Project Option

Last updated August 26, 2025

Everyone will work on the same project option this year, although the details will vary. We are limiting options this year in order to focus on pedagogy and software engineering principles this year.

The client will act in a different capacity this year and we will meet the client in Term 2.

All the projects will be open-source.

Mining Digital Work Artifacts

Project goal: This project investigates how you can mine individual work artifacts from a laptop or any computer device to identify the digital outputs they create in the course of professional or creative activities. Work artifacts may include programming code and repositories, written documents and notes, or design sketches and media files. By analyzing these artifacts and their metadata, your project will uncover meaningful insights in one's work contributions, creative processes, and project evolution. This mining approach aims to help individuals showcase and reflect on their productivity, creative direction, and skill development while raising awareness of the ethical considerations of analyzing one’s personal work history.
Target users: A graduating student or an early professional who works on the computer regular and is wanting to gather information about the projects they worked on over the years. They hope to use this information to showcase as part of a web portfolio, or a dashaboard of some kind that lets them easily see the metrics and highlights of their hard work, or descriptions and metrics that could be useful for improving their résumeé.
Technology Stack Requirement: A programming language that allows you to focus on system architecture design and decisions. You will eventually build an API and a front-end in future milestones in Term 2.