{"id":235,"date":"2021-04-15T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/?p=235"},"modified":"2021-04-23T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:21:03","slug":"assignment-1-pitch-your-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/2021\/04\/15\/assignment-1-pitch-your-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment #1: Pitch your Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Due: Monday, 26th April 12 PM (noon)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In your first assignment, you will prepare a pitch to introduce your&nbsp;<strong>project<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>problem<\/strong>&nbsp;you want to solve, and your&nbsp;<strong>team<\/strong>&nbsp;to your fellow students. This pitch<sup>[1]<\/sup> will set the bar for all groups, so be aware that preparation is key! In the end, it has to be clear to the audience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What person will you consult? (name, profession, context)<\/li><li>What is the problem you think you are going to solve?<\/li><li>Who is on your team?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Choose a&nbsp;tea<strong>m name.<\/strong><\/li><li>Create a&nbsp;<strong>team photo<\/strong>&nbsp;<sup>[2]<\/sup>. Please stick to the following format:<br><code>PNG, 16:9 (e.g. 1024px X 576px)<\/code><\/li><li>Stick to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/projekte\/\">project requirements<\/a>&nbsp;when&nbsp;<strong>brainstorming project ideas<\/strong>&nbsp;with your team.<\/li><li>Please answer the following questions (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Five_Ws\">Five Ws + How<\/a>):<ol><li><strong>Who<\/strong>&nbsp;is your user group?<br>And who might be other <strong>stakeholders<\/strong>?<br>e.g., business person, parents occupied with homeschooling, young people backpacking by bike or boat, people over 50 living in rural areas, artists, etc.<\/li><li><strong>What<\/strong>&nbsp;is the exact problem?<br>e.g., parents are overwhelmed with the homeschooling schedule of their children.<\/li><li><strong>Where<\/strong>&nbsp;is your user group interacting with your software?<br>e.g., in the supermarket, waiting for a train, home office, on the road<\/li><li><strong>When<\/strong>&nbsp;is the user group interacting with your software?<br>e.g., use it on the go for 5-10 minutes, on lunch breaks, while biking, daily in the morning, etc.<\/li><li><strong>Why<\/strong>&nbsp;do your users need this software?<br>Why is that interesting?<\/li><li><strong>How<\/strong>&nbsp;do you want to solve the problem?<br>e.g., a mobile app that checks WhatsApp messages for fake news<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Prepare a&nbsp;<strong>project pitch<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Please stick to the hints for project pitches below.<\/li><li>Summarize your work in a&nbsp;<strong>blog post<\/strong>!<br>Use the provided&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/template-blog-post\/\">template<\/a>.<br>Check out the instruction on&nbsp;<em>How to &#8230; write a blog post on WordPress?<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hints for Project Pitches<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All<\/strong> members of the team need to say something.<\/li><li><strong>Five<\/strong> minutes per pitch and <strong>three<\/strong> minutes for discussion.<\/li><li>Maximum <strong>4 slides<\/strong>.<\/li><li>? Be visual: use slides, make a video, and be creative!<\/li><li>We all want to get to know the <strong>team<\/strong>!<\/li><li>Be prepared to answer <strong>questions<\/strong>!<\/li><li>Be ready to give <strong>feedback<\/strong> to other groups!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are wondering what is meant by <em>projects<\/em>, please check out the projects of last semester: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.fu-berlin.de\/en\/inf\/groups\/hcc\/teaching\/Past-Terms\/summer-term-2020\/human-computer-interaction_1.html#Student_Project_Results\">Summer Term 2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.fu-berlin.de\/en\/inf\/groups\/hcc\/teaching\/Past-Terms\/summer_term_2019\/user-centered-design.html\">Summer Term 2019<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi.fu-berlin.de\/en\/inf\/groups\/hcc\/teaching\/Past-Terms\/summer-term-2018\/user-centered-design.html\">Summer Term 2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/sup> A pitch is a highly motivated, structured, and visual presentation.<br><sup><strong>[2]<\/strong><\/sup> It could be a photo, some drawing of your group, or some icons\/symbols per person. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/18740497\/Minimal-Group-Team-Drawing\">Example<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due: Monday, 26th April 12 PM (noon) In your first assignment, you will prepare a pitch to introduce your&nbsp;project, the&nbsp;problem&nbsp;you want to solve, and your&nbsp;team&nbsp;to your fellow students. This pitch[1] will set the bar for all groups, so be aware that preparation is key! In the end, it has to be clear to the audience: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/2021\/04\/15\/assignment-1-pitch-your-project\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eAssignment #1: Pitch your Project\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,386423,399724],"tags":[386823,387197,387433],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-assignment-instructions","category-assignment-1","tag-five-ws-how","tag-project-pitch","tag-project-idea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/hci1-sose2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}