Compsci 182s, Technical Websites

Each group has a topic around which protocols and standards have developed, are evolving, and are possibly changing.

Groups will develop a website for each topic, the websites will be done in groups so at Duke the group from each section will develop a separate website, though groups can collaborate on identifying issues and topics (see stage one below) initially. The final website for the course will reference all the individual technical subject/websites that are developed, both at Duke and from the students in China as warranted.

Topics are reproduced here for completeness:

There are four phases to this project: phases one and two occur the week of February 28-March 4; phases three and four occur the week of March 14-18. The final evaluation of the website will be done by both faculty and students on April 7 (as part of crowdsourcing).

Together the first four phases will each contribute a quarter of the final grade for this technical website/writing. The final evaluation of the website materials on April 7 will be adjusted downward if the first phases are judged as lacking in effort or below threshold in some way.

Phase I

This phase starts in class on March 1. Each group should

In addition, groups should identify a minimum of two websites and two published articles relevant to the technical, legal, and ethical issues related to the topic.

Develop these as a doc.google document that is shared with owen dot astrachan AT gmail dot com and with shivnath AT gmail dot com.

Phase II

Phase II will take place in class on March 3, groups at Duke meeting separately. Each group will present the materials they submitted from phase I, taking at most 5 minutes to present their findings. Between Phase I and Phase II groups should identify a possible interactive component to the website being developed and talk about that interactive idea including what currently exists and what might be developed given time.

Phase III

Phase III occurs during the week of March 14. During class on March 15 the two sections will meet separately to provide students time to make plans for the last phase IV, below. The outcome of the third phase is a plan and direction for developing final materials that will be presented to both sections together in in the final phase IV.

Phase IV

This occurs with both sections meeting together on March 22. Each group will be take 5 minutes to present their website with a plan for the final development and an indication of changes and direction the final site will have as it's evaluated on April 7. The primary purpose of phase IV is to show a polished website and convey a direction of how the website could and will expand.

We reserve the right to make changes in these phases as warranted depending on what happens in each phase.