Course Directory

Instructor:

Dr. Olga Baysal
Office: HP 5414
Email: olga.baysal[at]carleton.ca
Office Hours: by appointment

Course TAs:

Name	Office Hours	Office	Email
Saraj Manes	Tuesday 4:00-5:00 PM, Friday 9:30-10:30 AM	HP4125	sarajmanes[at]cmail.carleton.ca
Sri Vadlamani	Thursday 10:00 AM-12:00 PM	HP4125	srivadlamani@cmail.carleton.ca
Mehardeep Bhalla	Monday/Wednesday 8:30-9:30 AM	HP4125	mehardeepbhalla@cmail.carleton.ca
Nathaniel Arnill	Monday 12:00-2:00 PM	HP4125	nathanielarnill@cmail.carleton.ca

Schedule

It is important to note that this schedule is evolving and will change based on your interests and how the class is progressing. All lecture slides are available on the course cuLearn portal.

Project

The project forms an integral part of this course. The goal of the project is to produce a significant mobile app that performs some useful function. This software must have a considered and defensible design and architecture. There are only two real restrictions on the app idea itself: no database management apps will be accepted (e.g., simple CRUD apps that do not make sense in a mobile context); also, apps that require crowd buy-in are not acceptable (e.g., apps that would require large numbers of people to contribute content to be viably useful).

Your app must be executable on one of mobile platforms (from: iOS, Android, BB10, Windows 10 Mobile, FirefoxOS). While the app can work on tablets, the demonstrated platform _must_ be phone based.

The projects will be completed in teams of four. You are free to select your own team; if you do not have a team or your team has less than four members, please talk to me and I will set you up. Each of the deliverables for the project can be considered assignments. Bonus points will be awarded to teams who are able to get their app accepted into curated app stores (e.g., iOS App Store, BlackBerry World, Windows Store) by the time the final exam period ends.

Projects will have a difficulty scale applied to them by the instructor and TAs. The scale formula will be:

    (project + bonus) * scale = final project grade

Scale will range between 0.75 and 1.0. The components of the scaling mark will be determined by:

• 5: completeness (compared to proposal)
• 5: utility
• 5: polish
• 10: difficulty

There will also be various sources of bonus marks during the term; each will be worth 2%:

• Best pitch
• Best prototype demo
• Best final demo
• Accepted to curated app store

NOTE: The expectation is that you will work approximately 12 hours per week on this course; at least 8 of these hours will be on the project. Given that the course lasts 13 weeks, each team member is expected to work on the project at least 100 hours. You should be able to accomplish something pretty great in this time; please make the most of this opportunity.

Evaluation

Course Outline

Current Course Projects: Mobile Apps

University Policies

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Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadline to request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable).

Pregnancy Obligation

Write to the instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website.

Religious Obligation

Write to the instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website.