TMX2012 IT TOOLS FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS

FCSHD STUDENTS
SEMESTER 2 2010/11

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project requires you to work in groups (maximum 5 persons per group).
Select an area within your own discipline. Make a decision within your group
about the nature and scope of your whole project. In your project, you MUST
make a link between the content from your subject matter discipline with
TECHNOLOGY (for instance, how does ICT help

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR PROJECT CONTENT

THE WEBSITE
The site will contain at least the following (NOTE! Everything MUST be
contained within the folder with your team's name, created by your lab demo):

1. Three pages
the first (main page) must be named "index.htm" which will contain
links to the second and third pages (all pages may contain links to
the others),
2. One photograph of each project team member and one group photo of
everyone in the team - either scanned or a digital image taken (see the
technician on duty in the FSKPM lab to have your picture taken, if you
don't already have one);
3. Three internal links
(links to pages within your project site — such as index.htm linking
to page 2 and vice versa),
4. One e-mail link for one or all project team members
(with either text, an image, or both); this is a link with an HREF set
to a URL such as "mailto:saya_unimas@example.com"
5. Four links to other sites
URLs to external materials or sources related to the content you
are creating for the project (a mix of both hypertext links and
hyperlink images),
6. Two still images
(a mix of both photographs and drawings)
7. Two animated GIF images
(in addition to the above still images)
8. either one Java applet or one Flash movie (this item MUST be designed
and developed by your team)
9. One (simple) database
10. either one background image (in addition to the above five images) or a
background color on each page.
11. One Web 2.0 application which is integrated into the project website
Your website will NOT contain any of the following:
1. pornography, obscenity, or links to such images or content;
2. any material not suitable for distribution within an ethnically diverse
classroom, or links to such material;
3. copyrighted materials without the express written permission of the
copyright owner;
4. commercial content or advertising, except as noted below.
5. large animated graphics. (Try to keep your website to no larger than
about 1 megabyte.)

THE REPORT
Your report should contain:
1. Cover – include your project title, team group name, team members’
names and matric numbers, the programme you belong to, and date of
submission.
2. Table of contents
3. Distribution of tasks among team members – please indicate the roles
and responsibilities of each team member
4. References – please use APA format for all references, and organize
your list in alphabetical order
5. Proper formatting - Page numbers, margin, labelling of all diagrams and
figures
6. Section numbering
7. Format for content:
Font : Times New Roman
Font size : 12
Spacing : 1.5 lines
No. of Pages : Minimum 10 pages (this does not include images
and screenshots).

You should include text, images, tables, charts, screenshots and other relevant
graphics to enhance the content of your report.

Remember that the contents of your report should be original ideas (not a ―cut
and paste job‖ please), and it should show that you have sufficient information
about chosen scope of topic.

Remember to check for format and spelling errors/grammatical errors BEFORE

submission.

At the end of the project, you are also required to complete a peer-evaluation
form, and it should be submitted with your project report. You will evaluate
everyone in your project group, using the form given (see attached), and you will
score their participation in your group based on their actual contribution to the
whole project.
Important Note:
When you have finished uploading (and testing!) your website, you must then
submit a single sentence HTML file via the drop-box in Morpheus stating the
website is complete and ready to be graded. No website assignment will be
graded until the receipt of this notice is duly acknowledged.

DEADLINES
Proposal submission – Friday of Week 6 (11th Feb 2011) by 8AM
Report submission – Monday of Week 12 (21st March 2011) by 8AM
Presentation- from Week 12 until Week 14 (actual dates will be notified later).

All assignments MUST be submitted at the FCSHD General Office - there will be
a box for you to deposit your assignments, and a separate name list to sign when
you submit.

EVALUATION
The marks for the project will be given as follows:
1. Website - 15%
2. Report - 5%
3. Presentation/demo - 5%
4. Group participation - 5%
Total = 30%