Collaborative Studio

Work to have done: a preview of your group project, in pursuit of the vision in your proposal

Plan for the Day:

Baseline goals for collaboration (10 min?)
Set goals for today (3-5 min)
Studio time!
Set deadlines
Exit note

1. Baseline goals for collaboration (10 min?)

I’d like to see if we can briefly establish some criteria that would work across groups – starting with those strategies for successful group work we brainstormed last time. Let’s take notes in the usual google doc: bit.ly/cdm2019fall-criteria.

2. Set goals for today (3-5 min)

Leaving time for the end of class to send me an exit note, what’s your goal to have finished by, say, 3:30?

What will each of you be working on first?

How long do you expect it to take?

How often will you check in with each other?

The Project Manager should document this somewhere.

3. Studio time!

Use the time to enact your roles and move your projects forward.

Don't forget to save periodically as you go:

as a screenshot
as a git commit, saying what you've just achieved
as a project file or export, whatever's most relevant

4. Set deadlines (5-10 min)

Your individual tasks will be determined within each group, so make sure you discuss your goals with each other and write them down somewhere. Are you aiming to complete this by end-of-class on Thursday? By Sunday?

I highly recommend having some minimum deliverable product by Thursday (shall we call it a complete rough draft?), and then setting relatively discrete stretch goals beyond that.

For what it’s worth, I’m hoping we can share the final products of these projects on the last day of class – which is to say, two weeks from Thursday, with no classes next week.

6. Exit note (5-10 min)

Before you leave, as a way for me to check in and for your own reflection-ready records, I’d like to hear more about what you, in particular, worked on today. Just a short email, if you don’t mind! And thanks!