diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7767d34..0932e20 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# cs4241-16b-FinalProject +# cs4241-FinalProject For your final project, you'll implement a course project that exhibits your mastery of the course materials. This project gives you an opportunity to be creative and to pursue individual research and learning. @@ -12,53 +12,64 @@ The site must exhibit facets of the three main sections of the course material: - Dynamic behavior implemented with JavaScript and possibly other JavaScript librarires. - Server-side programming. Typically this will take the form of some sort of persistent data and possibly server-side computation. -Additionally, you should incorporate features that you independently research to add to your project. +Additionally, you should incorporate features that you independently research, design, and implement for your project. ## Example Projects -The following list describes a few examples of what I would consider to be good projects. Excellent projects serve someone: define your users and stakeholders. +The following list describes a few examples of what I would consider to be good projects. +Excellent projects serve someone: define your users and stakeholders. Don't just create a webapp with a pile of features. I encourage you to identify projects that will have impact. Here are some ideas: - Interactive data visualization: Find an interesting dataset, then visualize it using d3.js. See visualizations on the New York Times, 538, or [mbtaviz (wpi grads!)](https://mbtaviz.github.io/) for inspiration. -- WPI Infrastructure: There are a lot of things that could be done better on the WPI school website. Find something you care about and make a prototype that shows how it could be better. Avoid course schedulers or course survey browsers -- these already exist! + - Server-side components for data visualization could include state-tracking, computation (e.g. machine learning), and many other data-related possibilities. +- WPI Infrastructure: There are a lot of things that could be done better on the WPI school website. Find something you care about and make a prototype that shows how it could be better. Avoid course schedulers or course survey browsers, as these already exist. - (bonus) Infrastructure ideas: Course sizes are growing, making it more difficult than ever for professors to learn about all the students in their course. Create a webapp that provides a better interface to the students in the course (search, filtering, with profiles almost like Facebook) using Banner data. Alternately, create a flash-card game that uses student data (pictures, names) to help professors get to know their students. +The above are just a few possibilities. +Create something useful for a cause or hobby you care about; something that will help you grow as a student. + +Also see our [hall of fame](https://cs4241-17a.github.io/fame/), with notable projects from prior offerings of the course. + ## Logistics ### Team size -Students are encouraged to work in teams of 2 or 3 students for the project. -This will allow you to build a good project without expending an excessive amount of effort. While I would expect a team of three students to produce a project with more features, I expect a single person project to exhibit all of the required facets described above. +Students are encouraged to work in teams of 4-5 students for the project. +This will allow you to build a good project without expending an excessive amount of effort. +While I would expect a team of four students to produce a project with more features, I expect a single person project to exhibit all of the required facets described above. -### Schedule / Deliverables +### Deliverables -- November 21: You should provide an outline of your project and the names of the team members. The outline should have enough detail so that I can determine if it meets the minimum expectations, or if it goes too far to be reasonable by the deadline. +__Proposal:__ +You should provide an outline of your project and the names of the team members. The outline should have enough detail so that I can determine if it meets the minimum expectations, or if it goes too far to be reasonable by the deadline. +This file must be named proposal.md so we can find it. +Submit a PR to turn it in. There are no other scheduled checkpoints for your project. -You must be done in time to present it to me before the term ends. +You must be done in time to present before the final project demo day. #### Turning in Your Outline / Project -Deploy your outline, in the form of a webpage, to Heroku. -Ensure that your project has the proper naming scheme (cs4241-fp-yourGitHubUsername) so we can find it. -Folks on the same team should post the same webpage. +Submit a second PR on the final project repo to turn in your outline and code. + +Deploy your outline, in the form of a webpage, to Heroku or some other service. +Ensure that your project has the proper naming scheme (fp-yourGitHubUsername) so we can find it. +Folks on the same team do not need to post the same webpage, but must instead clearly state who is on the team in their proposal. +(Staff will use the proposal to build the grading sheet.) ## Final Presentation Presentations will occur during the final week of class. -We'll also set up a submission site so we can get your repo links. As for the presentations, we will take over a different room on WPI's campus, with tables. You'll set up and demo to folks who stop by. -You'll also demo to me and other graders. - -This is a fun event. -Since there was no textbook for the course, I'm going to ask or contributions so we can buy tasty food/drink. -Look for a Square Cash link from me soon. +You'll demo to staff as part of your grade. ## FAQs -- **Can I open-source my project?** You may open source your project from the beginning. I encourage it. While other course code should be kept hidden, this is a case where others can and should learn and draw inspiration from everyone else. +- **Can I open-source my project?** You may open source your project after the class ends. +I encourage it. While other course code should be kept hidden, this is a case where others can and should learn and draw inspiration from everyone else. + - **Can I use XYZ framework?** You can use any web-based frameworks or tools available. diff --git a/proposal.md b/proposal.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f65b4f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/proposal.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +--- +title: asdf +members: Lane Harrison, Hane Larrison +--- + +We propose to