Sunday, April 9, 2017

Unit 1 - Step 1 - select your user

Goal: Find a user for your design project.    Duration: 5 minutes A "user" is a person or group of people designers design with and for.  
Choose someone you can interview for 15 minutes (partner, child older than 6 years old, colleague, friend, family member, etc.). The interview can be done virtually, but we recommend that you conduct it in person. This will allow you to get a good sense of facial expressions and emotions.

  • target - one of my students who is often late for his morning class with me 

Pick one of the following experiences to be the impetus for your design project and the subject of the interview:
  • Morning or bedtime routine
  • Preparing a meal (could include grocery shopping)
  • Hosting a party or event
  • Preparing for a trip

For now, just make sure that your user is happy and excited to be interviewed and that he/she has availability, considering the due date of this assignment. Assure your interviewee that you will not share identifying information. You’ll refer to your interviewee using terminology like the following: “Female, 18 years old.” You’ll conduct the interview in the next step of this assignment.

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