{"id":205,"date":"2020-04-16T01:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbital.comp.nus.edu.sg\/?p=205"},"modified":"2020-04-16T01:13:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:13:37","slug":"levels-of-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comp.nus.edu.sg\/orbital\/2020\/04\/16\/levels-of-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Levels of Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orbital<\/strong> will feature three levels of achievement that student teams self-select.\u00a0 Prospective teams need to indicate their preferred level of achievement when they express their interest in the programme. The level for each team will be adjusted based on the results of Milestone evaluations and finalized at Milestone 3.<\/p>\n

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Project Gemini<\/strong> (Intermediate) \u2013 Custom project defined by the student team. Completes the requirements for Vostok and extends it further with a good set of core features. Perform comprehensive self-testing on the system. Provide proper documentation. Must score a minimum of 2 stars on feedback given to other teams. Must score a minimum of 3 stars on own peer-graded project.<\/p>\n

(Gemini was the second manned spacecraft programme by the USA.\u00a0 It launched ten missions between 1965-1966.\u00a0 Neil Armstrong cut his chops in Project Gemini before returning in the USA\u2019s Project Apollo series of missions.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Apollo 11<\/strong> (Difficult\/Advanced) \u2013 Custom project defined by the student team. Must fulfill requirements of Project Gemini while extending further, such as including social integration, mobile client, iterative usability testing, application-specific feature extensions, multiple \/ administrative frontends, downloading of user data. Perform comprehensive self-testing and basic user testing on the system. Provide detailed documentation. Must show some evidence of software engineering. Must score a minimum of 3 stars on feedback given to other teams. Must score a minimum of 4 stars on own peer-graded project.<\/p>\n

(Apollo 11 was the first mission by the US NASA agency to land a human on the moon, and safely return him to Earth.\u00a0 The distinction of being the first men on the moon belongs to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Artemis <\/strong>(Extreme) \u2013 Custom project defined by either the student team or the mentoring staff. Must fulfill requirements of Apollo 11 while extending further to include even more complex features. Perform comprehensive self-testing and user testing on the system. Provide high-quality, detailed documentation. Must show strong evidence of software engineering. Must score a minimum of 4 stars on feedback given to other teams Must score a minimum of 5 stars on own peer-graded project.<\/p>\n

(Artemis is an ongoing mission to land astronauts on the Moon, and to eventually take the next giant leap \u2013 sending astronauts to Mars. )<\/em><\/p>\n

The selection of the difficulty level is binding in the case of teams opting to do Artemis<\/b>\u00a0with external mentorship; i.e., student teams that elect to do A11 and but do not complete the necessary achievements as judged by the mentoring staff may\u00a0be deemed to have failed the course.\u00a0 This because mentorship involves industry professionals and\/or student mentors (i.e., costs manpower to run).<\/p>\n

We do encourage inspired students to try for this highest level of achievement, as this will enhance their programming capabilities and inspire a higher level of confidence.\u00a0 Students who complete Apollo 11 or Project Gemini may opt to continue this line of development in future coursework in the School\u2019s set of Entrepreneurship courses.<\/p>\n

For teams who do not manage to achieve Gemini will be assessed on whether they can still pass Orbital at the Vostok (beginner) level as explained below.<\/p>\n

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\u0412\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u043a (Vostok) <\/strong>(Easy\/Beginner) \u2013 Complete a basic web application with a database backend. Perform basic self-testing on the system. Provide basic documentation (i.e., project report, poster and video). Make all the required submissions. Complete the monthly peer-grading exercises. Must score a minimum of 2 stars on feedback given to other teams and on own peer-graded project. Must show evidence of development progress in all three months of the programme.<\/p>\n

(\u0412\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u043a was name of the series of spaceflight program started by the Soviet Union which was the first to successfully launch a human, Yuri Gagarin, into space, and return him safely to Earth).<\/em><\/p>\n

Important Revisions<\/h5>\n

2022 \u2013 Updated the requirements for each level.
\n2020 \u2013 Added Artemis and set it as the only level eligible for mentorship.
\n2017 \u2013 Removed PG as eligible for mentorship.
\n2016 \u2013 Added PG as eligible for mentorship.
\n2015 \u2013 Added NOC credits for PG and above.<\/p>\n

(Insignia: courtesy Wikipedia)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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