Assignment

An organisation of your choice, which can be fictitious in nature, wishes to expand their digital presence with a cross platform web/mobile/table app promoting heir products and services. You have been asked to provide a functional mock-up of the app, with detailed development blog.

The 'features' of your app must be determined by you and will be based on the perceived needs of your chosen organisation. There are no limitations on the types of functionality you may choose to include, though you are advised not to conceive a larger, multi-purpose app and to instead concentrate on delivering a more focused, polished application with fewer, more developed concepts. In particular you should pay attention to the user experience (UX), including the interface design and 'workflow narratives'.

By 'functional mock-up' BSc students should have some form of back-end connectivity in place to extend your apps functionality, however BA students your app does not need to have full back-end connectivity in place and may use dummy data loaded in an suitable way(if your app requires it). The front end(meaning user interface and an client-side processing) should be fully operational for all students. Your app should be developed in HTML, CSS and JavaScript ( and for BSc appropriate server-side scripting e.g. PHP, RSS feeds from web, AJAX etc.) then compiled using PhoneGap or other suitable alternative to support either iOS Or Android Or Windows Phone Or the World Wide Web platform as a minimum, with additional platform support worth extra credit. You may use any frameworks, extensions and APIs you deem necessary.

As a minimum, your submission needs to include the installation files necessary to install your app on a relevant device. You may need to ensure you include any relevant security certificates to permit installation, as well as consider other security implications arising from your app and/or platform development guidelines. In some cases you may need to provide a live demonstration to the assessors - this will be organised as required.

The development blog should contain detailed entries covering the entire project duration. This includes initial concepts, idea refinement, analysis of contemporary third-party applications, research, implementation, usability studies, appraisals and so on. Blogs must be hosted at www.blogger.com as a unique blog containing only work for this assignment. The URL should be submitted in place of a physical report. Ensure the blog's visibility is no set to private. You must include an archive of your blog, either as screen grabs or a PDF.