Week 10

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.

NOTE: Your Midterm Grades have been posted under Check Your Grade. Please request a password to retrieve your grade.

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