Rapid Application Development 2

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Rapid Application Development 2

• Dr Helen Ashton
• H.S.Ashton_at_hw.ac.uk
• Room CM G.04

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Lectures, Labs Tutorials
Tutorial groups are on the webpage in the crush
area.
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Labs Tutorials

• Same idea as RAD 1.
• You are required to attend ALL of your lectures,
  labs and tutorials for this module.
• Non-attendance may result in failure of this
  module.
• Marks will be withheld for poor attendance or
  non-submission of coursework.

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Outside of Lectures, Labs Tutorials...

• I expect you to do work in your own time!
• As a guide you should be spending at approx. 10
  hours a week on each module.
• You have 5 timetabled hours of RAD 2...
• So that is 5 hours of your own time.

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Module Outline

• Introduction
• Accessibility
• Some revision (Arrays, Procedures, etc.)
• Encryption
• Using Files
• Objects and Classes
• http//www.macs.hw.ac.uk/ceehsa1/teaching/rad2/

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Coursework

• 10 Reflection proforma
• (tutorial, week 2)
• 90 Individual work due at the end of term
  (requiring documentation, application and source
  code).
• Same idea as coursework for RAD 1.

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Labs and Tutorials

• Use labs tutorials to help with coursework.
• Ensure you get the lab assignments signed off in
  a lab session (these will be highlighted in
  lectures labs).

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• Labs and Tutorials
• There are none this week
• Next tutorial session
• You will get your RAD 1 coursework back.
• Discuss with tutor.
• Reflection coursework proforma.
• to be handed in at tutorial in Week 3
• This is an assessed piece of coursework!

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Accessibility

• Accessible and Usable design of a computer
  application is IMPORTANT!
• You need to see things from the users point of
  view.
• An Activity...

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Accessibility of Mobile Phones

• The groups are
• Blind
• Partially Sighted
• Arthritic
• Didnt understand English
• Deaf
• Which design features
• help your group?
• hinder your group?
• What would you change/add?

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Accessibility of Mobile Phones

• What have you found?
• Which design features
• help your group?
• hinder your group?
• What would you change/add?

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Accessibility of Computer Applications

• Before next lecture (Friday)
• Have a look at some pieces of software
• What techniques do they use to promote usability
  accessibility?
• Are there any commonalities across different
  software?
• How does your software measure up?

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• Labs and Tutorials
• There are none this week