Informatics 132 : Assignment #04
Spring 2007
Department of Informatics
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
- Goals: The primary purpose of this assignment is:
- to make sure everyone has a group to work with.
- to have the group start brainstorming about their Web 2.0 application using an iterative design process.
- to provide feedback on whether project ideas are appropriate or not.
- Instructions
- Choose a group of 3-5 people to work with (no more no less!), and a group name.
- Develop a proposal for a Web 2.0 application which has 10 design points, assigned as follows:
- Required, but no points
- A web site that implements the application using AJAX technologies
- No Flash, Java, Flex, Silverlight etc. please.
- A coherent story of how the parts all fit together
- Points from integrating data from a third party data/functionality provider
- +2 points: Using Google or Yahoo Maps
- +2 points: Using Flickr, YouTube or other photo-tagging site
- +2 points: For integrating an RSS feed of some sort into your application
- +3 points: Using some other data/functionality provider not mentioned above
- +3 points: Using a dynamic drop down list which populates itself from a unique third party data source
- Integrating a cell-phone application
- +2 points per application running on one phone
- +1 additional point for the same application running on two or more phones
- +1 point if it uses user GPS data
- +1 point if it uses user photos taken from the phone
- +1 point if it gets data from the web as well as puts data on the web
- A really really cool idea
- +2 points, but it must be really really cool integration, and still achievable by the deadline. The most likely way that these points would be assigned is if the staff feels your idea is really great, but too ambitious and we downgrade you in other areas and add these points to compensate.
- Group Deliverables
- Turn in one page with your group name and members.
- Turn in a no-more-than-1-page application story/usage scenario.
- Turn in one page describing where you think your design points are coming from
- Turn in a scanned version of hand-drawn sketches of the interface at key points in the interaction
- Main web page
- Any sub pages
- Any different views.
- Put these things together in a single electronic document and email them to Harmony (cc Silvia and I) by the deadline.
- Individual Deliverable
(none this time)
- You will be asked to complete a group self-evaluation at a later date which asks for feedback on participation and professionalism of group members. So set up good communication now with your group so that you can manage expectations and responsibilities later