Student Discussion

• Field Trip to ESI Design – What did  you learn about Design Process? POST to your EMBlog!
• Final Project: Image/Video Gallery for Brooklyn is Watching
• Class Project Wiki (Forum and Second Life Project)

Lecture

REVIEW DESIGN PROCESS for Second Life Project:

• Initial Concept (Week 10)
  • Discovery
  • Research
• Refine Concept (Week 11)
  • Content Analysis
  • Content Mapping
  • User Personas
  • User Journeys
  • Technology Selection
• Final Concept (Week 12)
  • Sketches
  • Prototyping
  • Presentation
• Production (Week 13-15)
  • Testing
  • Launch

Initial Concept

• Discovery:
  • Explore Second Life
  • Explore Brooklyn is Watching sim
• Research:
  • Setup Wiki for final project
  • Define the interaction design problem and ASK QUESTIONS — what are some possible solutions to this problem? what are the things we should consider in terms of user interaction, user needs, technology?….
  • Begin collecting ideas, images, URLs, and create a space on the Wiki to collect, document and share these ideas with your group.

Lab / Homework

• Complete the basic video tutorials for Newbies.
• Explore Help Island and CityTech Island.
• Take a walk around Brooklyn is Watching and take a few pictures.
• Post your research about online and SL art galleries and how SL artists document their work on the Wiki.

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