Student name/ID:	Will Pak Poy (0521858)
Course:	Digital Technologies
Unit name, incl. point value:	Year Eight Programming
Teacher(s):	Mr Cook
Task & Seqta task #:	Task 1 Programming
Big idea:	How can we use computers to create solutions that improve our lives?
Purpose of task:	Assessment of knowledge and skills in Python programming
Skills needed to complete task:	Python programming and logic.
Weighting:	100%
Maximum number of marks:	100
Date issued:	20th July 2020
Date due:	10th August 2020
Turnitin required: http://turnitin.com	N/A
Submission method:	Seqta submission by 5pm.
Limits (time, length, etc.):	N/A
Last date drafts reviewed:	N/A
Number of class lessons provided for completion:	6
Suggested amount of time for completion at home:	2
Conditions for task:	Individual task.
Further information:

N/A (not applicable) is used for categories above that are not relevant for this task.

Task

Information and Requirements

Procedural

Information

• You will be working individually.

• Make sure you complete and include a Declaration of Own Work, available on the Radford Online page Sign in to your account.

Administrative Information

• 6 lessons will be allocated to the completion of the task.

Assessment Criteria

Students will be assessed on the degree to which they demonstrate:

• Develops algorithms with diagrams and / or texts to structure and plan programming solutions

• Designs the user experience of a digital system

• Implements and modifies programs with user interfaces in a general purpose programming language

• Evaluate designed solutions and processes

Task:

“People have problems. We write software to solve problems.”

Problem:

In this project you will be working to develop an application for a scientist to categorise observations of different amphibians. Using the Python programming language, you are to develop an application that:

1. Has a clear user interface to allow data input

2. Includes programming logic to categorise amphibians into their correct order of the species (see below).

3. Outpts and allows for the storage of results

Program requirements:

Your program must be developed in Python. Source code must be supplied.

Documentation requirements:

You must include documentation based on the Design Process scaffold on SEQTA.

Program must include pseudocode to demonstrate knowledge of code being submitted.

Submission:

Your documentation and program files must be zipped and submitted on SEQTA by 5.00pm 10 August 2020.

Classfiying amphibians:

There are about 6,200 known species of living amphibians. They are placed in three different orders:

1. Frog and toads

2. Salamanders and newts

3. Caecilians

Frogs and toads are adapted for jumping. Salamanders and newts may walk or swim. Caecilians live in the water or soil and are the only amphibians without legs.

You may want to do further research.

Learning or Reporting Outcome	Mark	Advanced A student who achieves an A grade typically	Proficient A student who achieves a B grade typically	Demonstrated A student who achieves a C grade typically	Developing A student who achieves a D grade typically	Experiencing Difficulty A student who achieves an E grade typically
Design		Designs and implements a program that is highly modular and appropriately applies algorithms and data structures. The program includes a very high level of appropriate comments and is very well structured. The program uses well established techniques and design patterns where appropriate.	Designs and implements a program that is mostly modular and generally applies algorithms and data structures. The program includes a high level of appropriate comments and is very well structured. The program uses some established techniques and design patterns where appropriate.	Designs and implements a program that has some modules and generally applies appropriate algorithms and data structures. The program includes a good level of appropriate comments and is very well structured. The program uses few established techniques and design patterns where appropriate.	Designs and implements a program that is highly modular and appropriately applies algorithms and data structures. The program includes a high level of appropriate comments and is very well structured. The program uses very few established techniques and design patterns.	Designs and implements a program that is linear and applies a limited range of algorithms and data structures. The program includes a very low level of comments and is simply structured. The program does not utilize design patterns.
Planning		Plans and manages the development process in an iterative way, mindful of risks and project deliverables. Program design strikes an excellent balance between functionality, accessibility, usability and aesthetics. Documentation includes excellent description of the design process and how the program was developed.	Plans and manages the development process in structured way, mostly mindful of risks and project deliverables. Program design strikes a very good balance between functionality, accessibility, usability and aesthetics. Documentation includes a very description of the design process and how the program was developed.	Plans and manages the development process in a post-hoc way, with some mind paid to risks and ensuring project deliverables. Program design strikes a good balance between functionality, accessibility, usability and aesthetics. Documentation includes good description of the design process and how the program was developed.	Plans and manages the development process in a completely post-hoc way, with little management of risks. Program design attempts to strike a balance between functionality, accessibility, usability and aesthetics. Documentation includes a limited description of the design process and how the program was developed.	Provides little evidence of planning and managing the development process. Program design does not strike a good balance functionality, accessibility, usability and aesthetics. Documentation is lacking or has a poor description of the design process and how the program was developed.
Evaluate		Critically evaluates their work with an eye to improving their knowledge and practice for this and another work. Documentation is very well written and reflects in a mature way on their program development process.	Critically evaluates their work with an eye to improving their knowledge and practice. Documentation is well written and reflects in a mature way on their program development process.	Critically evaluates their work assessing their knowledge and practice as it applies to this task. Documentation is well written and reflects on their program development process.	Attempts a critical evaluation of their work with an eye to improving their knowledge and practice. Documentation is not well written and has a very limited reflection on their program development process.	Attempts little critical evaluation of their work with an eye to improving their knowledge and practice. Documentation is lacking or poorly written and does not reflect on their program development process.
Implementation		Develops a program that is very responsive to the user experience and the problem requirements. The program is fully functional and is an excellent solution to the programming problem.	Develops a program that is responsive to the user experience and the problem requirements. The program is mostly functional and is a very good solution to the programming problem.	Develops a program that is mostly responsive to the user experience and the problem requirements. The program is generally functional and is a good solution to the programming problem.	Develops a program that is at times responsive to the user experience and the problem requirements. The program is not fully functional and or is a below standard solution to the programming problem.	Develops a program that is not responsive to the user experience and the problem requirements. The program is not functional and or is a poor solution to the programming problem.

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