Category: 333_F18

December 7 – Last Class

Class Topics

  • Semester Wrap up
    • Vote Oswego Survey
    • Vote Oswego Copyright
    • Recollection Copyright
  • Individual critique and troubleshooting with Mike and Rebecca

Due at 10:30am on December 12

  • Process Book
  • Timesheet
  • Portfolio Documentation (digital and printed)
  • Post-Mortem (digital and printed)
  • Final panel assets
  • Final presentation
  • High fidelity prototype or equivalent

November 14 – Prototypes & Photos

Class Topics

  • Photos of objects with Julie
  • Critique of Prototypes
  • Presentations of new or missing research

Homework

  • Read personas. Be prepared for a quiz.
  • Brainstorm 5-10 ways the stories created with provided objects can be presented in the exhibition. Consider presenting the words as well as images. Does not need to be interactive, but can be.
  • Iterate on prototypes.

November 9 – Brainstorming

Class Topics

  • Ideas from the Participatory Museum
  • Disability presentations
  • Review Personas. Discuss Origin stories.

Homework

  • Finish Origin stories.
  • Research interactive exhibitions/displays. Bring 3 examples to class that you find inspiring (and be prepared to share). Put these examples in our research folder on the team drive for the Recollection project.
  • Bring 10-15 sketches/proposals of possible ways we could use the content we have in an interactive fashion.

November 5 – Recollection

Class Topics

Homework

  • Mini-reports on age-related disability. Provide a summary of common issues older adults face related to the specific category of disability and provide a bulleted list of key design related concerns (remember that these will be in a physical space). Due Wednesday.
  • Prepare for storytelling with Personal Objects workshop on Wednesdsay (fill out form and bring object).
  • Personas due Thursday.

October 29 – SetUp and Document

Class Topics

  • Meet in MCC 133 to set up Absentee Ballot Party

Homework

  • Finish Process Book for Friday. Remember that the process book is the way you document all of the work you did for the project; if it is not included in the process book it will not be counted/evaluated.
  • Please bring the team evaluation forms to class on Friday (they were due two weeks agao and I am missing most of them).

Please note that October 31 is advisement day for undergraduate art an design students. If you need to go to advisement go straight to 34 Lanigan at the start of class. The entire class period is an open studio to work on process books. Rebecca will not be available during that time.

October 26 – Final Production

Class Topics

  • All design work for the Absentee Ballot Party must be complete by 12:30pm today
  • 11×17 poster files need to be set up for bleeds and sent to Rebecca by email to send to Vote Oswego.
  • All lamination needs to happen today.
  • All production of all items needs to be completed by the end of class.
  • A checksheet needs to be created for all items that need to go to Vote Oswego today (i.e. all items they need for the table set up without the classroom). A second checksheet needs to be created for items that need to be gathered for the room and divided between who is bringing those items (Vote Oswego or the Creative Team).

Homework

  • Process books will be due on November 2. Take the weekend off?

October 22 – Pitches

Class Topics

  • Pitch final ideas to Vote Oswego Grass Roots team in Mahar 467 (meet there)
  • Revise designs
  • Develop production plan

Homework

  • Design revisions.
  • Production tasks.

October 12 – Brainstorm

Class Topics

  • Reflection on L72.
  • Final documentation of L72
  • Clean up L72 files on Drive.
  • Establish Absentee Ballot Party teams: Promo, Voting Experience, Education
  • Clarify briefs for each team. Absentee ballot party is Oct 29 & 30 in Room 133 MCC from 10-3.
    • Promo: Check mailboxes poster and digital signage, invites to absentee ballot party (must be produced by Oct 27), Absentee ballot party posters, sidewalk posters, etc. Goals: getting people prepared for and at the absentee ballot party.
    • Voting Experience: Complete ballot, weigh ballot, stamp ballot, mail ballot, feel like accomplished something, “I Voted” stickers, etc. Goals: make voting as an absentee feel like a “real” voting experience.
    • Education: produce publications to help people prepare for the voting experience, direct people to website, answer questions for people before they vote, design entrance into party.

Homework

  • Initial paper prototypes (must be to scale).

October 10 – Documentation

Class Topics

  • Photograph tables and promo materials in context.
  • Process Books:
    • 8.5×11 or 1024×768
    • Include bulleted list on first page of all contributions.
    • Document all contributions to L72.
    • Include written work.
    • List all production tasks.
    • Include final images of work in context.
    • Include quick summaries of key changes and key decisions.

October 8 – L72 Final Production

Class Topics

  • Kelsi: Laminate floor graphics.
  • Carly: Get FAQ approved and printed.
  • Kayla: Get Banners printed and finished.
  • Kim & Nicole: Get final approval on interactives.
  • Rasheda & Miles: Get final approval on example forms.
  • Ngan: Top and Front View Mockups for Set Up Directions
  • TBD: Setup Instructions
  • TBD: Production of Interactives
  • TBD: Production of Example Forms

Homework

  • Last minute L72 production.
  • Process books.

