FIT4039 Android and iOS development - Semester 1, 2013

This unit focuses on the design, construction and deployment of mobile applications, with particular focus on Android and iOS platforms. Areas such as mobile data management and networking, MVC design patterns, and mobile GUI design considerations will be explored. The unit will emphasise hands-on, practical experience with actual devices and emulators. Research topics and ideas will also be covered for potential postgraduate students.

Mode of Delivery

Contact Hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Workload requirements

Students are expected to spend an average of 12 hours per week on this subject. The breakdown of time is the following:

• 2 hours per week: Topic material coverage (lecture attendance for on-campus students).
• 2 hours per week: Peer group involvement (tutorials or labs for on-campus students).
• 8 hours per week: Private study to review topic materials, explore supplementary subject resources and complete practical work and assignments.

Unit Relationships

Prohibitions

CSE3211, FIT3027

Chief Examiner

Campus Lecturer

Tutors

Academic Overview

Learning Outcomes

• recall the history of mobile platforms and the development of software for those platforms;
• describe the MVC design pattern and explain the importance of this design pattern in mobile applications development;
• critically analyse and distinguish between the design considerations for mobile application interface development and traditional interfaces;
• analyse and implement the use of graphic and audio components in the development of mobile applications;
• investigate, design, construct and publish applications for mobile platforms with particular focus on Android and iOS.

Unit Schedule

*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your learning system.

Assessment Summary

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Teaching Approach

• Lecture and tutorials or problem classes
  The aim of the lectures is to introduce one or more concepts in a way, and at a pace, that is adequate for students to learn, not to provide students with everything there is to know about those concepts. In this sense, the lecture notes provide a first step towards learning those concepts, a first step that will be complemented by tutes and/or pracs, consultation hours and personal reading and working time.
• Laboratory-based classes
  The aim of the prac is to increase the knowledge of students on a particular area covered by the associated unit. In pracs this is achieved by each student (or group of students) practicing on their own the concepts already learned previously.

Assessment Requirements

Assessment Policy

Faculty Policy - Unit Assessment Hurdles (http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/staff/edgov/policies/assessment-examinations/unit-assessment-hurdles.html)

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Assessment Tasks

Participation

• Assessment task 1

  Title:

  Assignment 1 - Event Management Application

  Description:

  Students will create a basic event management application on both Android and iOS platforms to demonstrate core concepts in mobile application design. The application should demonstrate creating, editing and deleting events in a usable interface. This assignment will be extended upon in Assignment 2 to address advanced concepts.

  Weighting:

  15%

  Criteria for assessment:

  • This is an individual assignment and is to be entirely your own work.
  • The assignment will be marked against criteria of correctness and clarity.
  • Further detailed assessment criteria will be available with the assignment specification.

  Due date:

  Week 5 - Friday

• Assessment task 2

  Title:

  Assignment 2 - Advanced Event Mananagement Application

  Description:

  Students will extend the event management application designed for Assignment 1 to apply advanced concepts in mobile application design. Students are able to select either Android or iOS platforms they wish to specialise in. Students must select three options from a list of basic functionality and two options from a list of advanced functionality listed in the assignment specification. Students will be expected to undertake individual research into advanced functionality in mobile applications.

  Weighting:

  25%

  Criteria for assessment:

  • This is an individual assignment and is to be entirely your own work.
  • The assignment will be marked against criteria of correctness and clarity.
  • Further detailed assessment criteria will be available with the assignment specification.

  Due date:

  Week 12 - Friday

Examinations

• Examination 1

  Weighting:

  60%

  Length:

  3 hours

  Type (open/closed book):

  Closed book

  Electronic devices allowed in the exam:

  None

  Remarks:

  Postgraduate students will be presented with an additional case study compared to the undergraduate offering of the unit.

Learning resources

Feedback to you

• Informal feedback on progress in labs/tutes
• Graded assignments with comments
• Interviews

Extensions and penalties

Returning assignments

Assignment submission

Online submission

If Electronic Submission has been approved for your unit, please submit your work via the learning system for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.

Required Resources

Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.

• Android Development Tools / Eclipse with Android 4.2 SDK (Windows / Mac / Linux)
• Xcode 4.6 or later (Mac)

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Previous Student Evaluations of this Unit

The unit has been redeveloped to have a much greater focus on Android and iOS in both theory and practical assessments.

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