School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Mobile Applications Development
  • Unit Code

    CSP2108
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Michael Neil JOHNSTONE

Description

This unit introduces the fundamental technologies and skills needed to design and develop applications for mobile devices. It covers design principles and practical implementation issues specific to the development of applications in a distributed environment on small mobile devices.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply advanced knowledge to analyse and design mobile software.
  2. Deploy a mobile application successfully.
  3. Explain the key features of the mobile device environment.
  4. Interpret metrics produced by a relevant framework to build an effective mobile software product.
  5. Program a simple mobile application.

Unit Content

  1. Developing and deploying applications.
  2. Location awareness.
  3. Mobile device hardware and operating systems.
  4. Simple data management.
  5. User interaction and using sensors.
  6. User interface design principles for mobile devices.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem solving exercises15%
ProjectMobile application programming35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem solving exercises15%
ProjectMobile application programming35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Mobile Applications Development
  • Unit Code

    CSP2108
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Michael Neil JOHNSTONE

Description

This unit introduces the fundamental technologies and skills needed to design and develop applications for mobile devices. It covers design principles and practical implementation issues specific to the development of applications in a distributed environment on small mobile devices.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply advanced knowledge to analyse and design mobile software.
  2. Deploy a mobile application successfully.
  3. Explain the key features of the mobile device environment.
  4. Interpret metrics produced by a relevant framework to build an effective mobile software product.
  5. Program a simple mobile application.

Unit Content

  1. Developing and deploying applications.
  2. Location awareness.
  3. Mobile device hardware and operating systems.
  4. Simple data management.
  5. User interaction and using sensors.
  6. User interface design principles for mobile devices.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem solving exercises15%
ProjectMobile application programming35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem solving exercises15%
ProjectMobile application programming35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Fernandez, M. M. (2015). Corona SDK mobile game development: beginner’s guide : learn, explore, and create commercially successful mobile games for iOS and Android (Second edition (Online-Ausg.).). Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/908029858

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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