Sue Ann's Design Journal

The final year project is the capstone of the degree; it allows students to showcase what they have learnt. The project module is different from the other modules. Although students are monitored, it is the student's responsibility to define the issue boundaries, explore possible solutions, and report the findings in writing, verbally, and in action. There are no official lectures to attend, other from an introductory briefing session. Individual/small group sessions are held on a regular basis to discuss progress. Students submit progress and final results reports, as well as in-person presentations and demonstrations of their work, for evaluation. (Sussex, 2021) Hence, I decided to work on a project called Knock, which is a smart door lock. Below are my progress documentation of this project.  Project Planning : For this first week of the semester, we were given the project brief to help us understand the learning outcomes and what we needed to deliver by the end of the sem...