Mobility Studies - Design for Mobile Content and Mobile Applications

Presentations and Assessment FAQs

(See also Project FAQs)

In addition to careful study of the assessment criteria, students might find the following answers to student queries useful:

Q) I was wondering about the presentation at the end of the project, is this just a presentation and no report?

A) Yes, no report is required, although the marker needs a copy of the presentation and any related material the student want to use. This should be submitted all in one big zip file, uploaded to blackboard, along with any project code and resources. A copy of everything on CD should also be submitted to the Student Support Office, before 4.00 on the deadline.

In the presentation, you're marked on:

• Summary discussion of project production 5% (which means a brief discussion about how you put the project together)
• Evaluation of working project, including user testing 10% (which is discussing your usability findings and evaluating the project, what could be improved in future developments, and what have you already improved based on user feedback?)

Q) How do we show our usability testing, and the changes we made to the project from the proposal. Do we just stick it all on a PowerPoint?

A) That's up to you. A PowerPoint is generally useful, you can show it on a laptop, and you can use a handout if you like, that's optional. The main purpose of the demonstation is for me and/or Jules to see the working product, and be able to mark it. It's a chance for you to show it, working and explain it at the same time.

Q) How much time should I give to each area in my demonstration./presentation?

You have 25 minutes for the presentation, so you might want to spend roughly 5-10 demoing the application, 5 minutes explaining how it was put together, 10-15 evaluating the project and describing user testing/suggested improvements (you can also justify any changes made from the original proposal at some point, if you feel it necessary).

Q) How should we include our references if there's no written report?

A) Put all you references at the end of the PowerPoint. If you like, you can also include a document (Word or whatever) with the project that contains an explanation of the project. It's not an essay, but I do need to know if any of the code you've used etc. is not your own. It's ok to use other people's code, you just need to make clear which parts are your own work (and the bits that are your own work need to be substantial).

Q) Would it be best to have it printed out for you to read as well as on the PowerPoint?

A) Personally, I don't like wasting paper, so a digital version uploaded to Blackboard of everything, in a nice Zip file (you can put it all in a Zip with your project code and resources) is what I'd prefer. Instructions for this will follow, but basically you upload the whole lot to Blackboard as a Zip file, and on the CD version which should also be submitted to the Student Support Office.

Q) How do we demonstrate our projects, do we do it on the emulators or on our own phones, or what?

A) This will depend on the project - whether you have gotten it on a phone or have stuck to working in an emulator environment. It's "cool" if we can see it on an actual phone, but if rather than putting effort into getting it working on an actual phone, you've put your effort into designing a better site for an emulator, you can still get good marks. It is not compulsory to see it on an actual phone, but a nice thing to be able to do.

I will have a laptop with several emulators available on it, you can bring your own laptop or phones with you if you like. Please let me know as soon as possible about any software requirements you have. Don't assume I have particular versions of software available.