Assignments

Due: 4/30/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #12

  • Finish your project!
    • Ask your instructors and mentors for help!
  • Update your journal
  • Final video dates
    • May 5th: feedback page opens (email Amy Stream links with embed information)
    • May 7th (End of Day): provide feedback for the three other projects
    • May 14th: final videos due! (email Amy Stream links with embed information)
  • Final video due May 7th with all of the following criteria:
      1. Introduction / Overview (3 minutes max): 30%
        • What interpretation challenge does your project address?
        • Who experiences this challenge?
        • What are you proposing should be made / what have you made to address the challenge?
      2. Competitive analysis (3 minutes max): 15%
        • What solutions / products currently exist? (Note: links to this content  should also be present on your blog!)
        • What is unique about your project?
      3. Description of final deliverable (7 minutes max): 30%
        • Overview of what was accomplished: include demos, sketches / drawings, recommendations, standards, etc. 
        • Note: these should also be present on your blog!
      4. Limitations and Future work (2 minutes) 15%
        • What are the next steps?
        • Accessibility assessment: What population(s) is this not accessible for?
      5. Video quality and accessibility: 10%
        • Clarity of audio
        • Accuracy of captions
        • Accuracy of audio descriptions

Due: 4/23/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #11

  • Finish your project!
    • Ask your instructors and mentors for help, for cryin’ out loud!
  • Update your journal and include all 6 of the following:
    1. What did you build this past week?
    2. What will have ready to show next week?
    3. User journey
    4. What else needs to be done?
    5. What areas do you need help with?
    6. Remaining timeline with dates

Readings #11

  • No readings this week, just focus on finishing your project!

Due: 4/16/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #10

Readings #10

Due: 4/9/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #9

Readings #9

  • No readings this week!

Due: 4/2/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #8

  • Update your project journal with project status and goals, given changes.
  • Create a video presentation for your midterm project.
    • Format
      15 minute (maximum) 
      Post to NYU stream before class on Thursday
    • Video Accessibility
      Turn on captions and edit them
      either create audio descriptions (as a separate track in iMovie)
      keep it to one track, and describe any images
    • Video Content:  Team introductions and project name
      – Things behind glass: <project name>
      – Places people can’t go: <project name> 
      – Over / Under 1: <project name>
      – Over / Under 2: <project name  Description of Project and Plan 
      Solution description (1 short sentence)
      Target audience
      Competitive analysis
      Description of final deliverable
      Challenges / roadblocks you have hit up to this point 
      Update of accomplishments so far, and plan for the rest of the semester

      Request for Feedback
      At least two specific questions they want feedback on
      At least one request for help from mentors, or digital frictions / OT students

Readings #8

Due: 3/26/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #7

  • Update your project journal with project status and goals given changes
  • Work with mentors as needed for additional feedback.

Readings #7

Due: 3/12/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #6

  • Update your journal with your team’s progress.
    • We will add a template to follow at the top of the page of each team’s journal.
    • Please put most recent posts at the top of the page (reverse chronological order).

Readings #6

Due: 3/5/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #5

  • Projects will be assigned Monday night
  • Be prepared to talk about your project for 10 minutes to give more details about the plan this should include
    • Present the project you plan to build using the feedback from the pitches to justify your decisions. 
    • Overview of detailed timeline (see below)
  • Update project website with the following information:
    • Detailed timeline: Week by week prototyping goal for midterm presentation (April 2nd)
    • Start documenting all completed work

Readings #5

  • Be prepared to discuss past readings

Due: 2/27/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #4

Readings #4

Due: 2/20/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #3

  • Major overview: Work with others from your home program/department, prepare a 5-minute lesson based on your discipline
  • Fill out two Problem / Obstacle / Solution worksheet

Readings #3

Due: 2/13/2020, 6:30PM

Assignment #2

Readings #2

Due: 2/6/2020, 6:30pm 

Assignment #1

Readings #1