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Achievements Round 1

Weight: 25%

Due:

Course Achievements

Points will be awarded for documentation of your final project prior to the Final Presentations.

  • Roster card information: 5 points
    • Display Name
      • Does not have to be full name
      • Can be your nickname/handle
    • Profile image
      • aspect ratio: squarish
      • resolution: 500x500px or smaller
      • format: jpg, png, gif, webp
    • Tagline/Title
      • Examples:
        • “Nuxt/Node/MongoDB”
        • “Junior Developer”
        • “Mother, Knitter, Coder”
        • “When’s Mando Season 3 Coming Out?!?” (this would not be considered a professional tagline)
    • Contact links (optional)
      • Homepage url
      • Email address
    • Social home page URLs
      • GitHub (highly recommended)
      • Optional: Codepen, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, etc

Stage work

Points to be awarded for mini presentations to your classmates.

  • Mini-lectures: 10 points
    • Extra points awarded:
      • Second presentation: 5 point;
      • Bonus points for Slides: 5 points;
      • Group presentations: points are awarded to each presenter.
    • Cameras-on
    • Time limit
      • Individual: 5 minutes
      • Group (3 max): 10 minutes
  • Instructional video: 10 points
    • 10 minute time limit
    • Bookends required (title/credit screens)
    • 5 bonus points for openly licensed theme song!
  • Battlefield Discussion: 5 points
    • Book a round-table discussion in the main room if you have a real world client project you’d like to discuss with Ash or Tony.
    • To submit: summarize the points covered in the discussion in your submitted README along with any relevant documentation.
    • 30 mins max
  • Mini-workshop: 10 points
    • Host a technical activity
    • 30 minutes demo max
    • 5 bonus points available for:
      • providing step-by-step instructions for audience to follow along
      • anyone who attempts the activity and submits feedback for improvement
  • Pair-coding: 5 points
    • 15-minutes of pair-coding with a partner (points available for each participant)
    • Must follow pair coding best practices
    • Can be stacked with Mini-workshop achievement.

Project Documentation

  1. Mood Board: 10 points
    • Color pallettes (3-5 colors per pallette)
    • Typography (2-3 type faces per group)
    • Screenshots of user interface (ui) elements on at least 3 other websites
      • headers and hero sections
      • navigation
      • lists
      • cards
      • call to action
      • 1 section of content that shows good visual hierarchy
    • See: DSGN 270 Assignment 1 for more details/instructions
  2. Taskflow: 5 points
    • Complete a minimum 8-item Taskflow for a well defined User Story related to your project.
    • Submit as a markdown or README file to Brightspace.
  3. Wireframes/Mockups/Prototype: 5 points
    • Complete either low-fidelity wireframes or high-fidelity mockups for at least 5 screens based on a well defined User Story related to your project.
    • Submit screencaps of your wireframes to Brightspace.
    • 5 bonus points available for:
      • use of components
      • interactive prototype
  4. Task Board: 1 point per feature (max 10 points)
    • Using GH Projects, Trello or similar task tracking tool:
      1. Optional: Create a “Final Project” repo for your tasks.
      2. Create a card representing a task you need to complete for your final project presentation. Put it in a To Do, Backlog or similar list.
      3. To submit: Take screencap of project board and total your point for a single Brightspace submission.
    • A “Task” is loosely defined but it should be a non-trivial activity that brings you closer to your Final Project Presentation. Examples:
      • “Implement personal access token for GitHub API”
      • “Create logic flowchart for sign-in process”
      • “Create image gallery from JSON data using fetch and a loop”
    • Tasks should be submitted in good faith: no cheesy tasks like “tie shoelaces”.