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IT 232 -- Final Project

General Information

• The final project can be completed in a group of 1, 2, or 3 class members.
• Project groups can consist of in-class students, online students, or a mixture of in-class and online students.
• Final Project presentations will be on Monday, November 23, 2015. Project groups having at least one in-class member make a class presentation on this date.

Goal:

• Implement a Rails site that stores, manages, and displays information in a database.

Suggestions for Final Project

• Airline Reservation System, Dijay Management System, Employee Work Scheduling System, Facebook-type Site, Job Applicant Management Site, Library Checkout System, RedBox-like Video Purchase System

Requirements for Full Credit

• A final project submission that minimally fulfills all the requirements receives a score of 88 to 92.
• Include a project description document (see next section).
• A custom login authentication system (see the CustomLogin Example), which allows users to register, and add their chosen username and password.
• In addition to the login system, include at least 4 tables and at least one one-to-many or many-to-many relationship.
• Include a non-scaffold-based controller with user information, including a welcome page.
• Populate your tables with relevant information.
• Don't make your project too similar to the class examples.
• Your project submission should not look like an out-of-the-box Rails project. Modify the scaffold layouts and stylesheets to obtain a visually appealing presentation.
• Don't use the Times New Roman font or fonts that look like it.
• All images should be less than 30K on disk, or an explanation of why larger images are needed

Project Description

• In your Rails project folder, include a document that describes your project including these points:
  
  1. What is the purpose of your project?
  2. What features did you include in your project.
  3. If you have more than one group member, what was the contribution of each of the members. What percentage of the total work for the project did each member do?
  4. Special directions for using your site.

Grading Breakdown

• Functionality: 40%; Layout/Styles:35%; Creativity/OriginalityInteresting: 15%; Project Description: 10%.