Topic 14 · Capstone evidence defense

Final Showcase and ReflectionDemonstrate a bounded claim, defend the evidence, learn from feedback, and name what comes next.

The final showcase is an evidence defense, not a polish contest. Students demonstrate an app or equal-credit fallback, explain one decision, defend one source and security claim, disclose assistance, respond to feedback, and preserve a calibrated next step.

Before class

Bring a class-safe app or fallback and any evidence you want to use. If prior work is missing, use the supplied Study Sprint dossier. No public URL, live AI, account, paid tool, prior packet, video, polished interface, or personal disclosure is required.

By the end

Four outcomes you can demonstrate.

The focus is judgment students can show, not vocabulary they can merely repeat.

01 · FRAME

State the user, task, artifact boundary, and one bounded capability claim.

02 · DEFEND

Connect a demonstration, process decision, source trail, and security decision to visible evidence.

03 · DISCLOSE

Explain what AI or people helped with, what changed, what was checked, and who remains responsible.

04 · REVISE

Use specific peer feedback to improve one claim, control, explanation, or next test.

Class route

Two meetings with separate learning arcs.

Meeting 1 plans 68 taught minutes plus a 12-minute flex and access buffer; Meeting 2 plans 68 plus 12.

MEETING 1

Rehearse an Evidence Defense

Choose an equal-credit route, reveal the six-part defense arc, complete three explicit rehearsal rounds, practice disclosure and question handling, and prepare evidence-based feedback.

80 MIN

00:00-00:18
Route and defense arcChoose an own-artifact or supplied route; distinguish a bounded defense from a polished pitch.
00:18-00:42
Three rehearsal roundsCommit a capability claim, evidence choice, and uncertainty response before the course rationale.
00:42-01:02
Disclosure, questions, and feedbackMake assistance visible, answer from evidence, and turn critique into a next test.
01:02-01:08
Rehearsal handoffPreserve the six-part defense, one hard question, and one revision target.
01:08-01:20
Flex/access bufferUse the rehearsal studio, packet, paper, projected transcript, private writing, speech-to-text, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), or LMS text.

Start Meeting 1

MEETING 2

Showcase, Defend, Revise, Reflect

Use an instructor-assigned route and four timed rounds to demonstrate evidence, ask bounded questions, give work-centered feedback, revise one decision, preserve observable course evidence, and complete a private reflection.

80 MIN

00:00-00:15
Norms, mode, and rolesConfirm what may be shown, choose timing by class size, and assign presenter, evidence reviewer, and boundary reviewer roles.
00:15-00:55
Four 10-minute showcase roundsEach round uses 4 minutes defense, 2 minutes evidence questions, 2 minutes feedback, and 2 minutes transition or revision.
00:55-01:08
Calibrate, revise, and closeCheck feedback against evidence, revise one item, preserve submission evidence, and complete the course close.
01:08-01:20
Flex/access and private reflectionFinish an equivalent presentation route, complete private reflection, and resolve submission questions without public disclosure.

Start Meeting 2

Evidence

Final Showcase Evidence Packet

Prepare and deliver one route-neutral evidence defense; preserve its purpose, demonstration, process decision, claim/source record, security or human-control record, assistance disclosure, limitation, anonymous feedback response, and next step.

What to submit

Look in the LMS for an item named Final Showcase Evidence Packet. Submit only if that item is assigned. Use either the four-page packet, a rendered Showcase Rehearsal Studio summary, LMS text, DOCX/export, scanned paper, speech-to-text, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) supported response, or an instructor-approved accessible equivalent. You may use the Studio to draft the packet, but submit one final format only. The LMS supplies the deadline, points, late rule, and resubmission rule.
Name the presentation route and artifact boundary; state the user, task, bounded capability claim, and one visible demonstration or supplied record. A public URL, live demo, video, polished interface, or prior packet is not required.
Include one human process decision, one directly observed or source-supported claim with its evidence route and limitation, and one security, privacy, safety, or human-control decision with evidence and a next test or stop condition.
Include an AI-use disclosure or no-AI statement: tool/person, type of help, what you changed or rejected, how you checked it, and who remains responsible. Do not submit a full chat, private code archive, account screen, or unnecessary identity evidence.
Summarize one peer or reviewer feedback item without naming the person; record Accept, Test, Defer, or Reject; show the resulting bounded revision or justified no-change decision; end with one limitation and next step. If a peer is unavailable, use the fixed Study Sprint dossier comment, structured self-review, or instructor review. Private course reflection is separate unless the LMS explicitly requests observable reflection evidence.

Open assignment

Boundary

Use only fictional, public, instructor-provided, or approved class-safe material. Do not upload, project, link, paste, display, or submit credentials, private prompts or chats, private-device or account screens, private source archives, restricted course files, grades, health or identity data, consent/assent records, unpublished peer work, named peer feedback, or unnecessary personal details. The presenter controls what is shown publicly.

Access: Live/local demo, screenshots, projected walkthrough, short recording, written defense, captions, speech-to-text, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), paper, LMS text, the course-owned Study Sprint dossier, and approved accessible equivalents earn equal credit for equivalent evidence. No public URL, prior app or packet, live AI, account, paid tool, reliable network, spoken performance, video recording, personal career disclosure, or external certificate is a gate. Request a private or alternate route before or during class without explaining a diagnosis or personal reason.

AI disclosure: Name any AI tool or person that materially shaped the artifact, evidence, explanation, or revision; state the type of help and what you accepted, changed, rejected, or personally verified. If no AI was used, state that route. Citation/source records and assistance disclosure remain separate jobs.

References

Core sources and optional extensions.

The class deck contains the required explanation. These links support verification, deeper reading, or alternate access.

Course-owned Study Sprint DossierComplete synthetic demonstration, source, process, security retest, disclosure, feedback, and limitation record for the no-prior-work route.Printable Study Sprint Dossier PDFOne-page supplied record. Label it as supplied evidence, not as your own observation.Editable Final Showcase Evidence PacketPrimary four-page route for defense, evidence, disclosure, feedback response, limitation, and next step.Printable Final Showcase Evidence Packet PDFPaper route. Use HTML, LMS text, DOCX/export, speech-to-text, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), or another approved route if handwriting or fixed pages create a barrier.Showcase Rehearsal StudioAccount-free, no-storage three-round Study Sprint rehearsal and alternative evidence builder.Peer Feedback CardsPrintable Notice, Question, Next test cards. Do not put reviewer names in submitted evidence.Printable Peer Feedback Cards PDFOne-page paper route for four showcase rounds.Google People + AI GuidebookOptional human-centered AI design patterns on value, explanation, trust, control, and failure handling. Not required for the showcase.Stanford d.school Feedback ActivityOptional source for critique practice, separating the person from the work, rotating roles, and focusing on the work goal.NACE Career Readiness CompetenciesOptional reflection vocabulary. A project can provide evidence related to a competency; it does not certify mastery.

Course complete

Keep the final artifact, evidence trail, assistance disclosure, known limitation, and next test together so the work remains understandable after the presentation.

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