Designing Remotely
- 1. Designing Remotely Prof Lydia B. Chilton Virtual Campus Design Challenge 4 April 2020
- 2. Let me tell you a story 2
- 3. 3 This is Nadia. She’s 11. She lives in Houston.
- 4. 4 Nadia is struggling with fractions at school
- 5. Her uncle wants to help, but he lives in NYC 5 He uploads them to YouTube
- 6. Her uncle tried many ways to help Nadia. 6 CCB+A+
- 7. This videos help Nadia. She aces the test! 7
- 8. This video helps other students pass their fractions tests, too. 8
- 9. Videos in this format help students learn other topics. 9
- 10. These videos became Khan Academy. 10 Very general problem
- 11. 11 But it started by helping a specific person with a specific need Nadia, age 11 Ace this fractions test
- 12. Sounds simple… What could go wrong?
- 13. Some people promise to solve grand challenges. These sound great, and get people excited. But they aren’t actionable.
- 14. Specific goals are actionable. You can start today. And you can usually generalize later.
- 15. Domain Online shopping Specific Need Uncommon books Social Networking Harvard students looking up dorm, classes, relationship status Read/send Email No page reload Never Delete Generalized to Clothes,Food, Amazon Fresh Other sellers Ivy League US Colleges Everybody Chat GDrive Graphic Design For novices High School Yearbooks Posters, facebook flyers, If you start specific, you can usually generalize.
- 16. How should I start?
- 17. Pick a general domain you’re interested in • Education • Health • Mental Health • Jobs • Volunteering • Housing • Social • Supporting International Students
- 18. Do some research. Example: Mental Health. 1. What exists? Google it. 2. Ask people.
- 19. Derive an insight to design around. • Mental health • “Many people liked taking the survey itself. They weren’t taking stock of their mental health, and didn’t realize it.” • How can we help people pay attention to their mental health daily, and get the help they need?
- 20. How can my team design remotely?
- 21. TLDR: Use google docs. Write down tasks and assignments In docs Design in slides If it’s not written down: 1) You will forgot your ideas 2) You will not communicate well to your team Stay organized with folders
- 22. How do I build our design?
- 23. Create a prototype Prototype a website with Slides (or a service like Wix / Google sites) Prototype a website with Slides (or a service like Wix / Google sites) Prototype social apps with Facebook groups
- 24. Sal Khan created educational material by recording himself. And the prototype took off! 24
- 25. What do I turn in?
- 26. Turn in a video of your prototype in action • Motivate the problem • State the problem clearly • Share your insight • Share evidence of your insight? Who did you talk to? What research did you do? • Show your prototype in action. Show the value of your design. Inspire judges and developers to believe in your idea
- 27. This is a design challenge Not a coding competition The judges want to understand the idea and how it would be implemented.
- 28. Summary
- 29. Pick a domain. Find an insight. Create a design. Make a prototype Test it on a specific user. Refine the design. Turn in a video that shows and explains the design.
- 30. 30 Focus on helping a specific person with a specific need Nadia, age 11 Ace this fractions test
- 31. Specific goals are actionable. You can start today. And you can usually generalize later.
- 32. Do some research to find insights. 1. What exists? Google it. 2. Ask people.
- 33. Create and share designs using Google docs. Write down tasks and assignments In docs Design in slides If it’s not written down: 1) You will forgot your ideas 2) You will not communicate well to your team Stay organized with folders
- 34. Create a prototype and get user feedback. Refine your prototype based on their behavior Prototype a website with Slides (or a service like Wix / Google sites) Prototype a website with Slides (or a service like Wix / Google sites) Prototype social apps with Facebook groups
- 35. Turn in a video of your prototype in action • Motivate the problem • State the problem clearly • Share your insight • Share evidence of your insight? Who did you talk to? What research did you do? • Show your prototype in action. Show the value of your design. Inspire judges and developers to believe in your idea
Editor's Notes
- #14: Why do they say these things? They sound good. Get people excited.