Week 7

Class Info

• Date: Week 07
• Meeting Info: Login into ZOOM for Weekly LIVE class sessions.

To-Do Before Class

• Lock in your topic/issue for Project One.
  • Begin creating at least 2, max 3 personas of your target audience based on your conclusions so far. (copy the MIRO board via this link)
  • Continuing refining your insight statement so it becomes more specific and focused. This will take a few tries.
  • Begin creating a preliminary outline for your project. You will begin building on this as it becomes your research summary presentation. Keep in mind the framework you are trying to answer.

• Continue building your process books—remember, include your research, your thoughts around what you want to do, any creative sparks that cross your mind.
  • Upload your link to week 6 process post page:
    Click via this link.

Topic

• What’s in a research summary presentation (your midterm pitch)
• Review of Outline Building for Summary Presentation
• Making your pitch

Objectives

• Build and expand your design research capabilities.
• Explore ways to include more or yourself and community into your creative work.
• Understanding the role of design research.
• Build better design techniques and practices.
• Explore tools/ways to exercise your creativity.

Lecture

To-Do After Class

• Create your summary presentation in Google Slides. Everyone will present their screen next class, but as a backup, please upload a PDF to my Dropbox link.
• Make sure your file is named properly: LastNameFirstInitial_3701_OL75_Summary.pdf
• Upload your pitch outline to this Dropbox link. File can be either Word or PDF. Name it as such: LastNameFirstInitial_3701_OL75_Outline.pdf

All is due by 11:59 pm on Monday, 3/22.

Continue building your process books—remember, include your research, your thoughts around what you want to do, any creative sparks that cross your mind. Remember to show how you are using the breakouts to further define your topic.

• Upload your link to week 7 process post page:
  Click via this link.

Read Prof. Davis’s article on creating briefs. Can it help with your outline? Then take the reading quiz I will send out via email.