Samples of student projects and project exercises are included below. All work is courtesy of the students named and used with permission.

Term Project

One goal of this course is to go through a full design cycle of a relational artifact. This includes developing a design concept of a relational artifact, getting feedback from focus groups, implementing technical aspects of it, evaluating those aspects, and possibly revising the design. A working demo at the end of the semester is ideal.

• If your research already involves building a relational artifact, you are welcome to use this course as a vehicle for furthering its design and realization.
• The term project can be a full design presentation summarizing the semester’s activities and final outcome and evaluation.
• OR, you can propose a different project with approval from the instructor. For instance, you may want to write a conference-style paper on relational artifacts, or you may want to focus on implementing specific technical capability.