| When | Deliverable | Description |
| * | Initial | Abstract | A web form where you enter the title,
your name, the names of your partners, and a few sentences decribing your project. |
| | Initial | Proposal Introduction | You stand in front of the class and describe your idea. |
| * | Initial | Safety precautions | You write down the precautions that you will take to conduct your project safely. |
| * | Initial | Milestones | A list of objectives that are specific to your project, along with targetted completion dates. For example, "get the robotic arm to rotate 10 degrees at a time up to, but not beyond, 90 degrees, then back." |
| * | Initial | Timeline | A list of common project objectives, along with expected dates. For example, ordering equipment, writing code, debugging. |
| * | Initial | References and Rationales | What books, conference papers, journal papers, etc., you will use, and a brief statement about why you chose each one. |
| * | Initial | Similarities and Differences | There are other projects like yours (e.g. YouTube videos, Make Magazine articles, previous class projects, etc.). What are they? How are they similar? How is yours going to be different? |
| | Initial | Proposal Write-up | A report detailing your idea, along with many of the above items. |
| | Initial | Proposal Presentation | An in-class presentation detailing your idea, along with many of the above items. |
| | Initial | Proposal Video | You show a video documenting your project idea. Emphasis is on what you plan to do. |
| | Initial | Proposal Q/A | A question and answer session. You stand in front of the class, and we ask you questions about your project. |
| * | Middle | Project Mock-up | Your group makes a simple model/version of your project. This can include hand-drawn illustrations of the interface screens, cardboard stand-ins for components, knobs that you turn in place of motors, etc. It can be made at a much smaller/larger scale, as appropriate. The mock-up allows you to talk about the project, giving the audience something to look at while you talk. |
| | Middle | Update Meeting | Your group meets briefly with the professor to discuss your project. |
| | Middle | Update Presentation | An in-class presentation detailing your idea, with many of the above items. Emphasis is on what you have accomplished and what you have left to do. |
| * | Middle | Update Video | You show a video documenting your project. Emphasis is on what you have accomplished and what you have left to do. |
| * | Middle | Update Q/A | A question and answer session. You stand in front of the class, and we ask you questions about your project. |
| * | Middle | Feedback to Others | A web-form where you leave comments for everyone else about their update presentation/video. |
| * | End | Final Abstract | A web form. It might be a copy/paste of the earlier abstract. |
| | End | Meeting Notes/Log | This is a semester-long set of notes for your group. Include meeting dates, times, agendas, who was present, etc. |
| | End | Final Demonstration | You stand in front of the class, and show your project working. (Demonstrations often do not go as planned, and this is not likely to be a requirement unless it is a very small class. A better idea is to make a video of the demonstration.) |
| | End | Final Report | A written report (typically 4 to 6 pages) detailing your project. |
| | End | Final Presentation | An in-class presentation detailing your idea, with many of the above items. Emphasis is on what you have accomplished. |
| * | End | Final Video | You show a video documenting your project. Emphasis is on what you have accomplished. |
| * | End | Final Code / Schematics | You are expected to turn in a copy of the code. If there is a hardware build, including non-electronics,
also turn in a design/schematic. Clearly indicate who wrote (or designed) what. |
| * | End | Final Q/A | A question and answer session. You stand in front of the class, and we ask you questions about your project. |
| * | End | Feedback to Others | A web-form where you leave comments for everyone else about their final presentation/video. |