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-# 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.
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 - 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. 
+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 three students to produce a project with more features, I expect a single person project to exhibit all of the required facets described above.
+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.
+Submit a second PR on the final project repo to turn in your outline and code.
-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.
+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.
+You'll demo to staff as part of your grade.
-
-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.
 
 ## 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.

proposal.md

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+--- 
+title: asdf
+members: Lane Harrison, Hane Larrison
+--- 
+
+We propose to