Topic 1/ Internal Assessment – Introduction

Welcome to Topic 1 and the Internal Assessment! This topic has been broken down into five different parts: Criterions A, B, C, D, and E. Each criterion is very similar to the MYP Criterion that you’ve used in your design classes. For this topic, each criterion has its own draft submission with a specific deadline. Some submissions require short written components, others a screencast and others an actual software product. There is theory to go over for each topic, which should find its way into your written component, implicitly or explicitly.

Criterion A – Planning

During this stage, you will pick a product of your liking to work on. It will be important to set your success criteria as achievable outcomes. Too little and the product is not complex enough and too much and the product will be too much to finish.

Criterion B – Design

You will create mockups, drawings, and diagrams during this stage. It is very important that you include a client or possible user here. You must get genuine feedback about the designs.

It is important to note that you may change criteria in Crit A and B at any time during the process.

Criterion C – Developing

You will spend a big chunk of your time creating your product. Once the product is finished, you must submit a short written component detailing the tools and algorithms you used.

Criterion D – Functionality

This will be a 5-7 minute screencast showcasing the solution and performing the tests for each criteria.

Criterion E – Evaluation

Here you get feedback from a client or possible users, detail how your product could be extended in the future, explain how the product can be installed and create documentation for future users.