The University of the West Indies

St. Augustine
Department of Computing and Information Technology
COMP 1011 Introduction to Information Technology
Semester 2, 2015/ 2016
RESEARCH GROUP PROJECT 25%
DATE GIVEN: Monday 29th February, 2016
DUE DATE: Monday 11th April, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

Each group, comprising 4 students, must present a single report and website. All names for your group project must be
submitted as outlined in the Report guidelines. Once you are assigned to a group you must remain with the group for the
duration of the project.

OBJECTIVE:

The group project aims to provide accurate information of a given topic in an interesting and appealing
manner. The design, layout and navigation and your groups creativity should be showcased, and a
professional image should be maintained to appeal to the business and academic worlds. In this project you
will also gain some experience in presentation skills.
Create an educational website using Microsoft Expression Web. The site aims to provide accurate information
of a given topic in an interesting and appealing manner. The design, layout and navigation of the website are
determined by the group. The website should showcase your groups creativity as well as maintain a
professional image to appeal to the business and academic worlds. Students are encouraged to be innovative
on the researched topics.

Contributions
Each group must ensure that all members have tasks in the selected project. These should be indicated
when all group members are identified at the start of the project. In the front page of the printed submitted
report, also ensure that the breakdown of tasks for each student is indicated. Each group is expected to
submit all tasks, and would be marked on a complete project.
Each student independently evaluates the other member of his/her group and completes a peer evaluation
form. He/she would then put this form at the back of the printed submission. This evaluation is important
in evaluating each individuals project mark. The peer evaluation form is printed at the back of the
hardcopy submission and can be found on myElearning.
Any problems with the co-operation of any member in the group project must be brought to his/her
attention and an attempt to resolve issues within the group must be taken. If this is unsuccessful, then lack
of participation would be reflected in the peer evaluation forms.

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Contents & Guidelines
The project comprises of four (4) components: a website, a report created in Microsoft Word, a spreadsheet
created in Microsoft Excel and a presentation created in Microsoft PowerPoint on one of the following topics
of the groups choice.
Report Guidelines:
Your report (including title page) must be done on a single Word document and must be no less than
ten (10) pages.
The proper format of your report should have the following template:
Title page (ensure that on this page contains Topic # and title, each member name and ID and the
section(s) of the project that each member was responsible for), Abstract, Table of Contents,
Introduction, adequate content and a Conclusion. At the end of the Word report, there must be a
References section. The use of images are encouraged.
References
The references page must detail all books, journals, websites, periodicals and other research materials
used in creating the report. For websites, the URL or the website and the date accessed must be stated.
The Chicago Manual Style (16th) style of Referencing may be used.
Plagiarism would NOT be tolerated.
Use the turnitin feature on myElearning to check your report.
Your PowerPoint presentation may comprise ten (10) to twelve (12) slides.
Only one (1) Excel workbook must be submitted.
Website:
The website consists of at least five pages. It must contain a home page and a reference page developed in
Microsoft Expression Web; as well as links to a document created in Microsoft Word, a spreadsheet
created in Microsoft Excel and a presentation created in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Homepage
The homepage is the first page you see when visiting a website. It should be appealing but not too flashy.
It sets the tone for the remainder of the website. The Homepage is to be created using Microsoft
Expression Web. Compulsory elements on this page are:
A suitable title for the website

An appropriate welcome message to all visitors of your website

Hyperlinks to all other pages on this website

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 The date of creation of the website should be shown at the bottom of the page

A copyright designed by the group should also be placed at the bottom of the page

The layout and design inclusive of colour scheme, background etc. is of your choice.

The reference page should contain a list of the URLs used to gather content. The URLs should be set
to open in a new tab (external to your website).

TOPICS MICROSOFT WORD, POWERPOINT and EXCEL CONTENT

MICROSOFT WORD: Report on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

TOPIC #1 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT: Popular Uses of Robotics

Hardware
MICROSOFT EXCEL: Table showing top robots
(Column Headings: Name of Robot, Description, Use, Sector, Cost and year of release, Manufacturer, Image)
MICROSOFT WORD: The Internet of Things

TOPIC #2 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT: Top industry sectors in the Internet of Things

Network
MICROSOFT EXCEL: Table showing top devices/ objects in the Internet of Things
(Column Headings: Name of Device/ Object, Description, Functions, Sector)
MICROSOFT WORD: Report on Cloud Computing

TOPIC #3 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT: Enterprise Cloud Services

Internet
MICROSOFT EXCEL: Table showing top consumer cloud applications
(Column Headings: Name of Application, Description, Functions, Sector, Cost and year of release, Manufacturer)
MICROSOFT WORD: Report on Applications of Wearable Technology

TOPIC #4 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT: Applications of Wearable Technology

Software
MICROSOFT EXCEL: Table showing list of top wearable technology devices
(Column Headings: Name of Device, Description, Functions, Sector, Cost and year of release, Manufacturer,
Image)
MICROSOFT EXCEL: Students are encouraged to use charts/graphs in addition to the tables indicated above, which may capture other
relevant data neglected from the tables.

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General Instructions, Grading Criteria and Guidelines:

The entire project must be well formatted in a project format. It must be well written and free of grammatical
or spelling mistakes. Each component must be done in a professional manner.
Your groups report contains relevant or substantive information. Innovative solutions are encouraged.
Four project deliverables are required by the deadline day and time: a dropbox link to your project folder, a
print-out, an email and the myElearning submission via the upload link.
PRINT-OUT: Each group must submit a single professionally done bound project comprising a print-out of
the Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Website in that order. All peer evaluations from group members must be
included at the back of the bound printed project.
The bound project must be put into a single envelope labeled with the Topic # and Topic Name, all students
IDs, names and departments of all group members. This would be your physical submission, to be submitted
at the specified data and time.
SOFT COPY: Create a folder. The name of the folder is your websites name. All documents created (the 4
components) should be saved in this folder. All pictures and multimedia files used should also be placed in this
folder. Before submitting, zip the folder (USING .ZIP NOT .rar use a program such as Winzip) and ensure
that all hyperlinks link to documents in this folder and that all pictures and multimedia are
functional.
The entire report in addition to being printed out must be emailed by the groups leader ONLY to the lecturer
at aneisha.leplatte@live.com with the subject COMP1011 Project 2015-2016 S2 - <PUT YOUR GROUP
LEADER NAME HERE>. In the email, the dropbox link to the project folder (the folder that contains all files
and deliverables for the project) must be included. Go to Dropbox.com and you must share your project folder
with the lecturer at aneisha.leplatte@live.com. A confirmation email will be sent confirming the lecturers
receipt of your email. GROUPS WILL LOSE MARKS IF THE REQUESTED EMAILED/ UPLOADED
FILES AND DROPBOX LINKS ARE NOT EMAILED ON TIME AND/OR CAN NOT BE OPENED NOR
ACCESSED.
myElearning Submission: The Microsoft Word Report should be uploaded as a single file on myElearning
via the upload link provided.
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAB SESSION AND
ALSO EMAILED AND UPLOADED TO THE LECTURER BY THE DEADLINE DATE AND TIME,
Monday 11th April, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

No late submissions would be entertained.

Contact me at aneisha.leplatte@live.com for any enquiries

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