F26 CS 449 / 649 Week 1

Lecture

Talk to your classmates about forming teams! Brainstorm some project ideas and some teams.

Form a team of 5, then decide on a team name and one focus area. Between now and the studio try to find 4 - 5 people that you might want to form a team with. Please note that if your team is not at capacity, there may be additional students added to your team later this week, in order to accommodate all the students in the class.
Once you have the team formed and filled out the team information, the TA or instructor will provide your copy of the design notebook template. Be sure to add all your team members and your TA to the notebook.

Explore the design document template you’ll be populating this term.
Get a head start on your team contract (T1).
Watch How Airbnb Designs for Trust and be prepared to answer the question: "What is the Value Proposition of AirBnB"?
You will need Miro in coming weeks, and Figma during the last few weeks of the course. These are easy-to-use and powerful tools for design teams. Getting familiarized with them as soon as possible will help you a lot both in this course and your future design/development! Sign up for an account for both Miro and Figma using your UWaterloo email, and apply for their Education plans.

Submit team information (due Sept 18 at 5pm) via this form
Complete T1 Team contract
Complete D1 Value proposition
- In your studio session you will ideate with your team on the value proposition of your product. Before next week’s class, you should have a draft proposition completed. In week 2’s studio sessions, you will update this draft and then submit the final version.
- Get started with your Value Proposition Canvas using this template.
Complete P1 Ethics Training
- Each student must individually complete the TCP2 Core ethics tutorial. The tutorial takes 2-3 hours to complete. This is mandatory before the next studio session.
- Submit Certificates to a Learn dropbox.
Prepare for P2 Persona Ideation in Week 2 Studio