Project 3: Mobile Ambient Display
| Grading criteria | Guiding questions | Check minus | Check | Check plus |
| Design sketches (30%) |
Did you consider a variety of alternative designs? Did you consider the users and context of use? Did you provide thoughtful rationales for your design decisions? | A handful of sketches exploring simple or obvious ideas. | A variety of interesting design ideas that take users into account, along with rationales for decisions made. | Very detailed, insightful, or innovative designs. Rationales exhibit strong arguments for design choices. |
| Mobile ambient display (60%) |
Did you build a compelling, functional application suitable for real-world use? | A working implementation that adjusts the display in response to a sensor stream. | A working implementation that meets a compelling need. | A working, need-focused system that instantiates a particularly innovative and/or informative design. |
| Video demonstration (10%) |
Did you clearly demonstrate your design and its usefulness? | The video shows us that you had a working prototype. | The video clearly demonstrates not just the base functionality, but also the usefulness of the solution. | An engaging, creative video demonstrating your design in a realistic scenario and context of use. |