Final Project Proposal
Due by Midnight on May 28, 2001
Final Project Proposal - 10 points

Overview
Your final project should be your masterpiece. Prove that your apprenticeship is over, that you are prepared to continue studying on your own. Your final project should create a series of web pages that solves a problem. The first step (as always) is to identify the problem. Consider some examples:

• A web for a small business (Jack's Photography)
• A web detailing a hobby (The NASCAR circuit)
• A web for a celebrity fan club (The Indianapolis Parrothead Page)
• A web of professional resources (History teacher's guide to the Internet)

The Proposal
The proposal must be ftp'ed to the server. Preferably, the proposal will be in HTML format. I will also accept it in a .txt format. Your proposal must include the following:

Statement of the Problem
In plain English, describe the goal you wish to achieve. Describe the needs that prompted you to ponder the problem. For what is the the web intended? What is the project's purpose? How will the project help your intended audience?

Audience Statement
Who is your audience? Is your audience geared towards specific interests? What type of background knowledge does your audience have about the subject addressed by the project? State something about your audience's demographics.

Tools
What tools will you use to accomplish your objective? Break your tools into separate components and describe each. How will you use each tool?

Design Considerations
How will each page look? What type of color scheme will be used? Will the color scheme be different for each page? How will pages be divided? How will my directory structure look? How will users navigate the site?

Site Map
The site map should be a rough sketch detailing the logical flow of your site. This is a good way to plan site navigation.

* * * The above must be in your proposal. The below is for you to know as you continue planning for your final project. * * *

• Solve the stated problem
• Have consistent organization
• Have consistent style throughout the Web
• Be a good example of programming style (when looking at source code)
• Works without error
• Use standard HTML tags
• Credit all sources of images, scripts and other resources
• Includes a complete STAIR that highly emphasizing implementation and refinement
• Your final project Will NOT include your lab assignments. Your final project must be made of new and original html files and contain a minimum of 6 html documents. (NOTE: these pages do not include your Stair.)

• A background image or color
• Must illustrate page formatting by using frames or tables
• A table
• A list
• An image map (at least one)

1. 25 - STAIR ... Complete this ... I had five people lose 25 points and a full grade because they refused to complete a stair.
2. 15 - Everything works and the project follows good Web Design 15 - Good source code ... this means indenting and spacing.
3. 15 - Meets all project requirements
4. 10 - Credits all sources, etc.
5. 10 - A good project that does all that is asked above and moves a little beyond what we did in class, works properly, succeeds in solving the problem and shows some imagination. See above for specifics.
6. 10 - Goes well beyond the expectations stated above. Earning these extra points requires original work that goes beyond what has been covered in class. See above for specifics.
7. Use of a Web editor on any page will result in an automatic 0. MS Word is an editor.

Note: You will get a 0 if the project was a work of plagiarism (beyond the expected borrowing of scripts). Borrowing and modifying scripts is acceptable, with an author's permission. However, plagiarism also constitutes failure to credit the author(s) of modified scripts. Please give credit where credit is due. Any evidence of work that is not your own (other than said scripts and borrowed images) will be dealt with severely.

Final STAIR
You will have to submit a very complete STAIR. I want to be able to read you STAIR and know exactly what you did, what problems you had and how you solved them. This is a college level, final project. Your work should reflect this.

To see what I did for this assignment go to stair_lab6.txt.