Application

Workshop

SPRING 2024

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Edyn

VP Education

Sarah

Cohort Program Manager

Raymond

Cohort Program Manager

Join DI!

Cohort applications due Fri, April 5th

@ 11:59pm PST

Fellowship applications due Thur, April 11th @ 11:59pm PST

linktr.ee/davisdi

Spring 2024

Recruitment

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Intro to UX + Info Session

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Applications Open

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Application Workshop

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Cohort Applications Due

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Fellowship Applications Due

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Fellowship Application

• Written Application

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Looking to learn more about our Fellowship? Come meet us at office hours!

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Due: Thursday, October 11th @ 11:59pm PST

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Cohort Application

• Design Challenge
• Portfolio
• Written Application

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Need help getting started? Come meet us at office hours!

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Due: Friday, October 5th @ 11:59pm PST

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COHORT APPLICATION

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Portfolio & Written Responses

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Portfolio

• Format
• Personal website, Notion page, Slide deck, etc. is accepted
• Projects
• Looking for a few complete projects from club/class, passion projects, internships, freelance, etc.
• Present projects in a case study or presentation
• UX/UI/digital product design preferred

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Resume

• Format
• PDF preferred
• Expectations
• Looking for clear description of applicable experiences
• Expecting classic black and white job resume

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Written Responses

• Expectations
• Looking for level interest in UX/UI design & team-based design sprint
• Expecting past experience in UX/UI/digital product design
• Note any past courses, clubs, certifications, internships, etc

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SPRING 2024

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Design Challenge

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General Guidelines

• Submission format: Google Slides (import from Canva if needed)
• Max: 8 slides, not including the title slide
• Create a digital solution
• Tools: Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, etc
• Make it a story of how you solved a problem!
• Have fun with it!

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Design Challenge Prompt

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📨 Design Interactive has a vibrant community of over 150 active members engaged in educational programs, industry events, and social gatherings every quarter. We use a variety of tools such as Slack and Notion to communicate and share resources, but often information and resources get lost. This leads to a disconnect within our community.

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💡 How might we design a a communications application that consolidates all of DI's tools and resources into a single, user-friendly platform?

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First Steps

• Take your time to understand the needs of DI & our community
• Book office hours with board!
• Determine what are the most important elements and focus on the usability of these features.
• Remember: we want to simplify the process
• We don’t expect a fully fleshed out project. Focus an intuitive and effective solution (Only take 2-3 screens to high fidelity)

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Slide Deck Suggestions

• More text/written-out explanation than a regular presentation slide deck
• Point out key ideas, design decisions, and important features
• Add visuals!
• Visuals help tell a story
• Gifs to demonstrate navigation & interactions

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We are not looking for

the craziest ideas or the

most perfect solution.

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Things to Consider

• UX Design and Innovation
1. Determine the problem the user is trying to solve and integrate a clear solution through their work.
2. Develop original, thoughtful, impactful solutions that translate your findings into actionable and innovative solutions.
• Visual and Interaction Design
• Display an understanding of visual design principles and aesthetic taste/style.
• Communication and Professionalism
• Articulate your process and design thinking in a clear manner.

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Questions?

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Let’s go through an

example from last spring!

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Note: How you approach the

design challenge may be different,

and that’s okay!

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Spring 2023 Design Challenge

🏋️‍♀️ UC Davis Recreation App is the main app university students use to gain access to the ARC facility and help make reservations for all Campus Recreation programs. However, this app is too cluttered and makes it difficult for students to find relevant app features to use.

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💡How might we redesign a feature of the UC Davis Campus Recreation app to increase user engagement and retention by providing a streamlined, intuitive user experience?

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Research

Have a goal in mind for the research you’re doing.

• How did you pursue your research goal?
• What insights did you discover?
• Who was your target audience?

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Define

Define the problem.

• How did you identify this problem and why is it important?
• What goals do you want to target for this project?

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Ideate

Understand your users and brainstorm solutions.

• How did you synthesize data?
• Who are you designing for?
• What’s important to your users?

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Initial Prototype

Based on your users’ needs and the problem, then come up with solutions.

• Quick prototyping
• Sketch on paper, wireframes, etc!
• Test your designs with people & revise!

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Final Design

How do your designs solve the problem?

• High-fidelity
• Why did you make certain design decisions?
• Emphasize your designs!

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Conclusion

What did you learn? What was the outcome?

• Overall takeaways
• Challenges
• Next steps
• Link to Figma file (optional)

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Your story is unique.

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Questions?

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Join DI!

Cohort applications due Fri, April 5th

@ 11:59pm PT

Fellowship applications due Thurs, April 11th @ 11:59pm PT

linktr.ee/davisdi

Thank You!

Instagram: @davisdesigninteractive

Website: davisdi.org

Linktree: linktr.ee/davisdi

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