Project Journey & Development Log
The real progression of our ENG1044 project, from early ideas and weekly tasks to topic changes, team decisions, and website development milestones. Each week reflects what was completed, revised, delayed, or added, with annotated checklists and supporting screenshots.
The initial roadmap was drafted for 13 weeks based on early coursework information; the final teaching schedule consisted of 12 weeks.
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2025, Sep 23 ~ 29
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Group not yet formed.
Enrollment issues delayed class attendance for most members during the first week. As a result, planned Week 1 tasks were deferred to Week 2 once the group was formally established.
Brief attendance happened during the second session (Wed, Sep 25), with a temporary group assignment. Project briefing received, outlining ePortfolio requirements and overall coursework structure.
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2025, Sep 30 ~ Oct 6
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Group 2-F officially formed this week.
Initial members: 3 ( Siti, Abdullah, Kai )
Topic brainstorming conducted with four proposals submitted:
Generative AI Productivity/Efficiency vs Retention
Usage of AI for Daily Life Things
Labour Exploitation in AI Data Annotation
Local vs Cloud AI/LLMs
Initial voting favoured "Usage of AI for Daily Life Things" but the scope was later deemed too broad. Topic reconsidered and finalised as "Labour Practices and Technological Progress in AI Data Annotation" by Friday, Oct 3.
Website platform selected: Framer
Chosen for live collaborative editing, easy member access management, version history, and free public sharing without domain costs.
Meeting schedule established: Thursdays 10am-12pm.
Instructor Feedback:
Topic must be directive statement (not question) with clear, specific scope.
Dropdown menu navigation permitted as long as Table of Contents on Home/About page lists all required pages.
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2025, Oct 7 ~ 13
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Fourth member added: Pei Jia
Major topic pivot.
Following consultation and instructor advice, the topic was reconsidered and changed from “Labour Practices in AI Data Annotation” to “AI in Education” to support a clearer and more balanced argumentative structure.
Created Roadmap page with reusable components to remove need to edit each instance individually.
Selected Type 3 balanced argumentative structure for research paper: Intro (with thesis statement), Argument x3, (Counter-argument x1 + Refutation), Conclusion
Created initial Outline on Google Slides using template provided by our instructor; Assigned points/arguments to each group member.
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2025, Oct 13 ~ 19
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Fifth member added: Ahmad
As the balanced structure comprised four main points already assigned to existing members, Ahmad got assigned the introduction and conclusion in line with the instructor’s recommendation. Group coordination during this phase primarily took place via WhatsApp and in-person discussions during scheduled classes.
Briefed on referencing and academic integrity, including ENG1044 plagiarism policies and citation requirements.
Attended Sunway Library workshop; Learned to use SearchAll, A-Z Databases, Reading List Database, and several CS-specific academic databases (e.g., IEEE Journals & Conference Proceedings, ACM Digital Library).
Outline consultation preparation:
Refined argumentative structure
Identified sources for each main and supporting point
Prepared for in-person consultation scheduled for Week 5
Although discussion of sharing initiatives were planned for this week in the Roadmap, onboarding of additional member, points allocation, as well as corrections and preparations for Topic & Outline consultation was prioritised. As such, sharing initiatives discussion was deferred to a later time (Week 11, as it turned out).
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2025, Oct 20 ~ 26
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Include additional page for resources used for the website (AKA Credits webpage; was planned for week 8)
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Oct 21, 5pm Deadline: Submitted group research outline for consultation via Group 2 shared document.
In-person consultation scheduled for Oct 22-23; Reviewed against Outline Consultation Checklist (11 criteria).
Outline approved with refinements. Topic finalised as: "AI in e-Learning" with four main arguments:
Personalised Learning
Administrative Efficiency
Data-Driven Insights
Plagiarism Detection
Changed to Type 1 balanced argumentative structure for research paper: Intro (with thesis statement), (Argument + Counter-argument + Refutation) x4, Conclusion
Worked on the Outline and Credits webpages, and other parts of the e-Portfolio (e.g., footer links, reusable design components). Credits webpage done way ahead of schedule to better keep track of resources used for the website, and avoid relying on memory to recall where assets were obtained from.
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2025, Oct 27 ~ Nov 2
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Portfolio requirements (re)emphasised.
By this week, the e-Portfolio was expected to include the Home page, Table of Contents, Outline page (with all versions), and Sources page. However, Sources webpage not yet created at this time due to focus on refining Outline and obtaining more credible and accessible academic sources.
Temporarily halted further progress on the e-Portfolio for this week and the next, so that group members can focus on individual preparations for CW2.
Group briefed on CW2 Written Response (WR) requirements.
Paraphrasing practice exercises completed using original examples on marketing and product adaptation, to reinforce academic integrity and avoid over-reliance on AI-generated language.
Revised Outline approved. A shared source list on the Mapping Outline (Google Slides) was created to ensure no overlap of academic sources between individual Written Responses.
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2025, Nov 3 ~ 9
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CW2 Written Response assessment week.
Written Response (WR) was completed in-class on Nov 5, following instructor-provided structure and requirements.
