TB2L8 Can You See What it is Yet?

BA2 breakdown the components of a movie clip by producing a full storyboard

STARTER:

Storyboards allow you to visualise and fine-tune key frames in a shoot before filming or editing.

Why? - Think, Pair, Share...

TASK:

So what kind of Digital Products do you think would benefit from a design document such as a Timeline Storyboard?

Using the resource: O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 B\Timeline StoryBoard develop a storyboard for a 5 minute movie of your choice.

Rules:

1. The theme of the movie can be your choice (action/adventure/sports/rom com etc)
2. It can be an original idea or a film you have seen
3. You can develop a 'whole movie' or just the trailer for it, but it must have a coherent storyline
4. It should last between 4 and 5 minutes
5. Your designs should be hand drawn
6. You need to list the time that the scene lasts (and the overall movie time) as well as briefly describing any audio, special effects and scene transition that happens

An example of a hand drawn storyboard

This video may help you!!!

There is a selection of trailers for you to follow, if you need help, in: O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 B\Trailers

PLENARY:

Where else have you seen storyboards in use? Discuss in pairs, be prepared to feedback!

HWK:

ShowMyHomework

TB2L7 Thinking in Pictures

BA2 define what a moodboard is and how it can be used to help develop a Digital product by creating one yourself

STARTER:

Before you start on any detailed design work you must create a moodboard. This is where you communicate your initial design ideas for your Product. You should use it to get feedback from your testers. Use the comment section of this post to submit your current understanding

• What is a moodboard?
• What goes on a moodboard?
• What does not go on a moodboard?

TASK:

Imagine Hamble College is launching a new site directed purely at the students, and you are in charge of designing it.

Your Moodboard will be a loose collage to convey the type of look and feel you are going for. It can be thrown together quickly and does not force you to make decisions about smaller details such as fonts or specific colours. 

Before starting you need to come up with a list of adjectives for each board. An example might be: 

• Dark, glossy, slick, modern, edgy, hard, aggressive
• Soft, muted, round, layered, elegant, realistic
• Colorful, rough, sketchy, bright, illustration

 

These adjectives serve as guidelines to pull together the elements. The words (and boards) should have strong differences, including a wide range of styles.

 

Once you have your adjectives you can start getting creative:

• Grab bits of inspiration from anywhere you choose
• Scan in things you find around you or search online for suitable pictures and textures
• Sometimes it is helpful to include screenshots of other sites with a similar look and feel
• Photogrpah colours/textures you notice around you

 

Use the Moodboard_list in O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 B if you are still unsure

 

NOTE: Don’t forget to label your Moodboard with the adjectives you have chosen to work with

 

EMAIL: Your documents to me so that I can have them printed in colour for you lfenner@hamblecollege.co.uk

Examples of professional moodboards:

 

 

Examples of student moodboards:

PLENARY:

Designing loosely lets you brainstorm, explore and play with different styles without all the limitations a layout (and coding realities) will later impose. They also keep revision cycles to a minimum, as you can get feedback very early on in the design process.

Revisit and comment on your original posts to re-evaluate what you now know about moodboards


HWK: Bring in any material/magazines/pictures that you might be able to use on your moodboard next lesson

TB2L5 Listen & Learn

BA2 recognise the importance and value of feedback by considering both positives and negatives

STARTER: Think, Pair, Share – When, how, why and where!

Think about your experiences on when, how, why and where you have given, received and responded to feedback

With a partner, work together, sharing ideas, discussing, clarifying and challenging each other’s thoughts
Each pair is to ‘share’ their ideas with the whole class (It is important that you need to be able to share your partner’s ideas as well as your own)

TASK 1:

Investigate an example where a Digital Product has been updated in light of feedback and through a number of iterations over the years...some of which you might even remember!

Take a trip in a time machine back to 1995....

In your pairs, using this document O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2\TB2 L5 R2 complete both of the following links for how the CBBC Website has been redesigned over time...

Blog A

Blog B

You need to make sure that you have a completed document by the end of this lesson.

TASK 2:

See if you can find any other 'old' examples of popular websites from today and compare them to how they look now... YouTube, SkySports, Facebook for example

Consider:

• How they have changed?
• What improvements have happened?
• Is there anything that is 'worse' now?

The Original YouTube layout 2005

Screenshot and write about your findings in software ofyour choice.

