Students are grouped into small teams where each team is coordinated by a tutor. Each team then agrees a provisional specification with their tutor. Teams are given a schedule of milestones in which to research, specify, design, implement and test their chosen project.
Teams meet with their tutor at least once per week to get feedback on progress and direction for further work. At two different intervals during the course of the year, each team will present intermediate working builds of their project.
Module Aim:
1. To enable the students bring together knowledge and skills from other programme modules.
2. To provide students with practical experience in developing moderately size projects as part of a team.
This module is an elective Project for students who are unable to secure work placement.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1
Work as part of a team to complete a web/cloud based project
LO2
Schedule and plan tasks necessary to build a computing artefact
LO3
Write, debug and manage code in a large code base
LO4
Research and solve programming problems
LO5
Present and document completed work in a professional manner
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed.
No requirements listed
Module Content & Assessment
Indicative Content
Project Practicalities
The project is scheduled to run to replicate a full-time project position, running for 12 weeks of the semester. In addition, a number of project preparations lectures are delivered prior to the module start to educate the student as to what is required of them in this module.
Learner Requirements
Learners are expected to work independently on their project. Weekly meetings with their project supervisor
provide general guidance, advice and encouragement throughout the project life-cycle. A project diary (reflective journal) is maintained by the learner and must be signed by the project supervisor on a weekly basis. The project presentation provides the learner with valuable experience of presenting their work within a public setting.
Project Content
Learners are required to develop a fully functional,software with professional document in consultation with their assigned project
supervisor. The software must contain a significant amount of personal programming effort. Whilst the project has a number of distinct
deliverables with attached deadlines, the software process followed is learner-supervisor-project dependent.
Assessment Breakdown
%
Project
100.00%
No Continuous Assessment
Project
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Project
Project Proposal
2,3,5
20.00
Week 3
Project
Deliverable, this ongoing component will be assessed on the basis of work completed over the duration of the module.
1,2,3,4
40.00
Every Week
Project
Presentation, demonstration and interview.
1,2,5
40.00
End-of-Semester
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment