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October 21, 2003
CTIN532 assignments
These are the six assignments from the original syllabus for CTIN 532.
• Assignment 1: Feedback system. Design and implement something (but not mouse/keyboard/screen-based) that responds to user input in an interesting way (ie., in an unexpected or unpredictable way)
• Assignment 2: Interactive structures. Choose a narrative (fiction, news story, personal experience, etc) and define an interactive structure (based on navigation or choice or something else) for it. Make a diagram of this structure.
• Assignment 3: Simulation. Make a simulation of a real-world object. Bring both the object and the simulation to present and compare in class.
• Assignment 4: Superimposition. Design an alternative reality and come up with a method to superimpose it onto the lab. Coordinate your project with the rest of the class so that all superimpositions are able to coexist simultaneously.
• Assignment 5: Blind Interactivity. Design an interactive project that is entirely non-visual. The project can use any of the other senses for input and output.
• Assignment 6: Group Interaction. Design a project that simultaneously engages three or more users.
By this point in the semester, we're supposed to be on the fourth assignment, but we're just finishing up with the second one.
We're running out of time. Here are some ideas for getting through the rest of the semester.
A. Each student completes 3 of the 4 possible assignments. You can each choose which one to drop.
B. Whenever possible, assignments should be documented and presented via blog (rather than in class). Everyone would be responsible for viewing the projects outside of class so that class time could be devoted mostly to discussion. Obviously, some projects would be difficult or impossible to present this way, and these projects would still be shown in class.
Other ideas?
Posted by Perry at October 21, 2003 05:47 PM
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