USEFUL LINKS:

The oldest surviving web pages
How 20 popular websites looked when they launched

HWK: ShowMyHomework.co.uk - Feedback

TB2L3 Big Brother

 

ON ENTRY: Think about when you have ever been observed - what did this mean to you?

TARGET: At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Value the methods and benefits of User observation as a means of gathering information  
• Appreciate the methods and benefits of Profiling as a means of gathering information

 

STARTER: Why would the aliens need to observe us before invading??

• Who was being observed?
• Who was doing the observing?
• Did mankind know they were being observed?
• Where did they make their observation from?
• Why were the aliens observing mankind?

TASK:

Use Observations & Profiling in O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 to independently take notes on this lesson's key terms (this will inform your homework for next lesson):

• User Observations
• Profiling

USER OBSERVATIONS:

In pairs, make as many observations about your partner as possible. Using different colours, highlight between Observations and Assumptions (guesses).

You have 5 minutes (2 1/2 minutes each) to complete the Summary section of Observations & Profiling

Observe me... You have 20 seconds to make some Observations and/or Assumptions about me - how did you draw your conclusions?

Using this knowledge consider the Benefits, Method and Reporting of User Observations and complete them on Observations & Profiling - do not be afraid to discuss your answers!!

PROFILING:

Where might you have heard of the term 'Profiling' or 'Profile' before?


Example of Use of Digital Products by Users and Stakeholders

Analyse or 'create User Profiles' for different users of the College website - is it just Students?!


www.hamblecollege.co.uk

EXT 1:

Think about the meaning of 'Stakeholders'. List them in the same way you have just done.

EXT 2:

Choose 1 of your Users you have just suggested. Try to outline the characteristics of the people in that user group.

The example is there to help you, have a go on your own....

OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson...

• All of you will have an understanding of the usefulness of User Observations and Profiling
• Most of you will be able to compare User Groups to Stakeholders
• Some of you will be able to analyse a users Characteristics

PLENARY:

Define for me your understanding of the terms User Observations, Profiling, Stakeholders and Characteristics

Post your answers as a comment on THIS post. Remember to select Name/URL as your profile and only include your FIRST name on your post

EXT: Consider other's views and comment on their posts...



TB2L2 Question Time

BA2 develop interview questions as a means to gather information

STARTER:

User Centred Design is an approach that supports the entire development process with user-centred activities, in order to create Digital Products which are easy to use and are of added value to the intended users.

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it!”

Albert Einstein (German born American Physicist (1879-1955))

MAIN TASK:

 

Complete TB2 L2 R2 from O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 listing a Summary, Benefits, Method and Reporting of:

• Interview
• Forums
• Questionnaires

You may work in pairs but complete your own document

TASK 1: INTERVIEW

In pairs, come up with 10 interview questions covering all things you need to know to help you develop the design for your Digital Product.

Post these as a comment on THIS post. Remember to select Name/URL as your profile and only include your FIRST names on your posts


TASK 2: FORUM

Online? Meeting Room? Face2Face?

TASK 3: QUESTIONNAIRES

Complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9V7Q68K

How can I analyse this?

PLENARY:

Complete TB2 L2 R2 with all of your research

HWK:

ShowMyHomework.co.uk

Create your own Survey using http://www.surveymonkey.com/ invite others to complete this Survey and be prepared to analyse your data next lesson.....

 

TB2L1 Getting the go ahead!

BA2 understand the purpose and content of a product brief

STARTER:

Appreciate where TB2 lays in the scheme of the course: Teaching Blocks > Skills Building > Controlled Assessment

Create a short document detailing the definitions of a BRIEF and a PROPOSAL and how they work together

TASK:

1. Audience & Purpose
2. Outline of how it will work
3. Outline of user interface
4. Testing

In your groups, mindmap your section of a Proposal, think about the following points:

• How this will inform design decisions 
• What activities need to be carried out 
• What resources will be needed
• How long they think it will take 
• Identify what else they need to know
• How will they gather the information

TASK 2:

Digital Product: iPad app for the hard of hearing

In your new groups, consider the detail and reason of what kind of information is required, where that information would be acquired from and how it would be acquired. To do this, open up TB2 L1R2 A- D from O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Unit 3\TB2 and complete your section for your new group.

When complete, you will need to print your document once for everyone in your group - everyone should end up with all four sections.

Clip together and place in folders.

HWK:

Showmyhomework - Drafting a Proposal

 

Examples of Proposal MindMaps!