Week 4

Digital media workshop I: Designing for Social Media

Resources for this topic can be found here.

Deliverables

Promote ONE of the following opinions by creating an Instagram post (you don’t have to post it – just design it)

  • Diets and so-called “wellness” programs are financially and emotionally costly. One can be happy and healthy at any size and no food should be demonized.
  • Processed food and sugar is killing you. Clean eating will drastically increase your mental and physical well-being.

You may use text, images, animated gifs, and/or video. Pay attention to the file format (images should be 1080px * 1080px, stories 1920px * 1080px)Don’t forget to use hashtags. Make sure there are no spelling or grammar errors.

Submit the media and accompanying caption under the OpenLab discussion “Social Media workshop exercise”.


Digital media workshop II: UX

Resources for this topic can be found here.

Deliverables

Find a simple app and layout its user flow (you don’t have to include ALL the possible interactions, but there should be at least 15-20 screens in your user flow) with pen & paper. The drawings can be rough, but the flow of possible interactions should be clear.

Take a photo of your map, write a short description (which app did you select and why)  and submit it under the OpenLab discussion “UX workshop exercise”.