W13: Documentation

Welcome to TECH 120. This is a 3 credit hour course and meets for 2 hours and 50 minutes weekly. The syllabus describes the course:

Students in this course will engage in critical analysis of real-world problems and global challenges. They will demonstrate the ability to recognize opportunity and to take initiative in developing solutions applying the principles of human-centered design. Students will be able to communicate effectively and to work well on teams. Problems and solutions will be examined from societal, cultural, and ethical perspectives.

View the entire syllabus at: http://bit.ly/design-thinking-syllabus

View the course schedule at: http://bit.ly/design-thinking-course-schedule

Objectives

The objective of this session is to learn to use electronic media to document group progress.

In this section, we focus on the Ideation and Evaluation phase of the Design Process (see image below)

Use electronic media to document group progress

This week, groups will create a project website using Google Sites. View the site template using the link below:

Template for final project website

Students will create a web site that incorporates all pages found in the template and includes:

    • Home page - informational and quick snap shot page that includes all the elements of the template (50 points)
    • FAQs - includes a ten question FAQ regarding the design of the project (50 points)
    • References - includes a minimum of 10 APA references sources used during the research and creation of this project (50 points)
    • Project Updates - includes weekly updates beginning from week 9 till week 15. Update includes narrative of the week's work along with at least one image. (50 points)
    • Promotion - includes a marketing plan for the roll out of the project to the consumer (50 points)
    • Funding - includes information regarding the cost to manufacture, cost to the consumer and cost to the backer as well as rewards received (50 points)
    • Prototype - includes a rough set of working drawings, a video demonstration storyboard and a video that demonstrates the prototype (50 points)
    • Project Management - provides the Gantt chart used to manage the final project (50 points)

Each page will contain a paragraph describing what readers will find on the page

Homework

Create a visual prototype of the group's design and prepare to present to the entire class next week as part of a gallery walk feedback session. 5 minute presentation will include:

  • Brief introduction to the problem
  • Introduction to the visual prototype (form and function)
  • How the prototype provides a solution to the problem
  • Feedback from the class (capture in notebooks for submission next week)