http://cs-comm.lib.muohio.edu/items/browse?tags=design+creation&output=atom <![CDATA[Incorporating Communication Outcomes into the Computer Science Curriculum]]> The dissemination of the project's research will come with the creation of a repository that allows CSE faculty members to access a web-based set of assignments. The goal of these assignments is to aid CSE faculty in redesigning their assignments, courses, and curricula in order to incorporate and enhance their students abilities to communicate and collaborate with a wide variety of audiences. The repository will be populated with assignments written and designed by both CSE and CAC faculty with the premise of integrating communication abilities while also enhancing the learning of the technical content being taught in their course and/or curriculum.

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For any set of requirements, students generate a design proposal rationale that includes a UML class diagram. The rubric evaluates how the students model the requirements and how they justify their design decisions and how the design meets the requirements.  The objectives of this assignment are (1) to articulate a class diagram for an object-oriented system and (2) justify the decisions as modeled by the class diagram.

Prereqs: Students are expected to know advanced OO concepts like composition and inheritance.  Additionally, students should be able to model an OO system using UML and should be familiar with design patterns, such as state, strategy, singleton, MVC.

The team size is flexible.  

Any set of requirements could be used with this assignment.   For a CS 2 class, the requirements usually consist of 3-4 use cases and the class diagram is typically 3-7 classes with a minimum of one inheritance and composition relationship.

This assignment is has been used as a deliverable in a larger programming assignment that spans multiple iterations.  Students turn in a design document or proposal as part of an Iteration 0 along with a black box test plan.  For an example of how the assignment has been used, please see the Somewhat Simplified Solitaire project.  Please note that the project uses an older version of this assignment.  

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Title

Design Proposal and Rationale

Course

CS2

Abstract

For any set of requirements, students generate a design proposal rationale that includes a UML class diagram. The rubric evaluates how the students model the requirements and how they justify their design decisions and how the design meets the requirements.  The objectives of this assignment are (1) to articulate a class diagram for an object-oriented system and (2) justify the decisions as modeled by the class diagram.

Prereqs: Students are expected to know advanced OO concepts like composition and inheritance.  Additionally, students should be able to model an OO system using UML and should be familiar with design patterns, such as state, strategy, singleton, MVC.

The team size is flexible.  

Any set of requirements could be used with this assignment.   For a CS 2 class, the requirements usually consist of 3-4 use cases and the class diagram is typically 3-7 classes with a minimum of one inheritance and composition relationship.

This assignment is has been used as a deliverable in a larger programming assignment that spans multiple iterations.  Students turn in a design document or proposal as part of an Iteration 0 along with a black box test plan.  For an example of how the assignment has been used, please see the Somewhat Simplified Solitaire project.  Please note that the project uses an older version of this assignment.  

Author

Sarah Heckman, Ed Gehringer

Genre

design proposal, UML diagram

Assignment Duration

One Week

Communication Skill

writing, teaming, reading

Technical Skill

design

Workplace Scenario

A customer has provided your management team with a set of requirements. Your manager has requested that you and your co-workers each propose a design for the static layout of the system by identifying the objects, their state and behavior, and the relationships between the objects in the system. Your manager will then choose a design that best describes the requirements for implementation.

Team Size

3
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This assignment should be late in the semester, as the students will need to use many aspects of what they have learned over the semester to determine the proper data structures.]]> 2012-07-25T17:01:34-04:00

Title

Animal Guessing Game with a Binary Search Tree

Course

Data Structures

Abstract

A binary search tree is a data structure that is used to handle simple decisions. In this assignment you will use a binary search tree to store information and then search through the information for a decision. While a binary search tree is typically for small databases, it is still a potential data structure for many applications, as well as aiding in the understanding of trees (a popular data structure) in general. Decision trees (a more specific type of tree), is commonly used in machine learning and data mining for making intelligent decisions. The objectives of this assignment are to (1) gain experience researching for a solution to a problem, (2) design a binary search tree (BST) class, (3) design and implement the building of a BST, as well as the methods to add to and search in a BST, and (4) improve written skills through the implementation of proper coding styles and documentation.

This assignment should be late in the semester, as the students will need to use many aspects of what they have learned over the semester to determine the proper data structures.

Author

Bill Eberle

Source

Michael Main and Walter Savitch’s "Data Structures and Other Objects Using C++", Fourth Edition

Genre

design document, code, comments, pseudo-code, test results, documentation, individual presentations, oral presentations, reflection, tech report, video

Assignment Duration

Two Weeks

Communication Skill

reading, writing, speaking, listening

Technical Skill

Implementation, Tools, Design, Research, Trees, Comments, Documentation, Problem Solving, Searching

Workplace Scenario

RESEARCH
Technical Task: In order to learn technical material, one must be able to decipher key concepts through reading.
Professional Setting: Student works for a software company.
Professional Role: Student works along on a task for a project.
Deliverable: Design decisions discussed in design document.
Real-world Audience: Team Lead.
How the Audience will USE the students' communication: The Team Lead will use the student's design decision(s) to determine the feasibility of their proposed solution.
Additional Notes: Of course, the reading of technical material is not like reading a novel, and one must be able to transfer the pertinent information to a useful form. The two methods of communicating design to others are: speaking and writing. In order for others to digest your intentions, one must learn to effectively write their ideas so that it can be interpreted at the reader’s discretion – either due to remoteness or time.


ADDITIONAL SCENARIO:
When working in the real-world, many times you will be presented with a problem or instructions through dialogue with peers or management. Often, that will be the only instructions you will receive (i.e., nothing in written form). If you do not listen to what the other person is saying, you may miss a vital piece of information to the success of your assignment.

Team Size

N/A
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