CST 489/499 Week 14 Learning Journal

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Milestones Accomplished

This week, my main contribution to our capstone project was drafting the group's presentation outline and presenting it at our meeting. I also created a draft script for my part of the video and tailored it to meet the video time requirements. 

Next Steps

My plans for next week are to record my part of the video and prepare for our live practice on Friday with Dr. Feng. I will also follow up with the CSUMB Competitive Programming Club to confirm their participation in testing our platform. 

Challenges

This week, our main challenge was meeting the Capstone video requirements. While we created a DSA learning platform, the algorithm we implemented differs from others, and we did not have enough time to explain how it differs. We are also worried that the CSUMB Competitive Programming Club may be too busy to test our platform. We have CC'd Dr. Feng on our responses so he can follow up with them in person.

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