Final Projects Instructions
Summary of Deliverables |
Due Date |
Initial Topic Ideas for Final Projects Entered into Piazza |
Wednesday,
March 20, 2019 |
Form Final Project Groups |
Monday,
March 25, 2019 |
Two-page proposal for Projects |
Monday,
April 1, 2019 |
Interim Reports on Final Projects |
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019 |
Presentations for Final Projects |
Wed+Mon+Wed,
April 24 & 29 & May 1, 2019 |
Written Reports for Final Projects |
Monday,
May 6, 2019 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 20, 2019. 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, March 20, 2019
- Everyone should fill out the form on the class's Piazza page under the "project" folder by Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2019. 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, 3/18.
- Form Final Groups
- Monday, March 25, 2019
- After Wednesday, we will go through all the Piazza entries and form groups. I will interact with you by email and hopefully have all the groups finalized by Monday, Monday, March 25, 2019.
- Two-page proposal for Projects
- Monday, April 1, 2019
- This should be turned in on-line in Canvas, not on paper, either as a Microsoft Word or pdf file.
- By Monday, April 1, 2019 (one week later), we want a detailed proposal. It should have the following content:
- A short title for your group and/or project. We will call you "the ___ group", so it should be short, clearly related to your project, and specific enough to differentiate you from other groups.
- 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 24, 2019.
- 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 the standard penalty (10 points per class period).
- Sometime during the project, each team will separately have an assigned time to meet with the professor to go over your progress and discuss any issues, but feel free to ask for extra help.
- Interim Reports on Final Projects
- Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019
- This should be turned in on-line in Canvas, not on paper, either as a Microsoft Word or pdf file.
- This should be about 5 pages, 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 the usual penalty.
- Presentations for Final Projects
- Wed+Mon+Wed,
April 24 & 29 & May 1, 2019
- We will assign groups to the three days semi-randomly, based on when people are available. Here is the draft schedule:
Date |
# |
Group name |
Members |
Wed, 4/24 |
4 |
IxT Book Project |
Bobbie Chen,Wanling Ding |
Wed, 4/24 |
5 |
Celsian: A reader for research paper |
Chuankai Zhang,Yuntao Zhou,Yanzun Huang |
Wed, 4/24 |
7 |
Momentum - "Gesture and Menus" |
Aniruddh Iyer,Won-Woo Chung,Advita Adyanthaya |
Wed, 4/24 |
10 |
The Leap Motion Group |
Yoo Jin Shin,Emily Ding |
Mon, 4/29 |
2 |
2D Drawing Evaluation |
Huayun Huang,Erin Fuller |
Mon, 4/29 |
6 |
Shumin Zhai Wikipedia |
Rajitha Pulivarthy,Menghan Zhang,Kearnie Lin |
Mon, 4/29 |
8 |
PalmPrint: Precise Text Entry for VR |
Yang Zhang,Haojian Jin,Yifan Zhu |
Wed, 5/1 |
1 |
Interaction models for foldable phone |
Yi Cheng,Zeqian Peng,Peng Zheng |
Wed, 5/1 |
3 |
IxT Museum on Website |
Jason Deng,Tiffany Chen,Dylan Hyun |
Wed, 5/1 |
9 |
Scrolling Test |
Emily Porat,Cem Ergin,Sijia Li,Chun Wang |
- Each group should present for 15 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 20 minutes, so everyone has adequate time to present.
- You should have slides in either pdf or PowerPoint format that will be saved on the course public website. Upload your slides to Canvas 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 6, 2019 at 1:30pm
- All final reports should be turned in electronically on Canvas.
- 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.