Unique Ways of Prototyping
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Course name
Unique Ways of Prototyping
Course description
In this course you’ll be introduced to some surprising, easy, and effective ways of prototyping which I’ve taught at Emily Carr University of Art and Design!
The process of prototyping is not hard to figure out. Choosing actionable items towards what constitutes “prototyping” is hard. In this course, you’ll be introduced to some surprising, easy, and effective ways of prototyping which I’ve taught at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. We will go through different fidelities of prototyping using everything from index cards to a conversation. Then, for the workshop option, you’ll have a chance to attempt prototyping with a partner. We will use a process called role play which requires no knowledge, no creative ability, just a desire to learn and be inspired.
Project description
This workshop is built around a method called role play, which uses voice and writing to make, test, and iterate an idea. Participants are first paired up and assigned roles. One person represents a user, and one person represents a product or service that will be interrogated by that user. As a jumping off point, we might say that the product or service is a voice user interface like Siri. Once the roles are assigned to the the pairs, they have a conversation based on their roles; in this case, a conversation between Siri, and a person using Siri. This often happens for a timed interval of ten minutes. After the ten minutes is up, the second half of the workshop begins. In the same pairs, the same conversation happens except this time, we focus on variations of the product or service. The workshop concludes with a takeaway idea. Next time, try this process instead of in pairs, in a group of three, where the third person is a note taker who just listens to the interactive conversation between the pair and turns it into writing. In addition to voice user interfaces, this can easily be adapted to interrogate the relationship between users and mobile devices, or within more pioneering technologies like VR and AR.
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A link to the outline
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/4h4X5Xz1iKK6kj
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A link to a sample video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkIHfFwwG2o
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Published! (& Revised!)
update 22.07.20:
I’ve reshot all of the video using an iRig Lav, Joby Griptight Pro TelePod, Joby Beamo mini and an iPhone 11, then edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, currently uploading
update 22.07.20:
uploaded!
update 23.07.20:
revised and uploaded!
update 01.08.20:
I created a "bonus" video that's about 7 minutes long and talks about a different topic called "Objects of Desire" that I thought about building into another course. Just finalizing it up before uploading..