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x96 Syllabus
Focus Areas
SCEL is a great place to learn/apply concepts and technical skills. x96 students who do a project with SCEL are expected to strive to achieve excellence in the following areas:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Documentation
- Learning
Grading Criteria
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- Email
- Students are required to respond to lab emails within 24 hours
- When sending lab related emails, cc [email protected]
- Google Calendar Invitations
- Students are required to accept or decline calendar events emailed to them
- Attendance to events will be tracked through this tool
- Weekly team updates
- Each team will log their progress weekly through the lab Wiki
- Students will post their weekly accomplishments, issues, and goals for the following week
- Oral Presentations
- See links to oral presentation guidelines in the “meetings” section
- Teams will present four times during the semester:
- A 15 minute proposal presentation in February/September
- A 15 minute preliminary design review presentation in March/October
- A 15 minute critical design review presentation in April/November
- A 15 minute final presentation at the end of the semester
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- Students will submit a written report to Dr. Kuh ([email protected]) by the Friday of finals week, December 18, via email
- Students may be asked to edit reports after they have been reviewed by Dr. Kuh
EE 496 students can see this PDF for more details: http://ee.hawaii.edu/gfx/content/ee496_2014-02-07_r1.pdf
Meetings
- Orientation Meeting
- Students are required to attend an orientation for the lab at the beginning of the semester
- It will be held on January 16 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Basic lab information will be presented and sub team planning and organization will occur
- Sub Team Meetings
- Each sub team will meet weekly
- Notes will be taken and stored on the wiki
- Sub Team Lead Meetings
- If you are a sub team lead, you will meet with the leadership team once a week
- All Hands Meetings
- These meetings are held twice a month
- Group presentations will be held each month
- February 6, 2016- Proposal Presentation
- March 5, 2016- Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
- April 2, 2016- Critical Design Review (CDR)
- May 5 and 6, 2016- Final Presentation
- Please refer to the Presentation Guidelines when making your presentations.
- Attendance is mandatory for all lab members
- Students who cannot attend will need to email the project manager ahead of time with their reasoning for not being able to attend
Project Management Tools
- Google Calendar
- Students will receive access to the SCEL Google Calendar before the semester starts
- Students are responsible for any meetings, events, goals, or deadlines posted on this calendar
- Students must accept or decline event invitations sent to them
- Meetings, events, goals and deadlines will be posted on this calendar
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- Students can use this resource to find information about the lab, procedures and rules, the syllabus, meeting notes, and much more
- Documents will be posted on the wiki
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- Students can use this for real-time collaboration and event streaming
- Students should log into the chatroom when they are working on lab projects
- Dropbox
- Students will receive access to the Dropbox at the beginning of the semester
- Students can save all lab related files to the Dropbox