Course Coordinator:Mingzhong Wang (mwang@usc.edu.au) School:School of Science, Technology and Engineering
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
There are more mobile devices on the planet than people. Mobile app development helps to unleash the full power of mobile devices, and push their usage into every corner of modern society. This course will introduce you to important concepts and aspects in mobile application development on Android phones, including User Interface (UI) design, data persistence, multimedia support, sensor management, multithreading, debug and test, and application publishing. Although the course is centred on Android, general principles of mobile app development discussed can also be applied to other contexts.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Learning materials – Pre-recorded concept videos and associated activity | 2hrs | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – On-Campus Computer workshop | 2hrs | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Online | |||
| Learning materials – Pre-recorded concept videos and associated activity | 2hrs | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Online workshop | 2hrs | Week 1 | 12 times |
200 Level (Developing)
12 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Demonstrate knowledge of mobile app concepts and practice. | Knowledgeable |
| 2 | Select, develop and adapt programming constructs (built to coding and documentation standards) to create or correct Android mobile apps that solve mobile app problems. |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 3 | Develop the UI and databases for mobile apps regarding a given case description |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 4 | Describe and evaluate ethical, privacy, security and safety concerns in a mobile app context. |
Ethical Sustainability-focussed |
| 5 | Communicate mobile apps through writing effective reports, design documentation and specifications. | Engaged |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
ICT221
Not applicable
ICT311
Not applicable
Not applicable
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Students will complete individual weekly workshop activities under the guidance of the workshop facilitator, providing opportunity for rapid formative feedback throughout the trimester.
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Artefact - Technical and Scientific | Individual | 10% | 1 mobile app |
Week 5 | In Class |
| All | 2 | Examination - not Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 40% | 90 minutes |
Week 10 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Artefact - Technical and Scientific, and Written Piece | Individual | 50% | 1000 words plus Code |
Week 12 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Mobile App Activities | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | Develop your ability to design, develop, and debug Android mobile apps. |
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| Format: | Demonstrate your app during workshops. |
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| Generic Skills: | Problem solving, Applying technologies |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Skills demonstration | ||||||||||
| Goal: | Develop your ability to independently apply your skills and knowledge to solve familiar problem-based questions with confidence within a set time limit, just as you might do on a client site in your future career. |
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| Format: | Practical examination composed of a small set of Android programming and documentation problems that the student must complete. Material based on tutorial activities and learning material questions. |
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| Generic Skills: | Applying technologies, Information literacy |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Mobile app development | ||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | This task will provide real-world experience developing an Android mobile app for an industry case study. |
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| Format: | You will be given a case study and will develop a mobile app to support the case study's functionality needs. You also need to prepare a technical report to document the design, implementation, and testing. |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Applying technologies |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Bryan Sills, Brian Gardner, Kristin Marsicano, Chris Stewart | 2022 | Android Programming: Big Nerd Ranch Guides | 5th Edition | AddisonWesley Professional |
Not applicable
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.
The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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