Overview
This unit will teach you how to develop application software (apps) for mobile devices, building on your knowledge of programming, user experience design and web technologies. You will learn about key features of the mobile industry, mobile technologies, mobile devices and mobile platforms. Through a combination of theory and practice, you will learn how to develop and optimise content for mobile devices, and how to create user interfaces and navigation controls. You will design, implement, test and debug mobile applications using industry-standard software tools and cross-platform application programming interfaces (APIs).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: (DGTL11006 Coding Fundamentals AND DGTL11005 Web Design) OR MMST11002 Web Design Students who have completed DGTL13002 Mobile Application Development may not enrol in this unit
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Email
Maintain the current structure and, where possible, enable students to publish their mobile app.
The final assessment task requires students to develop a mobile app prototype. Students are welcome to publish the completed mobile app once the final grade has been released.