Weekly
Reports
For: Weekly Reports - in the
form of short meetings with the instructor or brief written
documents - are sought from all students working on Team or Individual
Projects.
Due: Weekly Reports are expected
from Week 3 through Week 9.
Details: The preferred reporting
method is through short weekly meetings with the instructor. In lieu of an
in-person meeting, written reports of less than one page in length can be
emailed. These meetings or written reports count toward Participation (10% of
grade).
Purpose: Weekly meetings or
written reports provide the instructor with project progress information and
provide the team with information and suggestions supporting their
project.
Instructions: At the meetings or
in the written reports, briefly describe your project activities from the past
week, as well as current and planned activities.
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Project
Activities:
- Report on information you
gathered:
- With whom did you contact
and communicate?
- What was the purpose of this
interaction?
- What questions did you
ask?
- What responses did you
get?
- What information did you
search for and retrieve online?
- How did you use or act upon
this information?
- How
useful was this information to your project?
- Report on your design /
development progress:
- What and
how did you discuss, brainstorm, fabricate, test, observe,
analyze?
- What
successes and setbacks have you encountered?
- Report on your interactions with
people associated with your project:
- Describe
this week's interactions with your other team members and the project suggestor
/ user with a disabilty / older adult.
- Report on project issues:
- What situations, incidents,
or problems would you like to discuss?
- Report on future plans:
- What plans and goals do you
have for the near future?
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