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Ashley Varon
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WEEK 1
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Initial OpenLab Internship kick-off meeting 1HR9/22/2023On this day we went over the OpenLab's Expectations & Guidelines. 10:00AM-11:00AM
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Created a survey for City Tech students.2HR9/25/2023Conducted a survey for citytech students to answer regarding their thoughts on OpenLab 5:00PM-7:00PM
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Distributing online survey to citytech students, continuing research on E-portfolio platforms, and writing my first journal entry on my OpenLab's E-portfolio3HRS9/26/2023Reaching out to COMD department's Instagram to reach out to city tech students and distributing the online form to get feedback on OpenLab. Analyzing other E-portfolios and conducting a comparative analysis of different platforms for research. 3:00PM-7:00PM
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Made sense of my research and organized my notes. 3HRS9/28/2023Created a clear visual representation, simplified the content for better comprehension, included source references, and added my personal insights on the topic. Placed everything in the Phase 1 shared document. 1:00PM-4:00PM
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WEEK 2
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Week two follow up meeting1HR 30MINS9/29/2023We reviewed some of last week's goals and expectations regarding the openlab portfolio and shared ideas for student outreach. 3:00PM-4:30PM
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Blogged on my OpenLab Eportfolio, Blog#1 but have not published it.2HRS10/2/2023Typed my first blog post (separate from the introduction, I am still proofreading it and will share it on my open lab eportfolio. Reviewed my research notes to share with the team. 11AM-1:00PM
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1 HR 20MINS10/2/2023Engaged in discussions pertaining to research notes, outreach activities, and WordPress themes. Reviewed and discussed the next steps for our projects. 3:00PM-4:20PM
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Created a new entry for the blogging journal on my portfolio.3HRS10/5/2023Initiated work on a new theme and replicated the template as per the previous team meeting discussions and typed more blog entries. 6:00PM-9:00PM
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Compiled notes and drafted a report on information architecture, reflecting my experience with template replication.3HRS10/7/2023Integrated a blog post into my OpenLab ePortfolio and documented the process and my insights gained during this task. 9AM-12PM
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WEEK 3
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS10/10/2023Shared experiences related to WordPress portfolio creation, highlighting challenges and ease of the process. 2:00PM-3:30PM
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E-portfolio Blog entry of the week & Organizing thoughts3HRS10/12/2023Typed my weekly blog entry discussing what has been done this past week as well as organized my thoughts and ideas to share in the next meeting for possible next steps. Faced a difficult challenge with the internship today regarding the E-portfolio- reaching out for assistance 4:30PM-7:30PM
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UX/information architecture report 3HRS10/13/2023I types up a small UX/InformationArchitecture report base don my personal experience using OpenLab as my E-portfolio 4:00PM-6:00PM
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Call with Jenna1HR10/13/2023Call with Jenna, regarding my challenges with OpenLab E-portfolio 12:00PM-1:00PM
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WEEK 4
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1 HR 30MINS10/16/2023Met with Team Via Zoom and talked about project proposal plans + presented my strategy plan. 3:00PM-4:30PM
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Drafted my internship project proposal 3HRS 10/18/2023I composed my internship project proposal to outline my objectives and plans. 6:00PM-9:00PM
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Formatted the draft into a professional document 2HRS 10/19/2023Transferred my content into a polished and professional document for submission via discord with the team. 7:00PM-9:00PM
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Educated myself on Redmine3HRS 30MINS10/21/2023I researched the bug-tracking software "Redmine" to familiarize myself with it by looking at some tutorial videos and articles on this software to enhance my understanding. 10:00AM-1:30PM
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS10/23/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and discussed project proposals as well as assigned lead task and where we will all be collaborating. 3:00PM-4:30PM
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Researched project plans (Booklet, The Buzz)1HR10/23/2023Researched some content ideas and structure for booklet. Began looking at inspiration for the Buzz rebrand project. 6:00PM-7:00PM
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Researched new theme on wordpress for "The Buzz" and brainstorming
2HRS10/24/2023Looked through themes on wordpress, and decided on a theme to present and work off of. 12:00PM-2:00PM
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MIRO Board for OpenLab Booklet2HRS10/25/2023Created a brainstorming board on MIRO to share with teammate with my ideas and sketches from previous research and layed it out in a clear and concise way. 2:00PM-4:00PM
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MIRO Board for "The Buzz" 2HRS 30MINS10/26/2023Created a brainstorming board on MIRO to share with teammates with my ideas and suggestion for creating a new "The Buzz" on openlab, I did a detailed outline of what thoughts, suggestions, and where to start. 3:00PM-4:30PM
