A. Project submission
Please use Blackboard to submit your work. Email submissions will NOT be accepted.
What to submit? *Source code*, any additional resources (icons, texture maps, meshes, sound files..), and a README text file that describes how anyone can compile what you're submitting into a runnable. In addition, please submit the presentation writeup which you would use in class when doing your demo. This can be in PDF/.ppt/OpenOffice/Word/HTML/Flash etc. formats. The presentation/write up should include:
- inspiration for your project (what made you come up with it)
- design, coding aspects (how you assembled everything, what languages/platforms you picked)
- who did what, how you worked together
- challenges faced (if any)
- how you would build on your program in the future
Please do not spend a lot of time on the writeup - just 4 or 5 'slides' (screens) are enough, with just a few words in each. Keep it short, sweet and simple!
B. Presentation
Please do put some thought into your presentation. Including the demo of your program, it should last a total of SIX MINUTES, no more. Please remember - we have close to 20 teams to get through during the evening, so you cannot 'hog' time (doing so will count against you). Simplify your talk (just a slide for each of the above 'writeup' bullet points is fine), and rehearse so that you come in within the 6-minute limit.
Also, for presenting, teams will be selected one at a time, at random in class (by drawing from a pile of folded up papers, with team info in them). So please be ready to present at a few moments' notice! BEFORE COMING TO CLASS, please write down, on an 8.5"x11" (standard) sheet of paper, all your team members' names and also your project's title, bring it with you to class, hand it to us when you get in. This is what we'll number, fold up, make a pile, and use to draw who will present next.. So again, please fill out your team info on a sheet of paper (just one per team), and bring it with you!
Presentation tips
The following has been said above, but here it is again in bullet form, a checklist of sorts:
- your presentation will be judged 'live', by the Prof., TA, grader(s) (our scores will be averaged afterwards)
- you have exactly SIX minutes to present. Taking longer will result in points being lowered. Please rehearse, and finish on time!
- your presentation does not need to be elaborate - you can use PDF, Powerpoint, Word, HTML, anything.. Focus on doing a demo of your program: show off features, including 'extra' ones. You should briefly also talk about your design, implementation, problems encountered (if any), future improvements etc. Be sure to tell us who worked on what. Overall, though, the emphasis should be on running your program, not on slides/talking.
- try to present using your own machine!! Come prepared: charge your laptop, bring a video cable (VGA-out). Using the class computer or logging onto 'aludra' from there are options, but they should be your fallback
- good luck! Relax, HAVE FUN presenting. You worked hard, it's now show time :)
Checklist
Be sure to:
- submit your code via Blackboard, prior to presenting
- have a presentation ready and rehearsed
- charge up your laptop/tablet/phone, and/or bring your charger/adapter
- bring your video cable (VGA or HDMI); know how to enable video-out on your machine
- bring an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper, with your team info (members' names, project title) on it
- HAVE FUN presenting!