1. WORKSHOP FOUR
Prototyping
+
Dialogue
=
Features

2. WORKSHOP
OVERVIEW

3. WHAT ARE
INTERESTING OR
USEFUL FEATURES
THAT CAN BE
INCORPORATED
INTO THE PLATFORM?

4. GOALS
+ find unexpected connections between possible participants
and their purpose for using the platform
+ to suggest possible/novel platform features and functions

5. METHODS
Prototyping

6. DESCRIPTION
Workshop Four requires rapid-fire ideation and creation.
From three buckets you will choose “who,” “what,” and
“how” to suggest a hypothetical context. Then you’ll design
an abstracted tool that supports possible interactions within
that context. Afterward, you will have the chance to present
your tool and discuss it with other participants.

7. VIRTUAL +
PHYSICAL

8. The remainder of this slideshow demonstrates what
physical participants will be completing at the
Proposium event.
As a virtual participant you will be following similar steps
for participation, but will be using other means- such as a
web cam- to accomplish it.

9. Read the annotations found at the
bottom left hand side, shown through
the yellow plus icon:
This will give you a sense of how your
virtual participation will work in relation
to the physical participant.

10. PROCESS

11. WORKSHOP 4 WHAT MIGHT A PLATFORM DO?
ready, set, design! >> IS A WAY:
TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE/NOVEL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PLATFORM
FIND UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND HOW WE WOULD USE IT

12. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!
STEP 1: CHOOSE THREE PHRASES: ONE FROM EACH OF THE BUCKETS PROVIDED (5 min)
WHO WHAT FOR HOW
WHAT WHAT HOW
WHO WHAT HOW HOW
WHO WHO FOR FOR HOW
WHO WHAT FOR
FOR
WHAT
FOR WHAT HOW HOW
WHO WHO FOR
WHO WHAT WHAT WHAT
WHO WHO FOR FOR
HOW HOW HOW
FOR
Virtual participants may choose the phrases on the Proposium website:
http://www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/proposium2011/workshop4-virtual

13. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!

14. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!
STEP 2: THE THREE PHRASES SHOULD SUGGEST A CONTEXT TO CREATE A DESIGN TOOL (20 min)
?
WHO
WHAT
FOR TOOL
HOW
we use the materials gathered (structures, surfaces, and fasteners) to create one design artifact
Virtual participants record themselves via webcam, name the phrases, show the tool, explain how its features
can inform possible features of the graduate network platform. Video should be 1–2 minutes long.

15. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!

16. WORKSHOP 3: STORYBOARDING
4: READY, SET, DESIGN!

17. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!
STEP 3: EACH SMALL GROUP GIVES THE FINISHED TOOL TO ANOTHER GROUP TO INTERPRET (10 min)
? ? ?
Virtual participants upload their videos to YouTube or Vimeo. They might also include a text-based
description of the tool. To post the link to the video, please add a comment on the Proposium website:
http://www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/proposium2011/workshop4-virtual

18. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!
REMOTE REMOTE REMOTE REMOTE REMOTE
VIDEOS
Virtual participants upload their videos to YouTube or Vimeo. They might also include a text-based description
of the storyboard. To post the link to the video, please add a comment on the Proposium website:
http://www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/proposium2011/workshop4-virtual

19. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!

20. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!
STEP 4: ALL THE SMALL GROUPS DISCUSS THE TOOLS, SUGGESTING POSSIBLE PLATFORM FEATURES (20 min)
? ? ?
a volunteer scribe from each group records most common obstacles and decisions
Virtual participants be sure to watch other participants’ videos,
which we will embed on the page, and comment on them!

21. WORKSHOP 4: READY, SET, DESIGN!

22. WORKSHOP 4 WHAT MIGHT A PLATFORM DO?
ready, set, design! >> IS A WAY:
TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE/NOVEL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PLATFORM
FIND UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND HOW WE WOULD USE IT

23. HAVE FUN
PROTOTYPING!