Capstone Presentations

I don't actually have any pictures of my booth since I was walking around helping others with their booths, but believe me it was pretty bomb. I had the element of surprise at my booth because when people looked at my booth they expected to see someone dressed in a business casual manner, but I was completely casual. 

My Experience:

So I guess the capstone experience was cool, except during the actual presentation not very many people passed by my booth. I was pretty satisfied with the people that did though, because these few people that passed by and talked to me actually really liked my final product. My favorite part about talking to all of the people who passed by was that just about every single one knew something about computer science or producing code, and the fact that these people really liked my final product gave me the confidence boost that I feel I really needed. There was one fella who actually asked me very difficult and thorough questions that actually had me thinking pretty hard, and I was very grateful for that. The hardest part about the whole experience was having to explain everything to my judge, who had little to no knowledge of computer science, which led to me having to explain every little thing about my field. After enough time explaining, I ended up forgetting to mention many things about my problem, and important key aspects of my final product and research. The most fun about everything was explaining to my classmates and having classmates explain to me what their projects were. Most everyone who I talked to about their capstone project had something that I really liked. 

Senior Farewell Project

My group consists of Rachael, Ashwin, and Tyvery. We are going to make a time capsule video which will have things that individual group members find important now that people will be able to find later. I will be contributing my own section of the video in the time capsule.

Tips

For the video we are making in IMED, we are going to profile all of the professors. :D

Website

My website is on the class Multimedia page. Click on my name, and it should take you to my website. <-----

Capstone Presentation Assets and stuff. :D

So for my actual capstone presentation, all I will really need is my infographic poster along with the website I made pulled up on my laptop. The only last thing I'll really need would be my actual final product. This will simply be a small set of printed pages that any visitors to my station will be able to freely look through.

Since I will only really have about 3 visual aids, my posters simplicity and odd combination of color would probably lure anyone passing by into my lair. The only thing that actually would catch their attention to me would be the nice laptop I have, my poster, and how different I look from everyone else.

Awesome Infographic

SO! For my IMED course, I need to make an infographic, and since my Capstone is going to be over increasing efficiency V output V something along those lines, I need...

IDEAS: 

• Work environment
• Code writing mannerisms

That's all I've got for now. As for the actual layout of the infographic, I think I might just have sections of information, but not to much. Just enough to where I can convey my message fully.

SO! April 27, 2015 edit: So my poster ended up being an attempted reflection of my actual end product. It had a black to gray gradient for a background with information spread across it in different colored boxes (such as orange, green, blue, etc.).

PSA Response

In my PSA, I addressed my statement of intent very directly, starting with the topic, and explaining what it was. In doing that, I was able to make my video roughly 55 seconds with animation rather than animated text, with a voice-over of me reading my script. Overall, I was satisfied with my work, given the time restraints we all had, but if I could do it from the beginning, I would spend more time in making the visual aids line up with the audio. This was one of the harder parts, since the newest version of adobe flash professional doesn't allow the user to preview audio while scrolling over frames, so I mostly had to guess and check when it came down to actually lining them up. The easiest part would have to be drawing. I'm not a good drawer, but compared to the rest of the project, this turned out to be the easiest part.

Look and Feel Issues

I will make my form of media mostly informative, with probably a bit of  humor here and there. As for the colors, fonts, and design layout, anything would suit it, so long as it falls under a uniform patter or a set of colors and designs that compliment one another. Any graphs for what I would put I've yet to decide on what to use. As for audio, I plan to record my own voice with a little bit of music in the background. I'm not to sure what kind of PSA I plan to use, but I am veering off toward a preference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hvjo51ylkQ

In my first chosen PSA that I viewed (the link is above), I found it very interesting. One very distinct characteristic that I noticed right off the bat was that it was produced in a different language. This definitely caught my attention, so I continued to watch. From the PSA, I understood it to show that those with a physical disability aren't immediately disqualified from doing what they wish to do. In this instance, a boy who wished to play soccer with all the kids outside wasn't able to, or so it seemed; however, at the end of the video, the boy is shown playing soccer with all the other kids along with another child on the bottom right who also has a physical disability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Oy5ulpocE

I definitely enjoyed this PSA because of its factual simplicity. It didn't find the need to appeal to an ethical stand point, nor did it do so with an emotional stance. This video had these two characteristics, but it didn't neglect the facts that were simply presented to the viewer in a manner that was the lease likely to confuse.

Capstone Statement of Intent

The goals of my capstone project are to increase productivity of software developers in producing programs and code in the most efficient manner possible while maintaining a high quality standard. This has importance to companies and users of programs because of the pricing and quality of the software depend on the the amount of time that developers have in order to create the program. Another factor is the amount of explicit content that the consumer provides to the developers in what the consumer hopes to receive in purchasing the product. This is always a goal in the career objective of any developer (or so I would think) because it maximizes customer satisfaction, which can increase the credibility in the type of work that my company releases. In gaining credibility, my project could have an impact in the places that it reaches (which would increase the timeliness of completion), which would decrease the price of software, thereby allowing companies to stay updated on software used.