Week 10- The Art of the Pitch In today’s lecture we learnt how to deliver a good pitch and presentation and some tips and tricks to help us get through the presentation. To start every presentation should involve 3 things; a story, planning and be prepared. To start your presentation needs to have a story;…Continue Reading Week 10- The Art of the Pitch
Week 11- Feedback: Elements Story so Far
Week 11- Feedback: Elements Story so Far In today’s class we got feedback for our Elements project from Kyle. This was helpful to get someone else to look at our work and tell us what they think as its hard to know what to improve when you’re the only one constantly looking at the work….Continue Reading Week 11- Feedback: Elements Story so Far
Week 9- Usability Testing
Week 9- Usability Testing In today’s class we had a lecture on usability testing, how do do it effectively and why we should carry it out for our digital products. For usability testing the key rule is to not make the interviewees think. What is usability testing? Usability testing refers to evaluating a product or…Continue Reading Week 9- Usability Testing
Week 8- Content Strategy, Design, & User Personas
Week 8- Content Strategy, Design, & User Personas Today in class we had a lecture on content strategy, design and user personas. Content Strategy What is content strategy? Content strategy focuses on the planning, creation, delivery and governance of content. Content is more than words on a page it includes everything found on the platform…Continue Reading Week 8- Content Strategy, Design, & User Personas
Week 7- Portfolio Critique & New Project
Week 7- Portfolio Critique & New Project Today we had critique on our personal portfolios. In class Kyle showed each of our portfolios on the projector, everyone in the class could see our work as well as looking at the website themselves on their own laptop. This was good to see everyone elses websites and…Continue Reading Week 7- Portfolio Critique & New Project
Week 6- Promotional Strategy
Week 6- Promotional Strategy Today’s class is all about promoting yourself and your portfolio. It is about developing a strategy and connecting with people online in preparation for placement. We learnt about the three pronged approach: Portfolio Site Social Profiles such as Instagram and Twitter etc Inspiration and priming the brain such as using Pinterest…Continue Reading Week 6- Promotional Strategy
Digital Product Pitch
Digital Product Pitch I have to pitch an idea for a new and exciting digital product. This can be anything from a website,web app, native application for phone or watch, an eBook, printed book, cards, physical product, packaging or game etc. I have free reign of what idea I am going to pitch and can…Continue Reading Digital Product Pitch
Project 2- Elements Project
Elements Project This is a document where I will be putting all my research, sketches, designs and feedback when working on this elements project. This project involves me designing and creating a digital product to explain elements from a periodic table. I can either design for children aged 10 and below or design for…Continue Reading Project 2- Elements Project
Week 3-Studio Etiquette
Week 3-Studio Etiquette In today’s lecture it was all about studio etiquette, things to not do or avoid in the workplace, and how to present yourself. Studio These are some of the main things to remember in the studio: Be on time Dress appropriately Be pleasant and enthusiastic Use headphones for music and at a…Continue Reading Week 3-Studio Etiquette
Week 2-Applying for a job
Week 2-Applying for a job In today’s lecture went over the basics for applying for a job, we covered CVs what to include in them, what not to include and why they are needed. As well as this we understood why a cover letter is important and how to write these to be tailored to…Continue Reading Week 2-Applying for a job