TSBB11 Images and Graphics, Project Course CDIO

General Information

The course comprises 12 credits, equivalent to about 8 × 40h = 320h. This time is divided into the following activities:

• Entrepreneurship, 3 credits (80h). The entrepreneurship portion is given by Magnus Klofsten, and you will receive separate information from him about this part.
• Project, 9 credits (240h).

The course spans both study periods HT1 + HT2, and all scheduled activities can be viewed in TimeEdit.

General information, syllabus, and information about examination for the course can be found in Studieinfo.

Project proposals for this year are found in Lisam under Course documents.

Some past projects can be seen on the old webpages.

Registration

To receive emails about the course and to have your results entered into Ladok you must be registered on the course. If you intend to take the course but have not yet registered, make sure to do it promptly through the Student Portal.

Course Calendar

Teachers

Mårten Wadenbäck	Johan Edstedt	Andreas Robinson	Emanuel Sanchez Aimar	Joakim Johnander
Examiner	Supervisor	Supervisor	Supervisor	Supervisor

Required Reading

Regarding SCRUM project management, there will be a lecture by an external expert, see above.

Optional: Regarding the LIPS model for project management, there is a compendium by Tony Smith and Christian Krysander “project model LIPS” that should be available on the academic bookshop (Bokakademin).

Mandatory: Subject–Verb Agreement and Dependent and Independent Clauses.

Highly recommended: Hints/guidelines for academic writing in English and Common Errors in English Usage.

There may be additional relevant literature related to each particular project.

Instructions for the Report

The report must be formatted according to the report template (the same files as an archive), and must contain the following:

• an abstract, with a brief summary of the context, scope, and results,
• an introduction, providing background and context,
• a clear problem formulation,
• the system design, with clear arguments explaining why particular choices were made,
• the results and an evaluation of them,
• a conclusion or discussion, and
• references for all cited work.

The list only contains points that must be included somehow—it does not necessarily describe a good sectioning of the report. Instead, it is up to each group to decide exactly what sectioning best suits their particular report, as long as the report contains the parts listed above. If you feel uncertain about the sectioning, discuss it with your supervisor.

The exact number of pages is not important, and varies a lot depending on the contents, but a rough guess would be 12–25 pages. Focus instead on ensuring that the report adequately describes the project, the design and the developed solution, and the results.

Hand in the report by uploading it to the Collaborative workspace folder in Lisam.

Instructions for the Video

You need to create a short (~2 min) video showcasing your project. The video allows significant artistic freedom, but here are some guidelines:

• Focus on giving an overview of the project, and avoid getting bogged down in details.
• Show/explain the problem you have solved, not just the solution you came up with! (The detailed solution will be in the report—skip the technicalities in the video.)
• Show/explain the input data, as well as the results.
• Make the content accessible—do not assume that the viewer has already read the report.
• Be careful not to make copyright infringements—LiU does not want a legal process with The Beatles, Kraftwerk, or some other artist/band!

If you have never ever created a vídeo before, I recommend using OpenShot, which is very intuitive and easy to use, is free and open-source software, and which exists for many platforms. There are of course many other tools available for creating videos, and you may use whichever you prefer.

Other Useful Resources

• The Hemingway Editor is useful for avoiding unnecessarily complex and complicated writing.
• CapitalizeMyTitle.com is useful for correctly capitalising headings and titles.
• The TeX & LaTeX Stackexchange is useful for finding solutions to TeX/LaTeX problems.
• OpenShot can be used to edit/create videos (there are many other video editors out there).
• SimpleScreenRecorder can be used to create screen recordings (there are many other screen recorders out there).
• Please look at projects from previous years for inspiration (for instance for the video).