Final Projects Instructions
| Summary of Deliverables |
Due Date |
| Initial Topic Ideas for Final Projects Entered into Piazza |
Wednesday,
March 16, 2016 |
| Form Final Project Groups |
Monday,
March 21, 2016 |
| Two-page proposal for Projects |
Monday,
March 28, 2016 |
| Interim Reports on Final Projects |
Wednesday,
April 6, 2016 |
| Presentations for Final Projects |
Wed+Mon+Wed,
April 20&25&27, 2016 |
| Written Reports for Final Projects |
Monday,
May 2, 2016 at 1:30pm |
Picking Topics and Forming Groups
A preliminary list of topic ideas is displayed on the course main page (which has been updated with new project ideas). You can pick one of these or propose your own topic. Remember that all projects must be about interaction techniques, not about whole applications. Thus it is not appropriate to say you will redesign the webpage for something, or the user interface for an application. If you are unsure if your idea counts as an "interaction technique", please ask the professor.
Everyone in the class should fill in a copy of the form on the class's Piazza page under the "project" folder before Wednesday,
March 16, 2016. If you want to work with someone else, you should still each add your own copy of the form. If you see someone else's project idea that you might like to work on, please say this in the comments and discussions on it. (I have disabled anonymous comments, so everyone's postings will be signed.)
All projects must be done in groups of 2 or 3 students. No individual projects! If you have an idea of who you want to work with on the project, please fill that into the form as well, but all people should submit their own form. If you don't know who you want to work with, that is fine too -- we will help to form teams. If you see someone's post on Piazza that sounds like a fun project, please make a note of that in their discussion area.
Here is what the form asks for:
Your name:
Which project do you want to work on? Elaborate on one that is on the course main page (for example, including which specific item you want to do) in a sentence or two, or describe your idea in a few sentences.
Please indicate how strongly you want to work on this project. For example, whether you definitely want to work on it, or if you would be happy working on a different project in a related area.
Please describe your background and skills that might be relevant to your or other people's projects. List your BS major, any minors, etc. Then list your skills, including specifically your level of skill in each of the following: writing, video production (e.g., in Adobe Premier), statistical analysis, user studies, programming languages you are good at, and anything else you think is relevant.
Please list what skills you are looking for in other people who will work with you on this project:
if you have in mind others to work on this project with you, please list them here:
Deliverables
- Initial Topic Ideas for Final Projects Entered into Piazza
- Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016
- Everyone should fill out the form on the class's Piazza page under the "project" folder by Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016. If you want to coordinate with other classmates about project ideas, please go ahead before that date.
- If you want to brainstorm ideas beforehand, Prof. Myers is available after class on Monday, 3/14.
- Form Final Groups
- Monday, March 21, 2016
- After Wednesday, we will go through all the Piazza entries and form groups. We will interact with you by email and hopefully have all the groups finalized by Monday, March 21, 2016.
- Two-page proposal for Projects
- Monday, March 28, 2016
- By Monday, March 28, 2016 (one week later), we want a detailed proposal. It should have the following content
- A full explanation of what you plan to do for your project
- A detailed time-line showing all the steps and activities you will do, and when they will be finished. This timeline should show how you will be ready to give your final presentation on April 20, 2016.
- A few references, to show that you are familiar with the appropriate related work to your project, and a discussion about why these references are relevant.
- We think this will fit into about 2 pages single-spaced in TimesRoman 12 point font.
- This will be graded, and will count as part of your grade on the final project. Being late will incur a penalty.
- Sometime during the project, each team will separately have an assigned time to meet with the TA and/or professor to go over your progress and discuss any issues, but feel free to ask for extra help.
- Interim Reports on Final Projects
- Wednesday, April 6, 2016
- This should be about 5 pages of your report, presenting what you have finished so far. We do not want this to be extra work -- instead it should be part of your final report.
- This will be graded, and will count as part of your grade on the final project. Being late will incur a penalty.
- Please turn this in electronically (e.g., as a Word or PDF file) on blackboard.
- Presentations for Final Projects
- Wed+Mon+Wed, April 20&25&27, 2016
- We will assign groups to the three days randomly.
| random number |
Group |
talk length |
presentation date |
| 0.025497 |
Watch band text entry |
15 |
Wed, 4/20 |
| 0.071698 |
Better tests |
30 |
Wed, 4/20 |
| 0.103625 |
Knobs |
15 |
Mon, 4/25 |
| 0.154695 |
Watch Tilt Text entry |
15 |
Mon, 4/25 |
| 0.363748 |
Norm Cox Wiki |
15 |
Mon, 4/25 |
| 0.584315 |
Pull-to-Refresh wiki |
15 |
Mon, 4/25 |
| 0.6203 |
Virtual Reality |
15 |
Mon, 4/25 |
| 0.687627 |
Leap Motion |
15 |
Wed, 4/27 |
| 0.731451 |
Apple Watch |
30 |
Wed, 4/27 |
| 0.782284 |
Scrolling wiki |
15 |
Wed, 4/27 |
| 0.928622 |
Scroll study |
15 |
Wed, 4/27 |
- Each group should present for about 12 or 25 minutes discussing the results of your project.
- Be sure to practice to make sure that your talk is the appropriate length. We will cut you off at 15 or 30 minutes, so everyone has adequate time to present.
- Larger groups (e.g., ones with 4 people) get extra time, because their projects should be bigger.
- You should have slides in either pdf or PowerPoint format that will be saved on the course public website. Upload your slides to blackboard after your talk. If you have videos or other material to go along with your slides, please make a zip file of everything together. Name your file with your group name.
- No late presentations (obviously)
- Everyone will evaluate the projects using this form.
- Final Written Reports for Final Projects
- Due Monday, May 2, 2016 at 1:30pm
- All final reports should be turned in both electronically and in hardcopy. You can drop off a hardcopy at NSH 3517 anytime before Monday, May 2, 2016 at 1:30pm, and upload your electronic version to Blackboard.
- We envision that the final reports will be about 10 pages, single-spaced in TimesRoman 12 point font, but it will vary enormously based on what kind of project you do. For example, a video project may have a minimal written report, whereas a written history or interview may be substantially longer than 10 pages.
- If you have videos, code, or other material to go along with your final report, please make a zip file of everything together. Name your file with your group name.
- Late penalty for written report: 10 points per day (every day at 1:30pm wil be another 10 points off)
- Please fill in the peer evaluation form about how well your group worked.