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Project Summary and Prototype Guide

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Project  Summary  and  Prototype  Guide

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The Project

Musicking  is  a  web  app  and  a  community  for  music  learners.  It  offers  its  users  tools  for  setting  

goals,  tracking  progress,  and  building  a  diverse  and  supportive  community  of  musickers.  These  

tools  are  built  around  the  following  core  features:  

• The  Musicking  Timeline.  Learning  to  perform  music  is  hard,  and  progress  can  feel  very  

slow.  The  Musicking  Timeline  gives  music  learners  a  way  to  creatively  demonstrate  the  

time  and  effort  they  put  into  their  music,  while  learning  at  their  own  pace.  Users  can  log  

practice  sessions,  and  post  notes  and  recordings,  encouraging  musickers  to  see  the  

learning  process  creative  work  in  its  own  right.  

• Virtual  Events.  This  is  where  musickers  can  share  their  work  with  others  and  get  

feedback.  They  can  seek  help  and  advice  at  Virtual  Workshops,  and  share  recordings  

they’re  proud  of  at  Virtual  Open  Mic  Nights.  Being  able  to  share  one’s  progress  with  

others  is  a  key  motivating  factor  in  music  learning  -­‐  one  of  the  hardest  things  about  

learning  without  a  teacher  is  that  you  have  no  one  to  hold  you  accountable  or  validate  

the  learning  that’s  taken  place.  Virtual  Events  help  the  Musicking  community  step  in  to  

fill  this  role  for  one  another.  

The  biggest  change  was  the  addition  of  Virtual  Events,  because  I  decided  I  didn’t  like  the  idea  

of  Timelines  being  the  vehicle  for  getting  advice  from  the  community  -­‐  I  wanted  feedback  to  be  

actively  sought.    

Virtual  Events  were  at  one  point  going  to  fall  into  four  categories,  but  usability  testing  

suggested  this  was  the  one  significant  point  of  confusion  in  our  navigational  taxonomy.  We  

decided,  therefore,  to  reduce  the  categories  to  two,  which  reflect  a  key  difference:  one  type  of  

event  invites  the  exchange  of  constructive  criticism,  and  one  does  not.  Within  these  two  

categories,  users  have  considerable  freedom  to  define  their  event  in  any  way  they  see  fit.  

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The Team

Megan’s  deliverables:  Timeline  wireframe  and  mock  up,  logo,  mascot    

Cha-­‐nese’s  deliverables:  Persona  and  user  narrative,  banjo  practice  video,  content  

development  (banjo  practice  video  highlight  is  featured  in  this  concept  video)  

Sveta’s  deliverables:  Events  page  wireframes  

The Prototype

The  prototype  was  built  in  Axure,  and  can  be  viewed  in  your  browser  using  this  link:  

[I’ve  removed  the  link  from  this  public  copy,  but  if  you’d  like  to  use  it  to  evaluate  my  work,  

please  contact  me.]  

The  following  user  paths  are  available  to  explore:  

• New  user  sign  up.  Starting  on  the  home  page,  try  signing  up  for  a  Musicking  account.  

Note  that  in  the  prototype,  you  must  follow  the  orientation  tour  to  the  end  (you  cannot  

go  back,  or  end  the  tour  early.  Sorry.)  

• Explore  events.  Once  you’ve  finished  your  tour  of  the  Timeline,  why  not  check  out  the  

Dashboard?  From  there,  maybe  you  want  to  find  out  what  Virtual  Events  are  all  about?  

• Log  a  practice.  When  you’re  done  the  Virtual  Events  tour,  go  to  your  Dashboard  (notice  

that  you’ve  magically  registered  for  an  event!)    Now  go  back  to  the  Timeline  and  log  a  

new  practice.  

Notes  on  using  the  prototype:  

1. The  sidebar  includes  the  sitemap  in  one  tab,  and  notes  for  the  current  page  in  the  other.  

Don’t  close  this  sidebar  -­‐  you  may  have  to  reopen  the  page  to  get  it  back.  

2. If  the  page  looks  a  little  wonky,  try  reloading  it.    

3. By  default,  you  can  see  little  blue  icons  that  tell  you  that  there  is  an  interaction  note  

associated  with  this  area.  Click  on  the  icon  to  reveal  the  notes.  You  can  hide  the  note  icons  

by  toggling  the  button  in  the  top  left-­‐hand  corner  of  the  sidebar.�    

4. Click  the  button  next  to  it  �  to  toggle  a  green  glow  around  all  the  elements  that  you  can  

currently  interact  with.  

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