Group focus this week shifted entirely to individual Written Response preparation and completion, including:
Clarifying WR structure, expectations, and source suitability via WhatsApp group discussion
Confirming that two academic sources per student were sufficient for CW2
Ensuring alignment between individual WR topics and the approved group outline
No substantive updates were made to the e-Portfolio site during this period. Framer version history showed no published changes between Oct 25 and Nov 24, as focus was prioritised toward CW2 assessment.
Group communication continued primarily through WhatsApp, with coordination focused on WR requirements instead of collaborative writing or design tasks.
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2025, Nov 17 ~ 23
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Include additional sections/pages for background info about the topic and group members for the website
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Post-mid-semester break. CW3 research paper drafting began this week.
Research Paper format clarified as NOT a traditional research paper with Abstract or Literature Review or Methodology, but an extended argumentative essay with academic research support.
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2025, Nov 24 ~ 30
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Received positive feedback for CW3 Research Paper Draft 1; Continued research paper writing with Draft 2, copying content from Draft 1 and added further elaboration, evidence and citations.
Friday Nov 28, 6pm: Preliminary proofread session of Draft 2
Saturday Nov 29, 8am: Second proofread and revision session prior to submission
Focus: Grammar correction, citation verification, paragraph flow improvement
With the paper structurally on track, the focus moved toward allocating webpages and responsibility of site maintenance among group members more explicitly and fairly. A scroll-to-top button was considered for ease of navigation, but implementation on Framer was difficult, so it got scrapped; A theme toggle button was successfully added to allow user to switch to preferred mode (light or dark) for ease of reading.
Sources webpage also finally created and published to the site this week, along with Drafts and Written Response webpages. The Credits page tracked design assets such as template and icon attributions; the Sources page consolidated research paper references for assessment integrity, including those that were consulted pre-research writing, but not part of the final paper's end-of text references. Roadmap page design overhauled for improved styling and visual interest.
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2025, Dec 1 ~ 7
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Formative feedback week and intensive editing.
CW2 WR feedback session on Dec 2: Received evaluation forms with detailed comments on:
Academic language application
Paraphrasing quality
Citation accuracy
Structure adherence
Critical analysis depth
Written Responses converted from handwritten paper to typed PDFs, uploaded to the website, as well as corrected versions. This was done using Google Drive file IDs to enable downloading for offline viewing.
CW3 Draft 2 online consultation session was initially scheduled for Dec 4, but had to be rescheduled due to instructor availability. The rescheduled date was agreed on with difficulty, and uncertainty of full attendance, because some members had prior commitments during the available time slots.
Consultation for Draft 2 held on Dec 7 via Zoom, with 3/5 of members in attendance for the whole session due to (re)scheduling conflict; Key feedback included:
Content overly general, in relation to AI in e-Learning; topic advised to change (back) to "AI in Education".
Sections required more specific evidence, statistics, examples, and stronger synthesis of claims.
Language use triggered a high AI-detection score and required revision for clarity and originality.
Some in-text citations and reference formatting needed correction.
Conclusion structurally sound but recommended to add direct quote to further bolster claims.
This consultation reframed our revision priorities, shifting focus from surface-level edits to strengthening argument structure, evidential support, and academic tone in subsequent drafts. The research paper's title, Outline and corrected WR titles were also accordingly updated to "AI in Education".
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2025, Dec 8 ~ 14
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Include additional sections for background info about the topic and group members for the website (from week 8)
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CW3 Draft 3 was submitted to Turnitin on Dec 11, after further targeted proofreading to address feedback from the online consultation. Another submission was made on Dec 14 as Draft 4 (Final), with visual elements (e.g. tables, diagrams) added selectively to the research paper to better support key claims with concrete evidence, along with the final end-of-text reference list and word count.
A Quiz webpage was introduced as an additional engagement and extension component related to the research topic. Reflections webpage created with accordion-based layout to support readability and navigation between entries, with each entry clearly titled and attributed and word count noted.
Sharing Initiatives were formally clarified this week following instructor guidance. Groups were informed that at least one Zoom-based sharing activity would be mandated, with screenshots or recordings required as evidence for the Output section. This led to the decision to have Sharing Initiatives as a its own webpage, which had not been explicitly specified in the original Roadmap.
During final submission coordination, communication largely took place asynchronously on WhatsApp. While generally sufficient, this phase highlighted minor coordination challenges around submission timing, responsibility clarity, and confirmation of final edits. These issues were resolved through follow-up checks and reconfirmation prior to the final Turnitin submission, reinforcing the importance of explicit communication during refinement stage.
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2025, Dec 15 ~ 19
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With the portfolio submission deadline brought forward, remaining tasks were consolidated into this final week. An additional submission to Turnitin was done on Dec 16, with the cover page and table of contents removed, as instructed (no changes with Dec 14 submission, aside from removal of the first two pages).
Sharing Initiatives planned earlier in the project were implemented and documented through a dedicated Sharing Initiatives webpage, consolidating evidence from WhatsApp, Instagram, and the mandated Zoom-based sharing activity.
Theme toggles were tested across light and dark modes, and aria labels were added to image and interactive components where applicable. Accessibility considerations applied throughout development were summarised in an Accessibility Practices webpage to document design decisions.
By this stage, remaining work focused on submission preparation.
