Weekly Updates

Week 12, 5/12/22 Project goal for week:

  • Finish Accessibility/Sensory Tables and Accessibility Maps
  • Update the final Presentation

final project updates Individual goal for the week

  • Qiyan Ba
    • Create sample maps for MEC 2nd floor, Atrium, and the Lower Level
    • Update the final presentation & subtitles
    • Upload material List
    • Create ReadMe File
    • Make PDFs ADA compliant
    • Record a demo on how to create ADA compliant PDFs
  • Rajshree Saraf
  • Meghana Shanbhogue
    • Create ADA compliant and editable PDFs for Accessibility & Sensory Guides
    • Record a demo on how to export as editable PDFs
    • Check subtitles for the presentation
    • Populate ReadMe File

Overview of what was accomplished Week 11, 5/5/22 Project goal for week: Final Presentation

final presentations Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba/ Rajshree Saraf/Meghana Shanbhogue
    • Final Presentation

Overview of what was accomplished Week 10, 4/28/22 Project goal for week: Continue the work on the tables and the maps

Individual goal for the week: 

Overview of what was accomplished Week 9, 4/21/22 Project goal for week: Continue the work on the tables and the maps

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba
    • One sample access map
    • Populate the table template
  • Rajshree Saraf
    • One sample access map
    • Collect sensory icons
  • Meghana Shanbhogue
    • One sample access map
    • Populate the table template

Overview of what was accomplished

we’ve populated the table template and created several sample access maps for review.

Week 8, 4/14/22 Project goal for week: Fill in the sensory table as much as possible.

Individual goal for the week: 

Overview of what was accomplished:

Finished reading the road condition document, finished the initial sensory/accessibility table.

Week 7, 4/7/22 Project goal for week: 

  • Creating a list of follow up questions for Miranda
  • Getting started with samples for the Sensory & Access map – trying to nail the visual language and elements.
  • Go through the Road Surface Access work done by Beneficial Design

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba
    • Recreate the floor plan of MEC 2nd floor
  • Rajshree Saraf
    • Recreate the floor plan of the south barrack
  • Meghana Shanbhogue
    • Recreate the floor plan of MEC ground floor

Overview of what was accomplished:

  • Recreate of the floor plan of MEC 2nd floor
  • Follow-up question list (google doc).

Week 6, 3/31/22 Project goal for week: Midterm Presentations ndividual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba
  • Rajshree Saraf
  • Meghana Shanbhogue

Overview of what was accomplished: Midterm Presentations

Week 5, 3/24/22 Project goal for week: 

  • Participated the second meeting with our mentors.

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba
    • Create the initial table template (google doc) for the sensory map.
  • Rajshree Saraf
  • Meghana Shanbhogue
    • Conduct comparative study for sensory maps.

Overview of what was accomplished

  • Participated the second meeting with our mentors and documented the answers (google doc).
  • Clarifies the preferred format for the sensory map.
  • Provided the mentor another list of information we need, including photos and locations of certain areas.
  • Initial table template (google doc) for the sensory map.
  • Comparative study for sensory maps.

Week 4, 3/10/22 Project goal for week: 

  • Schedule the second meeting with our mentor
  • Go through mentor’s answers to our previous questions
  • Identify and organize unsolved questions for the second meeting.

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba /Rajshree Saraf/Meghana Shanbhogue:
    • Go through mentor’s answers to our previous questions
    • Identify and organize unsolved questions for the second meeting.

Overview of what was accomplished

  • Documented unsolved questions and new questions on a google doc.

Week 3, 3/3/22 Project goal for week: 

  • Benchmarking
  • Ecosystem mapping – map out our stakeholders and what we would include for each 
  • Literature review – ready existing articles/papers on designing guides for museums 
  • Google Map Local Guide user research 

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba
    • Literature review
    • Google Map Local Guide user research 
  • Rajshree Saraf
    • Ecosystem Mapping 
    • Literature review
  • Meghana Shanbhogue
    • Literature review
    • Benchmarking 

Overview of what was accomplished

Week 2, 2/24/22 Project goal for week: 

  • Accessibility page
    • Reference other accessibility pages
  • Sensory guide
    • Research on how to create a sensory map
    • Reference other sensory guides
    • Comparative Study
    • Email the mentor a list of information we need to plan the project

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba/ Rajshree Saraf/Meghana Shanbhogue
    • Choose 6 historic site/museum websites/sensory guides. Each of us will do accessibility research on all of them.
    • By Feb 22, send the list of resources we need to our mentor.

Overview of what was accomplished

Week 1, 2/17/22 Project goal for week: 

  • Clarify short-term and long-term goal for the project.
  • Understand the existing accessibility level of the historic site.
  • Clarify deadlines.

Individual goal for the week:

  • Qiyan Ba/ Rajshree Saraf/ Meghana Shanbhogue:
    • Create a list of questions for the mentor.
    • Research on existing solutions for the maps of historic sites.

Overview of what was accomplished (pictures and links encouraged!)

  • Finished our first meeting with the mentor.
    • Understood the details of the projects and the expectations.
    • Set the goal as polishing the Accessibility Page and create a sensory guide.
    • Meeting minutes (google doc)