Student Life RedesignBrainstorming Session

Agenda: Welcome to the Next Hour of Your Life

1. Why Campus Life?

2. Our Goals & Ideas

3. Concept Mapping

4. Bullseye Diagram

Student Life RedesignBrainstorming Session

Campus Life?^

Our Campus: Not Just Students

Students Personnel

Guests

undergraduategraduate

ARC

contract employeesfaculty & staff

trustees

conference servicescommunityprospects

Introducing: Our Goals & Ideas

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, butnot simpler.” — Albert Einstein

collaborative authoring

easy-to-use experience

easy to findstuff

keep thingsfresh

represent all depts.

only 411 peoplewant to know

encourage interaction

who cares aboutother schools?

trust the students

use multimedia

don’t assume

put stuff on‘display’

Getting There: Way more than 1/2 the battle

information architecture

1. Decide what information we want to share... ...and what our community wants

2. Come up with a categories3. Define a visual blueprint

the science of expressing a model for information

that’s why we need goalsand ideas — what are

we trying to do?

research

1. Web-based Surveys2. Card Sorting3. One-on-One Interviews

figuring out if we were actually right

production

1. Content Creation2. Design3. Programming4. Revisions

making it work

Diagrams: Could It Be ... Experiential Learning?

Concept Map Bullseye Diagram

Diagrams: Could It Be ... Experiential Learning?

Concept Map Bullseye Diagram

will help us cluster &categorize information

nounsand verbs

nothing is irrelevantor “dumb.”

loose guide forcontent

CmapTools

Diagrams: Could It Be ... Experiential Learning?

Concept Map Bullseye Diagram

will help us cluster &categorize information

determines levelof importance

defines the“project scope”

nounsand verbs

nothing is irrelevantor “dumb.”

loose guide forcontent

CmapTools