Starting a Civic Engagement Capstone: An Experience Report
Abstract
In this paper, we reflect on the first semester of a Computer Science capstone course focused on civic engagement projects. This was offered as an alternate section of an existing capstone, with multiple student teams working with a local non-profit. We describe how the student work was structured during the semester, as well as the activities leading up to the semester and occurring immediately after the semester. We also reflect on what worked well, and discuss potential changes in future semesters. We believe this will be helpful to other faculty that are either starting a new capstone course, or modifying an existing capstone course, that will engage community partners with student teams.
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Publication
Papers of the 38th Annual CCSC Southeastern Conference (CCSC-SE 2024)