October 5 – Production

Class Topics

  • Complete Budget/Plan
  • Scale prototypes of everything: prioritize table runner, example forms, and all promo materials
  • Grassroots team approvals
  • Print and cut all L72 posters (ease of use, hourglass and circle) and pocket schedules.
  • Submit digital signage.
  • Send list of items to be ordered to Dr. Rank.

Homework

  • Produce pieces needed for tables.
  • Design instruction/set-up kits.

October 3 – Revised Design

Class Topics

Meet in 36.

  • Revise 6ft and 12ft design plans. Keep budget under $300. Budget must include chum.
  • Conduct tests with fabric printer for additional table runners.
  • Critique and revise all promo items for L72: posters, pocket schedules, etc.

Homework

  • Complete assigned tasks

September 24 – Table Idea

Class Topics

  • L72: What does success look like?
  • Share table ideas. Finalize two ideas to pursue (each idea needs to have a 6ft and 12ft plan — reusing as many elements as possible). Remember to use the origin and concept stories to guide choices.
    • Firm up ideas by 9/26. Need budgets for each idea.
    • Prototype and test ideas 9/26-9/28
    • Prepare pitch for grassroots team on 10/1
    • Full production complete by 10/8

Homework

  • Assigned tasks. Post list in Slack.

September 17 – Start Creative

Class Topics

  • Meet with Vote Oswego grassroots team: observe tabling, phone banking, and class raps. Discuss last 72 hours and absentee ballot party.
  • Updates on to-dos. Discuss expectations and how our “agency” will run now that we are working on the creative.
  • Brainstorm/discuss usage stories and design interventions for L72 and ABP.

Homework

  • Continue brainstorm for L72 and ABP. Come to next class with storyboards and sketches and ideas of how to improve the experience and create lifelong voters.
  • Read chapters 6-8.

September 14 – Usage Stories

Class Topics

  • Share becoming a member storyboard.
  • Finalize Personas
  • Finalize Origin Stories
  • Finalize Concept Stories
  • Start Usage Stories / Storyboards

Homework

  • Complete individual tasks assigned in class — see Slack.
  • Review bulletin board ideas (on Team Drive)

Reminder: Meet in Mahar 467 on Monday.

September 7 – Origin Stories

Class Topics

We meet in Mahar 467 again at the start of class today.

  • Review personas.
  • Work on origin stories.

Homework

  • Finish personas by Monday, September 10 at 12pm (noon) and submit the personas in the “Personas” folder in the shared team drive (Vote Oswego 2018 – Creative Team).
  • Create a Storyboard telling us about becoming a member of something or the moment you felt like you belonged to something. Remember to include all parts/elements of a story. Follow the example for an Origin Story.
  • Complete origin story for Vote Oswego (work collaboratively in a Google Doc).

August 31 – Meet with Vote Oswego

Class Topics

Remember that we meet in Mahar 467 for the first half of class

  • Meet the Vote Oswego team.
  • Grassroots Strategy Model
  • Memorable Exhibit Presentations

Homework

  • Read Chapter 3 of The User’s Journey. Take good notes. We’ll be using this model in class on Wednesday with the Vote Oswego campaign staff. Expect to need to explain the model to one of those staffers.
  • Story Basics: Create a simple storyboard (stick figures are fine) of a fairytale of your choice. Each panel of the storyboard should be labeled with the parts of a narrative introduced in chapters 1-2 of The User’s Journey (exposition, iciting incident/problem, rising action, crisis, climax or resolution, falling action, end).

No class on Monday. On Wednesday we meet in Mahar 467 for the first half of class.

August 29 – Vote Oswego Introduction

Class Topics

  • Set Up Google Drive Folders
  • Join Slack Group
  • Memorable Exhibit Presentations
  • Vote Oswego Intro
    • Join team drive
    • Research Project
    • Non-partisan rules
    • Voting among college students

Homework

  • Read Chapters 1-2 of The User’s Journey. Annotate and take notes.
  • Read the following from the team drive: content in research folder and the brand guide.
  • Not familiar with Slack? Use this getting started guide.

Reminder: next class we meet in Mahar 467 with Vote Oswego Campaign staff.

August 27 – Intro to Experience Design

Class Topics

  • Intro to course
  • Coffee Shop Exercise
  • Intro to projects

Homework

  • Memorable Exhibit Presentation: create a short three slide presentation that describes a memorable (good or bad) experience with an exhibit/booth (broadly defined). The first slide should focus on the approach to the exhibit, the second on the experience of the exhibit itself, and the third about what sticks in your mind vividly post-exhibit. For each, provide an image (photo, sketch, etc.) that illustrates the concept (no words should be included other than the exhibit and location unless used in a diagram or other image). Consider all five senses. Be as descriptive as possible.
  • Purchase textbooks