Real-World Capstone Project

Design and defend a complete commercial AV system

Synthesize the course into a complete design package: interpret a client brief, develop architecture and equipment specs, prepare signal-flow, DSP, network, and control plans, draft commissioning and training, and present and defend the design. This week culminates in the capstone project and the course's final deliverables.

Key Competency

Produce and defend a complete AV design package for a real room.

AV Institute · Week 8Real-World Capstone Project

Field Assignment

Submit the Complete Capstone Design Package

Est. 120 minCompetency: Submit a complete capstone package for grading.

Learning objectives

Assemble the eight deliverables into one package.
Ensure consistency across documents.
Write the customer-facing explanation.

Assignment brief & submission

Submit the complete capstone package for the corporate conference room, graded against the 100-point rubric.

Submission

1Block diagram, equipment schedule, source-to-destination map.
2IP plan, control sequence, DSP plan.
3Commissioning checklist and acceptance criteria.
4Short customer-facing explanation.

Rubric

Technical architecture (25), signal flow & audio (20), control design (20), networking (15), commissioning (10), documentation & presentation (10). Pass at 80/100. See the Capstone page for the full rubric.

Implementation checklist

✓All eight deliverables present and consistent.
✓Customer-facing explanation included.
✓Ready to defend each design decision.

Downloadable study guide

study-guide.txtcopy-paste ready

01. Submit all eight deliverables, consistent across documents.
02. Rubric: architecture 25, signal/audio 20, control 20, networking 15, commissioning 10, docs 10; pass 80/100.