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COIT20269 - Mobile Web App Development

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit builds on responsive web design principles, equipping you with the knowledge and practical skills to design, develop, and test mobile web applications that support complex user interactions and data handling. You will explore the strengths and limitations of web apps versus native apps, with a focus on cross-platform functionality using tools like Apache Cordova. In this unit, you will develop full-stack hybrid mobile applications, building the front end with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and/or Node.js, while using Node.js or PHP for the back end and connecting to cloud databases for data storage. Emphasis will be placed on asynchronous programming to enhance performance, responsiveness, and overall user experience. You will also examine common web app vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate them. Finally, the unit will guide you through the process of maintaining and deploying mobile web app code.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-Req: COIT20247 Database Design and Development, COIT20268 Responsive Web Design

Anti-Req: COIT20231 Mobile Computing

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

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Rockhampton
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Melbourne
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Rockhampton
Sydney

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 81.82% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 34.38% response rate.

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.

Source: Teaching team's reflection
Feedback
The code examples provided in the lecture slides and tutorial materials helped students build their skills.
Recommendation
Continue providing intuitive coding examples in the lecture slides and tutorial materials.
Action Taken
Intuitive examples were added in the previous offering (for example the top basic user interface (Week 4).
Source: Unit Coordinator's reflection
Feedback
The unit lacks coverage on secure coding practices.
Recommendation
Add a weekly topic on secure coding practices and assess this knowledge in one or more assessment tasks.
Action Taken
Week 12 (topic API Security) covers API security and assessment 3 has a task to test code for vulnerabilities.
Source: Unit Coordinator and Teaching Team Reflection
Feedback
jQuery Mobile framework, popularity and usage have declined over the years. Alternative frameworks should be considered.
Recommendation
Explore a transition to a more widely adopted front-end development framework (for example React).
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Teaching Team's Reflection
Feedback
Incorporating intuitive coding examples in lectures proves to be a valuable practice, aiding students in the development of their skills.
Recommendation
Continue providing intuitive coding examples in the lecture slides and tutorial materials.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Weekly tutorials should adopt a guided approach, furnishing students with step-by-step instructions for completing the tasks.
Recommendation
Revise and enrich the tutorial with detailed, step-by-step guidance. This update will not only make the material more accessible but also foster a deeper understanding and more effective task execution by the students
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator and Teaching Team
Feedback
Split the unit into two distinct components: one focusing on front-end development and the other addressing backend and cloud aspects.
Recommendation
Restructure the unit by dividing it into two distinct components. The first component should focus exclusively on front-end development (for mobile web applications) and the second component should then address back-end development and cloud computing aspects.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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