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Meeting with Jamal 2HRS10/26/2023Meet via google meet/zoom with Jamal and discussed our ideas and content placement/structure for the openlab booklet, we went over what deliverables we will be discussing for our monday team meeting. 7:30PM-9:30PM
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WEEK 6
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS10/30/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and assigned lead tasks for projects along with a detailed to-do list. 3:00PM-4:30PM
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Brainstormed potential categories for "The Buzz" 1HR 30MINS11/1/2023Created potential categories and subcategories for "The Buzz" Site that is catored to the eportfolio and blogging platform. 12:00PM-1:30PM
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Created a cardsort and begin to-do list5HRS11/3/2023Created a card sort on Optimal Workshop and shared it with them team, I summarized my previous notes and catered it to what the page will be about. Also researched the openlab youtube videos. 4:00PM-9:00PM
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Meeting with Belen2HRS11/3/2023Meet via Google Meet/zoom with Belen and discussed our ideas and card sort for the new student-focused site "The Buzz" & we went over what we will be discussing for our Monday team meeting so that we are on the same page. 9:00PM-11:00PM
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Meeting with Jamal 2HRS11/5/2023Meet with Jamal to discuss wireframe options for booklet and content structure. 10:30PM-12:30AM
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WEEK 7
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS11/6/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and discussed findings of finished tasks assigned from prior week. 3:00PM-4:30PM
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Usability Improvement research and analysis 2HRS 30MINS11/8/2023Worked on gathering information on usability improvements for the E-portfolio template 4:00PM-6:30PM
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Usability Improvement report2HRS11/10/2023Prepared Usability improvement report to present in next meeting 4:00PM-6:00PM
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The Buzz Theme 2HRS11/11/2023In-depth research of the chosen theme for "The Buzz" Miniova. (Accessibility, Functionality, etc) 12:00PM-2:00PM
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The Buzz Theme 1HR11/11/2023Organized findings and created a report on newly selected theme for the buzz to share with the team 8:00PM-9:00PM
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Meeting with Jamal 1HR11/12/2023Met with Jamal to go over booklet indesign document specs. 11:30PM-12:30AM
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WEEK 8
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team2HRS11/13/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and discussed findings of finished tasks assigned from prior week. 3:00PM-5:00
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Authored Step by step tutorials (3) 3HRS 11/14/2023Brainstormed and wrote three articles, two step by step articles for creating an account, e-portfolio set up and one for features of openlab.
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Script for Screencast audio (drafts) 2HRS 11/15/2023Developed a scriped for the step by step tutorials that will be screencasted to the opnelab youtube channel
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WEEK 9
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS11/20/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and discussed findings of finished tasks assigned from prior week. 3:00PM-4:30
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Vimeo Exploration 1HR 11/21/2023Explored Vimeo as an option for screencast
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Revisions and theme implementation 4HRS11/24/2023Revised steps and script to present in next meeting. Began trying Mineva theme to the buzz site and searching for imagery.
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Menu Structure 2HRS 11/26/2023Decided on menu structure and naming convention for the buzz main menu
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WEEK 10
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS11/27/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and discussed findings of finished tasks assigned from prior week. 3:00PM-4:30
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Booklet Discussion 1HR11/28/2023Discussed Booklet content and structure revisions with Jamal
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Intern Team meeting 2HRS 30MINS11/30/2023Met with intern team discussed pending tasks, assisted with content on booklet for final draft content, discussed logo options for team to share in next meeting and went over dev tool. 7:30PM-10:00PM
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Vimeo Trial 3HRS 12/1/2023Began practicing vimeo screencast with script that was developed and followed the step by step guides. Created a couple practice shots to get a feel of the program for screencasting tutorials
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Meeting with Jenna 3HRS 12/3/2023Met with Jenna to discuss implementation of Mineva, installed a plugin to the buzz site theme for functionality, created menu names for the site as well and discussd overall look of site as of this day. Reached out to faculty in COMD department to inquire about images of city tech student body for the buzz site.
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WEEK 11
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Weekly meeting with OpenLab Team1HR 30MINS12/4/2023Met with the Team Via Zoom and discussed weekly accomplished tasks. 3:00PM-4:30WITH THIS ROW= 95HRS
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COMD e-portfolio, meeting with intern team 3HRS 12/6/2023Met with intern team, added to e-portfolio site on openlab & Discussed deliverables 2:00PM-5:00PM
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