Good design requires reflection-- but unfortunately, at the pace of a CSE class on a quarter system, there's rarely an opportunity (or an incentive) to pause and reflect on your work and consider what you would do differently, given the chance... until now!
The goal of this Weekly is to give you a chance to reflect on previous milestones and apply newly developed insights, feedback you received in Crit, and so on. Starting Week 2, there will be a different prompt each week related to a previous project milestone.
Even though the milestones are (generally) group submissions, these reflections will be individual submissions. Though we won't share your reflections with your groupmates, we do encourage you to share your insights with your group and apply them in future milestones!
Due: Week N's prompt can be responded to until 11:59pm on Tuesday of Week N+2.
Your reflection should be somewhere between 1/2 page to 1 page, in PDF format.
If your submission meaningfully engages with that week's prompt and questions, you will receive 0.5EXP.
Week 2: Building Better Ideas / The Cutting Room FloorDue: Tuesday April 16, 11:59pm |
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Last week, you were battered with a barrage of content around HCI basics, inclusive design, and brainstorming-- and along the way, you managed to come up with some project ideas for Assignment 1a, too!
With what you know now: address one of the following prompts:
For either prompt, your answer should be between 1/2 - 1 page of text in PDF format.
Submit via Canvas here: Canvas - EXP Redesign of the Week
Week 3: The Road Not TakenDue: Wednesday April 24**, 11:59pm |
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**Note: This prompt was posted a day late, so it can be submitted through the 24th instead of the expected deadline.
Last week, you proposed, critiqued, revised, and critiqued (again) project ideas, ultimately selecting one of your proposals as your project topic for the quarter.
However, just because you selected one idea doesn't mean the unselected ideas were bad! For this week's Redesign, you'll reflect on (at least) one of the topics you did NOT choose from 1b/1b_rev, and consider what it could've looked like as an actual project.
Select one of your unselected 1b/1b_rev topics and answer the following questions:
Your response can be one large writeup that addresses all the questions, or you can respond directly to each question. Your submission should be between 1/2 - 1 page of text in PDF format.
Submit via Canvas here: Canvas - EXP Redesign of the Week
Week 4: Participation TrophiesDue: Tuesday April 30, 11:59pm |
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Note: This Redesign prompt is easier to answer once you've completed all your design research sessions and completed Assignment 2d, but you can still answer it having only done part of your design research.
Welcome to the Wild World of Design Research! Design Research is certainly a learned skill, as is conducting design research sessions (interviews, CI's, etc.)-- as a result, there's plenty to reflect on around how individual DR sessions went.
For this week's Redesign, you'll be reflecting on your Design Research sessions and thinking about what worked well and what didn't.
Considering all the Design Research sessions you've been involved in, answer the following questions:
Your submission should be approximately 1 page of text in PDF format.
Submit via Canvas here: Canvas - EXP Redesign of the Week
Week 5: Cutting Room Floor II: Design Research EditionDue: Tuesday May 7, 11:59pm |
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Note: I'd recommend waiting until you get your 2e feedback before engaging with this prompt, though you can still answer it before receiving feedback. (But the work you do here could actually be useful if you need to update your tasks for 2f!)
Congrats on finishing up your Design Research! By this point, you should have some Tasks generated and maybe even a Design or two proposed, which is very exciting– but let's not move past the Design Research just yet.
For this week's Redesign, you'll be reflecting on your Design Research and thinking about what "didn't make the cut"– that is, what parts of your Design Research didn't get worked into your final set of Insights in 2d or didn't make it into a Task in 2e?
Considering all the raw data you acquired in your Design Research and your subsequent analysis, answer the following questions:
Your submission should be approximately 1 page of text in PDF format. Please include the name or week number of the prompt you're responding to at the top of your document.
Submit via Canvas here: Canvas - EXP Redesign of the Week
Note: we're working out some bugs in how Canvas handles multiple submissions on the same assignment; thanks for your patience on that, and please let us know if you think we missed something. In the meantime, it'd be really helpful if you could please leave a comment on the Assignment Comments when you upload your response to indicate that you submitted something.
Week 6: The Road Not Taken II: Design EditionDue: Tuesday May 14, 11:59pm |
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Last week, you developed, critiqued, revised, and critiqued (again) three designs, ultimately selecting one as your design for the remainder of the quarter.
However, just because you selected one design doesn't mean the unselected designs were bad! For this week's Redesign, you'll reflect on the two designs you did NOT choose from 2f/2f_rev, and consider what aspects of it you might want to carry into the design you did select.
For each of your unselected 2f designs, answer the following questions:
Note: if you ultimately combined multiple 2f designs into your 2g design, answer these questions for two of your original 2f designs of your choice.
Your submission should be approximately 1 page of text in PDF format. Please include the name or week number of the prompt you're responding to at the top of your document.
Submit via Canvas here: Canvas - EXP Redesign of the Week
Note: we're working out some bugs in how Canvas handles multiple submissions on the same assignment; thanks for your patience on that, and please let us know if you think we missed something. In the meantime, it'd be really helpful if you could please leave a comment on the Assignment Comments when you upload your response to indicate that you submitted something.