Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

The ability to apply knowledge and skills to real-life situations is essential for game and related professionals. A substantial project, under academic supervision, will allow you to develop your initiative and ability to apply your knowledge and skills in a professional capacity. Completing the project will also enable you to appreciate the complementary nature of the course material in total, particularly the need for careful management.

Aims

This unit seeks to give you the opportunity to apply, under appropriate guidance, the knowledge and skills gained in your course to date and to execute a substantial related project. The unit also aims to allow you to develop the critical professional skills of working within a cross-disciplinary team and, through implementation of your project, develop the understanding of the role of careful planning, scope control and task management in ensuring that the project is successful.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. prepare a Development Plan, including the planning of tasks and an appropriate time schedule for the project to be developed (GC1-3,GC5);
2. adequately develop a complete development process document (GC1-3,GC5);
3. prepare appropriate documentation in support of a developed project including systems and user documentation (GC2-5);
4. prepare and present an oral pitch to a simulated publisher (GC3,GC5);
5. prepare and present a game project for publication or competition submission (GC3,GC5)
6. develop a sequence of 10 minutes of gameplay or appropriate interaction to professional levels of quality, or develop a research project incorporating a deeper investigation into particular project development issues (GC1-6).

Key: Graduate Capabilities
GC1 - Knowledge and Skills
GC2 - Critical and Creative Thinking
GC3 - Communication
GC4 - Lifelong Learning
GC5 - Independence and Collaboration
GC6 - Social and Ethical Responsibility
GC7 - Leadership and Change

Content

This capstone unit will allow you to integrate the skills and knowledge you have obtained from previous core and specialist units. You will extend your knowledge and skills in respect of project management by completing professional project documentation and managing your team project. The unit focuses on furthering your professional skills in report writing, oral communication, visual communication and game development. Skills in creativity and problem solving should be developed through the product development including all or any of the following:
- Analysis
- Design
- Development
- Testing
- Implementation
- Animation

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

You will be working within a team as part of a simulation of an authentic project. The project will act as a vehicle for you to develop an understanding of professional project skills. Continuing the game design project from INB379, you are responsible for reestablishing your own team to complete the work begun in the design component. The project should be relevant to the practice associated with your degree program.

Assessment

Please see assessment details below.You can obtain feedback on your progress throughout the unit through the following mechanisms:
1. Regular meetings with your team's supervisor will give opportunity for comment on your team progression on your project
2. Each submission requirement for your project will be returned to your team in a timely manner with appropriate comments
3. Individual feedback will be given through private consultation with your supervisor or your unit coordinator.

Assessment name: Project Process
Description: This element is assessed by team submission of work throughout the semester such as: Team compact, Project Management Documentation, Project Management Tool usage, a Project Plan, Usability Testing results and response, oral communication and presentation and response to critique.
Relates to objectives: 1-3
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Both
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Week 14

Assessment name: Project Deliverables
Description: This is the final game executable, professional pitch, game documentation, and submission to an external game competition, publication or equivalent.
Relates to objectives: 4-5
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: Both
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Week 14

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Project guidelines are made available on the Project Unit Blackboard website.
No extraordinary charges or costs are associated with the requirements for this unit

Risk assessment statement

There are no unusual health or safety risks associated with this unit.

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Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 24-Oct-2012