Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Convenor, Lecturer Steve Cassidy steve.cassidy@mq.edu.au 4RPD Level 2 By Appointment (email) Lecturer Charanya Ramakrishnan charanya.ramakrishnan@mq.edu.au Teaching Assistant Paola Reategui paola.reategui@mq.edu.au Contact via Email Teaching Assistant Rohitranjan Vasantkumar Gupta rohitranjanvasantkumar.gupta@mq.edu.au Contact via Email
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites COMP229 or COMP2000 or COMP249 or COMP2110
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This unit covers the design and development of mobile applications from a technical and user experience perspective. The underlying environments made available by mobile devices will be reviewed and the relative merits of different implementation technologies will be evaluated. The relationship between mobile applications and the web will be discussed as well as the requirements for providing an effective user-experience for offline and intermittently connected devices. The unit will also cover the design of the user experience for mobile applications and develop students' ability to critically evaluate the usability of a mobile design.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Implement a transactional mobile application as an interface to a web service.
ULO2: Critically evaluate mobile implementation platforms and technologies relative to the needs of a project.
ULO3: Apply a knowledge of mobile application technology to the design of an effective user experience.
ULO4: Explain the security and privacy issues inherent in web-based mobile applications.
ULO5: Evaluate a mobile application with respect to usability and accessibility.
ULO6: Describe the options for deployment and monetisation of mobile applications.

General Assessment Information

Details for each assessment will be available via iLearn.

You are encouraged to:

set your personal deadline earlier than the actual one
keep backups of all your important files
seek for assistance in the early stages rather than closer to the due date

Late Submission

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted:

Quizzes - No, unless Special Consideration is granted
User Experience Report - YES, standard Late Penalty applies
Mobile Application Development - YES, standard Late Penalty applies
Mobile Security Challenges - YES, standard Late Penalty applies
Peer Review of Major Work - YES, standard Late Penalty applies

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass you must achieve an aggregate grade of 50 or more when all assesments (with weightings) are considered.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Quizzes	20%	No	Weeks 4 and 11
User Experience Report	20%	No	Week 7, end of mid-sem break
Mobile Application Development	40%	No	Weeks 6 and 10
Mobile Security Challenges	10%	No	Week 13
Peer Review of the Major Work	10%	No	Week 13

Quizzes

Assessment Type ¹: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task ²: 10 hours
Due: Weeks 4 and 11
Weighting: 20%

Quizzes to assess students individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills to develop a baseline of what students know about the topic.