استقطاب شركة تدريب في مجال الأندرويد

International Android™ Trainer

Terms of Reference

Introduction
University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) has received a grant from the Quality Improvement Fund (QIF) - Education to Work Transition Project - Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Palestine and funded by the World Bank for the project entitled: Pal Apps. This project aims to build the capacity of IT students in the field of programming and development of mobile applications. Accordingly, UCAS seeks the selection and employment of a qualified International trainer to undergo the advanced course of developing smart phones applications using the Android™ platform.
Assignment Objective:

UCAS is considering the selection of a qualified international trainer who has experiences in designing and building mobile applications using the Android™ open source platform to undergo Android™ advanced training course (50 hours) for 6 IT academic staff members.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities
1. Establish the training portfolio.
2. Deliver the training material to the project’s staff prior to the training for the Project Director’s approval on the material.
3. Conduct Pre and Post training exams .
4. Implement training sessions.
5. Submit periodical reports concerning the training aspects to the Project Director.
6. Undergo the training as planned and agreed with the project’s staff.
7. Provide suitable training hall that well equipped with all needed facilitates.
Qualifications and competencies
1.  At least bachelor degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any related fields.
2.  A minimum of 3 years working experience in designing and building mobile applications using the Android™ .
3. At least 3 years experience in training.
4.  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
5.  Ability to work under pressure
6 A good command of both oral and written English.

Deliverables:
The trainer has to deliver the following:
1. Submit the training portfolio within one week after signing the contract for the Project Director’s approval.

2. Present the first report within 2 weeks from the beginning of the training. The first report includes:  assessment of the trainees’ level concerning the topic to be trained on, any required modifications of the training portfolio and the expected outcomes.

3. Final report within 2 weeks from the end of the training. The report includes: final assessment of the trainees’ accomplishment, training outcomes and progress in addition to the trainer’s recommendations.

The trainer will prepare the training portfolio as the following outlines:
Course Outlines

Advanced Android Training Course
File I/O and User Preferences
 Sandbox and “Rooted” systems
 File system introduction
 Internal file system
 External file system
 File I/O
 User Preferences
 PreferenceActivity
 PreferenceFragment
 Demonstration 4 Hr.
Data
 Shared Preferences-Files system-SD cards
 SQLite
 Content Provider
 Multimedia
 Camera-Playing audio-Playing video 4 Hr.
Network Operations (SMS, JSON, XML)
 Android radios
 Android sockets
 HTTP review
 REST review
 Security Certificates
 HTTP Client
 Simple HTTP get
 JSON review
 Android JSON support
 XML review
 Android XML support
 XML parse example
 ConnectivityManager
 TelephonyManager
 RoboDialing
 SMS generation
 SMS receive
 Demonstration 6 Hr.

BroadcastReceiver, AlarmManager
 Application (class)
 Application example
 Intent and Intent Filters
 BroadcastReceiver
 AlarmManager
 NotificationManager
 Demonstration 3 Hr.
Local/Remote Services, AsyncTask, Threads
 Android threads
 Java thread review
 Producer/Consumer
 Looper/Handler
 Main UI Thread
 AsyncTask
 AsyncTask example
 Service (class)
 Service (Local)
 Service (Remote)
 Android IDL
 IntentService
 AlarmManagervs Thread
 DDMS
 Demonstration 3 Hr.
Sensors
 Android sensors (accelerometer, compass, etc)
 SensorManager
 Touch events
 Gestures
 Camera
 Demonstration 5 Hr.
Location Services and Google Maps
 LocationManager
 Privacy
 Location quality
 Battery life
 Listeners
 LocationListener
 GpsStatus.Listener
 Latitude/Longitude
 Google Maps V2 API
 Signing and GoogleMap Key
 MapView
 MapFragment
 Overlays
 Demonstration 3 Hr.
Integrating with Social media APIS (me Face book and Twitter)
 How to use Facebook and Twitter SDK with Social media APIS 2 Hr.
2D Game Programming concepts
 Game Assets
 Game loop
 Game Engine(update and draw)
 Sprites Coalitions detection
 Game resources :images and sounds
Game Architecture
 Try to split the problem in simple and reusable parts
 Decouple the game logic from the android architecture
The Basics
 Playing Audio
 Playing Video
 The Canvas Class
 Handling User Input Events
Graphics
 Shape and RectShape
 Introducing OpenGL
 Surface View
 GL Thread
 Cube Renderer
 Cube Class
3D Game Programming concepts
 Coordinates
 Camera
 Drawing
 Texturing
 Animation
 Android OpenGL ES
 GLSurfaceView
 Demonstration
 3D engines
Creating a Full Game
 Introducing the Game and Demo
 Gathering Assets
 Coding the Game Menu
 Creating the Game Loop
 Coding the Game
 Testing and Debugging Strategies
 Releasing the Game to an Application Store 20 Hr.

Time Frame : The duration of the assignment is 6 days / 50 training hours.

Contract Type: Lump sum

Interested qualified applicants are invited to submit:
 Curriculum Vitae (CV)
 Action plan for the training.
 Financial offer