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Introduction to Design (Track 3)

デザイン基礎 （テーマ３） 

Fridays 10:30-12:00 & 12:40-14:10 @ Computer Workshop with Profs. Liang / Kishida / Nishi / Ravi / Miyamoto

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This practical hands-on course introduces you to the fundamentals of Android app development using MIT App Inventor 2. This course has three parts:

 

  • Class 1-12: lectures + hands-on tutorials

  • Class 13-14: self-directed app development project

  • Class 15: final presentation

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テーマ３では、MIT App Inventor 2を使ってモバイルアプリケーションの設計と開発の基礎を学ぶ。 講義内容の理解と習得を効率的に進めるために、各講義では講師のデモンストレーションに従って⼩規模アプリケーションの実装が⾏われる。 第13、14回の⾃主プロジェクトでは、学⽣は個⼈またはグループで作業し、⾃分の考えに基づいてモバイルアプリケーションを設計および実装する。第15回では、最終発表が⾏う。

Week 1

App Fundamentals アプリケーションの基本

How to submit: Take a screenshot or phone of your result, send it to liang.zilu@kuas.ac.jp or post it in MS Teams. 

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Week 2

App Development Environment アプリ開発環境の準備

  • Lecture 講義

    • Slides

    • In-class task 1: fill in the table of Android vs iOS 

    • In-class task 2: figure out what IDE is 

    • Quiz

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 April 23 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show the App Inventor and Android emulation to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week ​

    • (Optional) Challenge advanced task: follow the steps here to connect your Android phone to the App Inventor

 

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Week 3

Variables 変数

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 May 7 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Counter App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Remove the text shown in the label ‘Text for Label1’

      • Change the counter to increase by 2 instead of 1 on each click

      • Add another counter button that counts independently of the first button

      • Add another button that resets the counter to 0

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Week 4

Procedures プロシージャ

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 May 14 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Counter App and BMI Calculator App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Add more features to the BMI Calculator app (e.g., calculating previous BMI, giving a simple tip based on the comparison between the current and the previous BMI, calculating ideal body weight based on a user's height)

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Week 5

List リスト

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 May 21 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Android Quiz App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Add more features to the Android Quiz App (e.g., adding more questions, changing the color of correct/incorrect message, removing the text of previous answer when the 'Next' button is clicked)

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Week 6

Loop ループ

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 May 28 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Android Quiz App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • Make sure you complete all the assignment in previous lectures.

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Restart from the first question when you take a wrong answer.

      • Show "Congratulations!" N times after all correct, where N means the number of questions.

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Week 7

Animation アニメーション

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 June 4 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Animation App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Add a ‘Pause’ button on the UI; when the ‘Pause’ button is clicked, the animation will pause at the current frame.

      • Add a ‘Resume’ button on the UI; when the ‘Resume’ button is clicked, the animation will resume playing.

      • Add a ‘Stop’ button on the UI; when the ‘Stop’ button is clicked, the animation will go back to the first frame and stop there.

      • Add an input box that allows users to set the play speed of the animation.​

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Week 8

Media メディア

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 June 11 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Audio Player App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Make the ‘Stop’ button work: when the ‘Stop’ button is clicked, the audio player will stop playing and the image will stop rotating.

      • Add a ‘Pause’ button on the UI; when the ‘Pause’ button is clicked, the audio player will pause, and the image will stop rotating

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Week 9

App with multiple screens マルチスクリーン アプリ

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial / Deadline: 14:00 June 18 (Friday)

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Color Dots App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional / advanced) If you have time, why not challenging the following tasks

      • Remove the text ‘Not set’ in the ‘colorValue’ label

      • Allow users to draw lines on the canvas; users will be able to set the color and size of the brush
         

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Week 10

Layout レイアウト

  • Lecture 講義

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Complete the tasks in tutorial

      • If you finish all the tasks in class, show your Color Dots App to one of the instructors before you leave

      • If you can't finish all the tasks, you can keep working on them after class and show your work to one of the instructors in class next week 

    • (Optional) If you have time, why not rearranging the UI of the ‘customizeBrushScreen’ using nested layout

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Important

We only have 4 classes left before the final presentation. It’s time to think about your self-directed project.

Download the ‘AppConceptRoadmap.docx’ from Teams. Fill the form and submit it by 9th July.
# There is an example on Teams.  
 

Week 11

Advanced Topic I 上級レベル（その１）

  • Lecture 講義

    • Slides (LocationSensor & ActivityStarter)

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Keep working on 'AppConceptRoadmap.docx’

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Week 12

Advanced Topic II 上級レベル（その２）

  • Lecture 講義

    • Slides (Imaging Classification with Machine Learning)

  • Tutorial 実装

  • Assignment 宿題

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Week 13

Self-Directed Project I ⾃主プロジェクト（その１）​

  • Tutorial 実装

    • Group work

  • Assignment 宿題

    • Plz answer this questionnaire if you haven't done it.

    • Submit 'AppConceptRoadmap.docx’.

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Week 14

Self-Directed Project II ⾃主プロジェクト（その２）​

  • Tutorial 実装

    • Group work​

Week 15

Final Presentation  最終発表

  • Group Presentation 

    • Slides

    • Download the ‘0_FinalPresentationFeedbackForm’ form

    • Schedule
      • Morning session​

        • Project 1: Make everything calorie 0

        • Project 2: Manage your own health app

        • Project 3: AddNote

        • Project 4: Kyoinfo

        • Project 5: SentanNaviApp

      • Afternoon session

        • Project 1: Icheeta

        • Project 2: Let's Lottery!

        • Project 3: Meal Inventor

        • Project 4: Kyoto search app

        • Project 5: Timesparker

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