Term 3- Story Board

Task:

For this post out task was to create a plan, and complete story board, using the software called storyboard that. This story had to be based upon one of the learner profiles and along with this had to be funny and consist of a model. We had two lessons to complete all components of it.

Criteria B :

(to create the plan of a storyboard with annotations that has a learner profile, moral and humor) 

For this storyboard, I have decided that the software I will use will be Storyboard That, this is not only a reliable recommendation of our teacher but is also used by many artists around the world. I choose this because the software has various options like characters, speech bubbles, titles, background and other features that apply directly to my annotated design. I think storyboard that will be able to help me portray the ideas I want to come across to my audience.

Criteria C:

(To create the storyboard based on criteria B demonstrating skills in digital design using various features of the tool)

Criteria D:

(To reflect upon the completed work- 400 words)

For this story board, I decided to pick the learner profile “caring”, I choose this as I was told to make it about one of the attributes that we can relate to, and personally I think I am caring. As my design states, I made a story about how I once was caring towards my brother even though he had done something bad. Through this I want to show that always do caring actions and do it without the greed to get something in return. From the design aspect, I made the background very colorful but realistic too. I choose to make my kitchen background basic but the room more innovative, I edited the original design’s colors to show my design skills. The text I choose was easy to read, as this is directed to a younger audience. I also avoided using complicated vocabulary as this is meant to be funny, but easy to understand like any comic strip. I think to improve I could make my story more complex but it would complicate things when I had to make it funny as that was one of the criteria’s. I also think that if I made more boxes then I would be able to demonstrate my skills further and show my abilities.

Over all I think I could make a successful storyboard that showed my idea, I think I followed the criteria well too. My annotations were appropriate and showed detail, and my project carried out my idea successfully. I think that next time to improve I will make more quantity as requested and I would also like to recreate this or a more complex story on another tool, and possibly compare the both to see which one is more effective.

As I have asked my peers (Maggie, Ananya and Kimberly), they have all told me that the learner profile is clear, per task and that my storyboard is fit for a younger audience than them. They have told me that to improve I could make the story a little more humorous but the current product is not so bad. They have also told me that next time I could make more textboxes to avoid the text heavy boxes under each design box.

Next time if I use another software I could try to do it manually, on word or paint which would give it a more original feel but it would not be able to provide the intricacy that Storyboard that has provided. I could use Adobe Photoshop for a more realistic aspect for an older target audience

Tech fair reflection- Criteria D

Peer Evaluation:









Self Evaluation:



Task:

1. -Test against design brief
2. -Strengths, weaknesses, improvements
3. -Met the target audience's need?
4. -How have I performed?

1) 

2) 

Strengths:

The app is able to help new students, it provides not only locations but subjects, emails and teachers in an easier way than using the homework diaries, will not take up space as it is online.

Weaknesses:

Needs wi-fi to work, does not completly navigate through the school so the student will need to find a route that will get them to class in time. If it is misinterpreted then the students could be late to class

Improvements:

Make it like a GPS so that the route is given when the name of the location is typed into a tab.

3)

 I think that i have met the basic need of the target audience, as the new students will be aware of the locations around the school, they will also have the emails for projects and the teachers and subjects that they will need for finding new classes. Though it would have met the needs better by having an app that gives location when asked for it still meets the very basic requirements. I think it would have been better if it was an app as there would be no Wi-Fi required, and there would also be much more ease as the navigation would be performed by the app instead of the student. I think if the writing only showed up on the room once clicked, it would be more useful as the target audience would not be confused. As our target audience is new, they may not know the language and so if the language was changeable it would be more useful.

4)

Over the course of this term i think i have gained problem solving skills, we had aimed for completing a project that was very difficult and required a lot of time, and we had almost finished it but there were technical difficulties that made us make something different. I learnt how to use the app creator called "indoor atlas". I would have like to use android studio, and i tried as well but it was very complex to understand and as we only had limited time to make our project we decided to leave the android studio. Towards the end of the project i quickly learnt how to make a website, though i think i was basic and could be given ore detail i think we did a god job for a last minute project. I hope that next term i am able to make a more complex project and am able to attain more technical skills on the way.

Criteria C- Tech Fair

Task:

i    Logical plan (Gantt Chart/or any suitable chart)
ii   Demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution(Take pictures during the process and paste the pics on the document.)
iii  Explain changes made to the chosen design and the plan when making the solution.
iv  Present the solution as a whole.

Poster for project:

Strand i

Reflection for strand i:

This Gantt chart shows how I have worked over the course of the project, it shows how it took Ananya and I two days to plan and find applications suitable for our project and idea.  and at the same time, we were collecting data for the floors, it took time to gather information for the floors as we required data for each class and teacher, and due to blocked corridors we were missing some information. As it is shown it took us over 10 days to put in all of the information for our original app but we has to redo a website last minute before the due date. I think the work was spread out well and we would have finished before the due date if the app worked as intended in the end. 

Strand ii:

Pictures of the process:

These pictures show us working on the original navigation app, the pictures demonstrate how we had to individually give each location and the data was saved on excel as a back up.

Strand iii

During our planning, we intended to make an app that would let students navigate through the school like the way an outdoor GPS would work, to do this we had made all our waypoints, corridors and possible routes on the maps of the school grounds, we could also provide information about the rooms and teachers, the project was going as per plan. But just as we were finished with all the information and were about to publish and release the app, there was a technical fault that did not let s fully create the app. So, 3 days before the due date we had to start again, we had lost of our data and had to come up with a backup plan, we decided to make a website. This website would include all the same information as we originally planned, but we were not able to put the option of navigation into the website. We tried to make this as like our intended project, and so we made it mobile friendly, like an app would be. As this would require wi-fi unlike the app we thought of letting the students take screenshots if they were not connected at all. When we started the app, we had decided to exclude the canteen menu and price list as we thought it was not as necessary as the teachers and room locations. Though we have created a product different from what we initially intended to, we hope it will still be useful for our target audience.

Strand iv:

Our product can be visited on the following link:

https://groverhiya.wixsite.com/navigationapp

Tech Fair Evidence