Project Policies

Each student must complete a final project and give a presentation about it. Group/team projects are not allowed.

1 Types of Projects

All projects must be informative and must be in one of the following categories.

1.1 Applied Projects

For an applied project you must:

Construct an example of a travel-related technology that we discussed.
Create a video recording of you explaining and using the technology.
Give a presentation on "the making of" your video during the scheduled presentation.

1.2 Educational Projects

For and eductaional project you must:

Create educational materials similar to those used during the semester on a topic that was not discussed during the semester.
Create a video recording of you delivering a lecture using the materials you created.
Give a presentation on "the making of" your materials/video during the scheduled presentation.

2 Proposals and Approval

All final projects must be approved. To that end, you must submit a brief (e.g., one page) proposal that describes what you intend to do.

3 Materials

All materials (e.g., images, recordings, text) must be original or must be in the public domain. In other words, you must not infringe on any copyrights.

4 Submission

You must submit all deliverables using Canvas (unless size restrictions prevent you from doing so, in which case, special arrangements will be made).

5 Visibility

All projects will be made available to students in the course. All projects may also be made available to the public.

6 Presentations

As mentioned above the videos will be made available to everyone in the course. So, there is no reason to present the video itself. In addition, some of the videos may be too long to present in the time allotted. Instead, each student must give a presentation on "the making of" the video.

Presentation times will NOT be announced in advance. You must be prepared to present at any time during the "presentation period". Each presentation will last about 10 minutes, including setup time and questions (though the exact length will depend on the number of projects).

While I do not require attendance in general, I do require (as a matter of courtesy/collegiality) that all students attend all presentations.

For the Fall 2020 semester, presentations will be given/viewed using the course "teleconferencing" system.

7 Grading

Projects will be evaluated primarily based on their technical merit. In other words, aesthetic issues will only have a minor impact on grades.