Now that you have identified a problem, selected a good design, and iterated on that design, it is time to communicate your design. This group assignment communicates your design through a video prototype, a website, a poster, and a pitch.
This assignment is worth 15% of your overall course grade:
Note Assignment 4d: Communication Critique and Assignment 4f: Poster Session are intentionally not graded.
This is a group assignment, consisting of six milestones.
Assignment 4a: Initial Video Prototype
Due: Uploaded the night before class Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Assignment 4b: Initial Website
Due: Uploaded before end of day Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Assignment 4c: Poster Critique and Pitch
Due: Uploaded the night before class Thursday, December 4, 2014
Assignment 4d: Communication Critique
Due: Completed in section on Friday, December 5, 2014
Assignment 4e: Final Poster, Final Video, Final Website
Due: Uploaded the night before poster session Monday, December 8, 2014.
Attend 10:30 to 12:20, Monday, December 8, 2014.
In this assignment, you communicate your design in several forms. You will create a video prototype, a website, a poster, and a pitch to present your work from the entire quarter.
Create a video prototype that illustrates your proposed design. Use the storyboards you created as a basis for your video prototype. Be sure you video conveys all of:
Refer to the examples provided in lecture, as well as videos from prior classes, for creating an effective video.
It is critical that your video be short enough to remain engaging while delivering its content. Your video prototype should probably not be more than 2 minutes long.
A modern phone can capture video of adequate quality for this assignment. However, if your group does not have access to a camera, we can loan you a low cost camera. Please contact us immediately if this is a need.
Create a project website that provides an overview of the project, presents your video prototype, presents your design process, and introduces team members. At a minimum, it should include links to your Assignment 2 report, your Assignment 3 report, and your poster. Optionally, also include your presentations or other materials.
Be sure you have updated any documents that course staff said needed fixed before posting (e.g., any report that accidentally included participant identifying information).
Create a poster that communicates your design and your design process to a general audience. The goal is to present your work in a visual form to interested parties from across campus or from industry. You need to quickly convey the most important aspects of your work. The poster must be 32”x40” (portrait, vertical).
Create a pitch that you can deliver together with your poster. This should summarize the problem and your design. It should be no more than 1 minute long. This pitch should convince the audience your problem was worth investigating and that your design effectively addresses it.
Due: Uploaded the night before class Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Submit your video prototype in a portable and playable format. It should be playable on a Windows 7/8 laptop and Mac OS X laptop without special codecs installed (e.g., H.264 in an mp4 container). It should be sufficiently high-resolution for projection, but sufficiently compressed that it can be played on a typical laptop. It should be less than 50 MB in size.
Remember it should probably not be more than 2 minutes long.
We recommend encoding your video using open-source tool HandBrake together with its iPad preset.
If you contact us regarding early drafts of your video, we will test that they play properly.
Submit via Catalyst here:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/jaf1978/32994
This milestone will be graded on a scale of 6 points:
Your video prototype should be complete and will be evaluated as such. But later critique and refinement will help further improve it before the final poster session.
Due: Uploaded before end of day Wednesday, November 26, 2014
We will use your websites and video to advertise the poster session. Although this is in an initial website on which you will get feedback and will be able to update, you should submit complete and high-quality versions of your website and video.
Your website will be served from a subdirectory of this course website:
You can build your website however you like, but everything needed for your site must be in your directory. Do not attempt to integrate with the Jekyll functionality used for this course website. Simply build your website and submit the set of static files to be served from your directory.
Follow the contributing instructions to submit a pull request containing the content for your project website. Your request should not modify anything outside your project website.
Submit simple pull requests early so that you become familiar with this functionality. Do not wait until the final moments to begin to learn how to do this.
If you are absolutely unable to submit a pull request, submit via Catalyst here:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/jaf1978/32994
This milestone will be graded on a scale of 8 points:
Your website should be complete and will be evaluated as such. But later critique and refinement will help further improve it before the final poster session.
Due: Uploaded the night before class Thursday, December 4, 2014
Your poster should include:
Your poster should include images and limited amounts of text.
There is a 32”x40” PowerPoint Template available here. You should significantly modify the template to be unique and represent your project. There are additional examples of prior posters here.
During the final poster session, your team will give a one minute pitch to a small group of judges.
Be prepared to give this pitch in class December 4. Course staff and other students will give feedback so you can improve before the final poster session.
Submit your poster via Catalyst here:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/jaf1978/32994
Your poster may be in PPT, PPTX, or PDF format. We have a color plotter that can print posters this size. Your source file is due as above, we will then coordinate with you for proofreading and printing.
Be prepared to give your elevator pitch in class.
This milestone will be graded on a scale of 6 points:
Due: Completed in section on Friday, December 5, 2014
This is a flexible critique day. The purpose of this day is to help you refine whichever of your remaining deliverables you feel needs feedback. Be prepared to present your video, website, and/or poster at the critique. This is the last opportunity for you to get in-class critical feedback, so use it wisely.
Bring at least one of your artifacts to class (e.g., be prepared to show them on a laptop).
Due: Uploaded the night before poster session Monday, December 8, 2014.
Course staff will have previously coordinated with you to finalize your poster.
Finalize your video prototype and website in advance of the poster session.
Follow the contributing instructions to submit a pull request containing your final video and final website.
Submit simple pull requests early so that you become familiar with this functionality. Do not wait until the final moments to begin to learn how to do this.
Depending on how you embed your video in your website, it may or may not be part of the pull request. For example, embedding a YouTube or Vimeo player does not give us your video. We therefore ask that final videos also be submitted via Catalyst here:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/jaf1978/32994
Your final video, final website, and final poster will each be graded on a scale of 10 points.
Attend 10:30 to 12:20, Monday, December 8, 2014.
Come to the poster session to show off your work and engage with your classmates. Present your pitch to a team of judges.
We will not be conducting any evaluation at the poster session itself. Take the opportunity present your work, chat with judges, engage with other students, and reflect on a busy and productive quarter.