
Fair
organisation
and/or
meaningful
sequence
Some
organisation
and
meaningful
sequence.
Disorganised
presentation
2.5
Planning Purpose of
project and
means to
achieve it are
very clear
Purpose of
project and
means to
achieve it are
clear
Plans for
project are
developed
Plans for
project are
partially
developed
No
discernible
plan.
3
Originality Very original
idea and
real-world
application
Original idea
or real-world
application
Some
original
ideas and/or
novel
application.
Evidence of
new ideas or
application.
No new ideas
and no
application
to the real
world
2.5
Relevance Project uses
all the
technologies
taught in
course
Project uses
most
technologies
taught in
course
Project uses
many
technologies
taught in
course
Project uses
some
technologies
taught in
course
Project has
little or no
relevance to
the course
3
Peer
feedback
Meaningful
constructive
comments
for all
presentations
Meaningful
constructive
comments
for most
presentations
Meaningful
constructive
comments
for some
presentations
Some
comments
but not
meaningful
constructive
No
comments or
did not
attend other
presentations
1.5