Course schedule / assessment:

#	Deliverable	Dates	Presented	Weight	Team Bonus
0	Initial Questionnaire	Jan 6	In class	Pass/Fail
1	Join a four member team	Jan 13	Before or in class	Pass/Fail
2	Project Proposal documentation	Jan 22 8am	Submission	Part of proposal
3	Project Proposal	Jan 27 & 29	To class	5%
4	Voting on best proposal presentation	Jan 30 8am	Submission		2%
5	1st Status report on project	12 Feb 8am	Submission	1%
6	Prototype documentation	22 Feb 8am	Submission	Part of prototype
7	Project Prototype presentation	Feb 24th & 26th	To class	5%
8	Voting on best prototype presentation	Feb 27 8am	Submission		2%
9	2nd Status report on project	Mar 7th 8am	Submission	1%
10	Project architecture and design documentation	Mar 28 8am	Submission	Part of Project
11	Presentation of project	Mar 30, Apr 1	To class	8%
12	Voting on best project presentation	Apr 2 8am	Submission		2%
13	Project walk through/review/oral exam with TA's	TBD	One-on-one	30%
14	Project accepted to curated App Store	Before final mark	As App		2%
	Final Exam: Date set by registrar	April 20th	7:30-10pm PAC 8	50%

The student must pass the final exam and all pass/fail assignments to pass the course. Any individual portion of a deliverable must be completed individually without collaboration of any kind. Marked materials can be picked up in class.

Grad student assessment: No distinction will made between graduate and undergraduate students. While addition work might be assigned, the central focus of this course is on completing an ambitious course project of each teams choosing. It is better that all students efforts be focused on the essential, than on the non-essential.

Late policy: No late work will be accepted without prior discussion and documentation.

Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. [Check www.uwaterloo.ca/ academicintegrity/ for more information.]

Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70, Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm. When in doubt please be certain to contact the department’s administrative assistant who will provide further assistance. Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity [check www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/] to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71, Student Discipline, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/ Policies/policy71.htm. For typical penalties check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/ infosec/guidelines/penaltyguidelines.htm.

Appeals: A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 (Student Petitions and Grievances) (other than a petition) or Policy 71 (Student Discipline) may be appealed if there is aground. A student who believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 (Student Appeals) www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm.

Note for Students with Disabilities: The Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles Hall, Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the beginning of each academic term.