Format

• Each report should have a Title Page containing the following information:
  • title of project
  • whether it is a software project or a research project
  • your name and email address
  • name of your supervisor(s)
  • signature of the supervisor(s), indicating approval of the report
• Use headings for each section of the report.
• Include references where appropriate. (Discuss the format for citing references with your supervisor. There are many acceptable formats.)
• Consider using footnotes for factual references (but do not over-footnote).
• It is often helpful to include a glossary of terms and a list of abbreviations and acronyms.
• Incorporate figures and tables in the appropriate point within the text of the document. Figures and tables should be referred to within the text. If a figure is taken from an external source, give a reference.
• Print single-sided on 8.5 by 11 inch paper.
• Number the pages.
• Do not use a font size smaller than 12 points for the general text (although you may do so for footnotes, code, appendices, etc.).
• For the general text, use 1.5 spacing between lines (although you may use single spacing for references and indented long quotations).

Style 

• Use a spell checker.
• Check grammar, punctuation, apostrophes (e.g. it's is the abbreviation for it is, not a possessive pronoun!)
• The reports are formal documents, so avoid using abbreviations (other than i.e., e.g., and etc.) and abbreviations such as isn't for is not.
• Do not use jargon or slang expressions.

References

• Zobel, "Writing for Computer Science"
• Dawson, "Projects in Computing and Information Systems: A Student's Guide"