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This document provides guidance and requirements for students completing a midterm portfolio project. It outlines 8 elements that should be included in the portfolio, such as a cover page, table of contents, project introduction, deliverables from each project phase, uniform visual presentation, chapter cover sheets, explanations of design decisions, and a conclusion. It also describes the expectations for Project 2, which involves designing a solution to a local social problem by interviewing and testing with local users. Examples of potential project topics are provided. Finally, it reviews the parts that should be included in the empathize and define phase of the project, such as user personas, user stories, and user research.

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Week 10

This document provides guidance and requirements for students completing a midterm portfolio project. It outlines 8 elements that should be included in the portfolio, such as a cover page, table of contents, project introduction, deliverables from each project phase, uniform visual presentation, chapter cover sheets, explanations of design decisions, and a conclusion. It also describes the expectations for Project 2, which involves designing a solution to a local social problem by interviewing and testing with local users. Examples of potential project topics are provided. Finally, it reviews the parts that should be included in the empathize and define phase of the project, such as user personas, user stories, and user research.

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INTRODUCTION

PROJECT 2:
DESIGNING FOR
SOME SOCIAL GOOD

Dr. Will Kurlinkus


MIDTERM PORTFOLIO

Make sure your elements lead to your Figma design. If you trace specific needs and users
throughout the project and these are not solved by your Figma design, that's a problem.

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• What I expect of your final portfolio (you may
revise 4 elements for new grades—mark these
with an asterisk in your table of contents)
1. Cover Page

PORTFOLIO 2.

3.
Table of Contents
Project introduction (see the
“deliverables reading”)

REMINDER 4. All the deliverables listed under our


main project headings from
empathize to test.
5. A uniform visual presentation: either
all in the same Canva design format
or each major section in that format.
6. Chapter cover sheets for each major
phase: empathize, ideate, design, test,
conclusions
7. 1-3 sentences for each required piece
that needs an explanation the what
and why of major design decisions.
Some are self explanatory while
some: user personas, prototypes, etc.
need explanation of the choices you’ve
made.
8. Conclusion: where do we go next?

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PROJECT 2: CHOOSE A • This should be a local problem & it should be
PROBLEM & DESIGN addressable in part by you
• You will be interviewing, surveying, gathering data
SOLUTION THAT WILL from and testing with local users

BET TER THE WORLD • This project will involve you running through many
of the same stages and activities we’ve already
done but FOR REAL this time
• You can design another app if you’d like or you can
create anything else you’d like—but you have to
have the skill to create a testable prototype by right
after thanksgiving break.
• Examples:
• I want to design a lesson plan customized for
x elementary school to address ban books
• I want to address z problem on campus
• I plan on doing X as my future career so I
want to design Y thing that demonstrates my
skill and solves a problem
• I really care about x cause
• I want to work with Y community

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MY GRANDPA TOOK MY GRANDMA’S PILLS
A S A G R OU P C OME U P W I T H
F OU R D E SI G N P R OBLE MS
T HA T ME E T T HE C R I T E R I A
J U ST ME NT I ONE D

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STATEMENT OF The statement of need specifies the
conditions you wish to change. It
NEED: SHOW ME should quickly summarize the

THE PROBLEM problem, show your familiarity with


prior work on the problem
(research/other solutions),
reinforce your credibility for
investigating the problem, and,
generally, justify why this problem
should be investigated here, now,
and by you.

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WHAT THE STATEMENT OF NEED
INVOLVES
1. Show me this is actually a problem and why it’s worth solving. Establish the importance and significance of the problem.
2. Demonstrate a precise understanding of the problem or need that you are attempting to solve. [specific context, specific
stories, specific stakeholders, specific institutions, specific statistics]
3. Has someone else attempted to solve this problem (the answer is always yes)? How does your problem differ? And why
does it still need solving? (They Say/I Say). Show me that you’ve researched: use statistics, quotes, other solutions, etc.
4. Clearly convey the focus of your project early in the narrative (you need to solve something very specific). Hint at your
solution by focusing your problem.
5. Indicate the relationship of your project to a larger set of problems or issues and justify your scope. Why has your
particular focus has been chosen and not another?
6. Justify why your problem should be of special interest to the sponsor. Why does it matter to the granting institution and
their focus? What are the benefits to the sponsor if it’s solved? To the world?
7. Demonstrate that your problem is feasible to solve.
8. Make the reviewer want to read further.

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STUDENT
SAMPLE
STATEMENT OF
NEED

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SAMPLE
STATEMENT OF
NEED FOR MY
PROBLEM USING
CHATGP T

Banned Book Festival in Norman, OK

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1. Design Brief
2. User Personas: primary,
REMEMBER THE secondary, and edge

PARTS OF THE 3. User Stories

EMPATHIZE& 4. User Research

DEFINE PHASE

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