EXP 480 Collaboration Studio
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Summary
In this course, students will partner with the City of Chicago's Innovation and Technology department, the civic entity which has led initiatives such as the CHI 311 mobile app. In teams, students will work with City of Chicago Design Director on projects to understand and improve experiences for Chicago residents. This course will be an excellent opportunity to apply human-centered research and design methods while learning about designing technology and experiences for diverse populations at a city-level.
Grading
15% Weekly attendance and class participation
10% Midterm update/reflection (Individual)
15% Collaboration and communication (Individual)
50% Major project deliverables (Group)
10% Portfolio Piece/Final reflection (Individual)
Prerequisites
HCD 421
Learning Objectives
- Students will engage with local communities as sites of inquiry into the design of effective and relevant experiences.
- Students will practice working with others in cross-disciplinary teams, to complete jointly authored projects.
- Students will be able to choose an appropriate genre of output for design-based artifacts tied to human-centered problems of practice.
- Students will be able to create documents, presentations, and processes to support communication, critique, and collaboration.
This syllabus is subject to change as necessary during the quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly addressed during class, posted under Announcements in D2L and sent via email.
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