NEW MEDIA: S1P2
Imagine, Plan Create.
The future belongs to those who anticipate it.
S1P2 is your opportunity to imagine, plan and create
an online solution to a plausible yet improbable scenario.
Each team will imagine a scenario as the focus of their S1P2 project, then will
plan and create an interactive online solution.
Some challenges:
Adapt, Collaborate, Innovate
Be able to handle uncertainty and a lack of complete knowledge.
Anticipate and allow for changes.
Please remember that you will need to create original material: text, images
and code.
The project must be "interactive", and you should have a particular group of
users in mind.
You have a lot of creative freedom with this assignment, but please read the brief and
the elements of performance carefully.
Introduction S1P2 is divided into two parts, A and B:
A consists of developing and presenting a proposal for
work to be carried out in B
A. Due Wednesday November 6, 2019
8:30AM in Drop box Mede 104
Late assignment receive a grade of 0
B consists of the development of a working prototype of
the proposed project
Due week 13 (Thursday December 5 2019)
Critique in lab
Late assignment receive a grade of 0
S1P2 is a team-based assignment. It is important that you plan your
division of labour, responsibilities, and authorities very carefully.
Consideration must be given to the strengths of each member of the
group. You will be with each other throughout the two phases of the
project.
Overall Project
Concept
This project involves developing a functioning prototype of a Web
site, based on the criteria contained herein.
Part A Part A involves developing a proposal. The proposal must be
presented on paper as well as delivered in a visual presentation to
the instructors, and contain the following components:
• Goals & Objectives
• Creative strategy
• Technical strategy • Target audience
• Summary
Presentation Due Wednesday November 6,
2019
8:30AM in ecentennial Mede 104
all members MUST be present and participate
in the presentation.
Goals & Objectives
Outline what you plan to achieve and why. Be prepared to defend
your proposal and to validate your strategies.
Creative strategy
Discuss how you will treat the creative aspects of the project.
Include sample visuals to support your written proposal.
Technical strategy
Outline what technical processes, hardware, and software you will
be using and why.
Target audience
Acknowledge who the end users are for this project. What do you
know about them? How will you learn more about their needs?
and how will the structure and interface you are proposing
accommodate them.
Summary
The Summary consists of a closing pitch in which you outline why
you think yours is the right team to undertake such an important
task.
Part A
Requirements
You must create two items for Part A:
1) Presentation
2) Take away proposal
Presentation
Your group must prepare and deliver a presentation of no more
than 10 minutes outlining your solution.
Take Away Proposal
Your group must provide material for the evaluators to review
after your presentation. This material will be in the form of a
written report. We will require a digital copy of your proposal.
You must submit in ewcentennial, to Mede 104.
Part B
Requirements
Part B involves the execution of the project you have proposed in
the form of a functional PROTOTYPE with the entire team involved.
Presentation of the projects will be made to the instructors.
Thursday December 5, 2019 You must submit via Digital
Drop Box, to Mede 101,103,104.
Grading Each part of S1P2 will be marked separately. The Elements of
Performance for each course are outlined below. This is what will
be used to grade your work.
If you have any questions as to what is expected of you by any
particular instructor, refer to their Elements of Performance or ask
them directly.
Elements of Performance
MEDE 101:
Digital
Fundamentals
(John)
S1P2 Part A
Technical Specifications Document: 5% of final mark for MEDE
101.
Technical Strategy – For Audience End Use: (how users USE
the project)
List what you have chosen and also the reasons why you have
made this choice:
1. List the target software the audience will employ to use/
perceive the prototype. Give minimum levels/versions.
- marked out of 5
2. List the target hardware the audience will employ to use/
perceive the prototype. Give minimum levels/versions.
- marked out of 2
Technical Strategy – For Development: (how you CREATE
the project):
List what you have chosen and also the reasons why you have
made this choice:
1. Software you will use for project creation and development.
- marked out of 5
2. Hardware you are going to create with and develop on
(including digital cameras, etc.).
- marked out of 5
3. Technical processes you will use (technical/coding methods and
standards, workflow, initial testing, content creation/digitization,
compositing/editing, outputting/publishing, testing assumptions
and work, revisions, next round of testing, etc.).
- marked out of 3
S1P2 Part B
1. Meets Overall Project Specifications: (5 marks)
• Hand in any/all web pages, images, and/or other media
required for the S1P2B prototype to function. • Preserve all needed links or other relationships between
files in the working prototype. • Ability to produce a functional prototype.
• Appropriate choice of technical for project content and
audience.
• Any web-based prototype displays and functions well in
multiple browsers on a Mac. • Any non-web-based prototype displays/functions well
on a Mac.
MEDE 103:
Element of
Design
(Marie Jose)
Part A: The proposal:
Imagery: what style of photography/illustration have you
chosen and why? How does it represent the design?
Colour palette: why have you chosen these colours and
what does each colour signify for your design?
Type samples: why have you chosen this font / series of
font and how do they relate to your site.
Layout wireframe: please draw out a wireframe to scale
for the layout of your site and on a separate page, please
explain why you have chosen to put your elements where
they are
Part B. .1. Demonstrates a level of consistency throughout,
using: (5 marks)
· Colour
· Typography
· Layout
· Image treatment
2. Design (5 marks)
· Effective use of elements & principles of design
throughout
· Does the Design enhance or hinder the content?
· Is the design appropriate for the intended audience?
3. Typography (5 marks)
· Does it strengthen or undermine the design?
· Are display fonts used appropriately?
· Are text fonts used appropriately?
4. Colour and Images (5 marks)
Note: Students must use some (at least one per ‘page’)
photo-based images for this project
· Are the images relevant to the content?
· Are the images appealing?
· Do the images work with the chosen colour scheme?
· Is the colour theme relevant to the content?
Is the colour theme harmonious and appealing?
MEDE 104:
(MARIE-JOSE)
MEDE 104 Interface Design and Navigation 1
Part A
Proposal
Focus on Human Values
1. Clearly define the user group.
2. What are the needs of your user group.
Describe your use of personas.
1. Who is the target audience?
2. Range of demographic data.
- Combined, the above are marked out of /5
3. Why your project (concept and content) will appeal to them or
be useful to them.
- Marked out of 5
4. How your project’s interface and technical structure will be
appropriate for their needs.
- Marked out of 5
Users –technical usage and access:
1. What kinds of digital devices are they familiar with, in general?
- Marked out of 5
2. What kinds of digital services and interfaces do they enjoy, in
general?
- Marked out of 3
3. What are their habits of use (frequency, variety, reasons for use
(school, work, recreation, social), degree of integration of digital
media into daily life)
- Marked out of 5
4. How can you learn more about your audience’s usage of digital
technologies? How will you feed this information back in to your
process to correct your assumptions?
- Marked out of 2
The Presentation of the proposal:
Thurday November 6, 2019
Demonstrate your ability to convey a clear message.
Demonstrate your ability to design a communicative presentation.
Presentation that reflect your understanding of audience.