Preliminary hypermedia project hand-in

1 Required Documentation for the preliminary hand-in

For the preliminary hand-in deadline (see dates on the first class-slides: Course
introduction), a three-part document should be written, which will be consisting of:
Hypermedia title and a detailed description of the objective, contents, and main
focus of the work
Preliminary storyboard
A first draft of the user interface

1.1 Hypermedia title and abstract

Here you are expected to introduce the project you are going to develop. Each student
has to explain what the development plans for the project are. At this point you have to
specify exactly what the topic is, and inside that topic what the focus is. Describe all
aspects you are going to consider in this development, as well as the aspects that,
although related, you will leave out on purpose. Take into account that this is, more or
less, a two-month project, so you cannot include everything in the world about some
given topic. Just be sure that the stuff you decide to include is consistent and as self-
contained as possible. In this document you should also describe what information you
have gathered so far.
Example: one possible topic is the sea, but this will immediately raise the question of
what about the sea are you planning to cover everything? Probably not, as this would
be too much for this project. So, you will need to specify if you are going to talk about
orography, ocean currents, fauna, flora, submerged volcanoes, climatology, etc.

1.2 Preliminary Storyboard

In this part you will have to present the storyboard developed so far. It need not be too
long, but it must have a certain degree of elaboration. Even more, as we explained (or
are going to explain) in the practical classes, the storyboard is neither a definitive nor a
fixed document; it changes continuously over time until the very last day. For instance,
on certain topics you might find much more information than originally expected, and
on others much less. This will force a change in the storyboards that is both logical and
natural. We expect this to happen.
 Subsystems User needs

1.3 Draft of the user interface

From the information you have presented so far, especially the storyboard, you must
now start thinking about which nodes should have a direct link in the menu. It is clear
that you have thought of a few of these links when designing the hypermedia, but you
will probably discover more through close examination of the hypermedia. These
nodes/modules should be carefully considered as valid interface candidates. For
instance, there might be some modules that have several incoming and outgoing links
when viewed in the storyboard. These links are good candidates to go into the menu in
the final implementation, even if at the end it turns out that they will not go there.
However, considering them is crucial, as we must ensure our design is complete and,
hopefully, correct.

2 Observations:

Remember, projects should be developed twosome (preferred), or at most alone.

Do not deliver a fancy document. Just a few stapled pages is ok.
You can also send me a PDF file.
At the end of the project you DO NOT need to deliver the storyboard again.
With the hypermedia document we have enough.
For the final project, take into account that it doesnt need to work on all
browsers, because we dont have enough time. Be sure it works in a decent
one, and tell me which one, so I can use to evaluate your work.
3 About the final hand in
Basically, for the final hand in you have to send/give/hand in the files comprising your
hypermedia project (web pages, CSS, js, images, ...) This can be done with a link to a
Dropbox (or similar) file, attached to a mail (take into account that my server will
bounce anything larger than 2MB, more or less) or personally with a USB pendrive or a
CD or DVD. If wanted, you can optionally provide with a web address where the
assignment can be graded directly. In that case, you can hand the source files in the
following week, no need to hurry (this is compulsory given the universitys regulations).
Also, grading will be done from the URL you provided.
Important:
In ANY case, the main file must be called index.html.
Put everything in a folder named with the names and surnames of the
assignment authors
If you change any of these guidelines, inside that folder add a text file
indicating the authors and the name of the starting file for your hypermedia.
You can use whatever technologies you might want, but remember: finding a
server is your responsibility. Just send me the URL and I will grade from there.
See above.

4 Extra time
If anyone needs ONE extra week, I'll be pleased to grant it. Just drop me an e-mail.
Actually, I can grant up to TWO weeks: just send me another mail by the end of the first
one. No further extensions will be granted after the second week