ACTION
1a
Potential Team Leads correspond through email with Studio
Leads suggesting projects they would like to lead.
1b
Fellows meet with the Studio Leads who fly to Northwestern for
the Leadership Workshop. Fellows train Studio Leads on using
LOFT to manage studio and teams and introduce the badging
system (how it works and its advantages for both Team Members
and Studio Leads) and suggested timelines for the upcoming
session.
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WHERE
BACK
STAGE
(LOFT)
Internal
Interaction
WHO
Team
Leads &
Studio
Leads
BACK
STAGE
Fellows
Studio Leads select Team Leads and inform the latter about their
decision and the respective project each Team Lead will lead.
Studio Leads announce to all DFA members of the studio and
those interested in becoming members about the available Team
Leads and the projects each will be leading (there may be
continuing teams from previous session(s) that might be looking for
new members)
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
FRONT
STAGE
Studio
Leads
Team Members apply to join the team of their preference
LEARNER
ACTIONS
Memo
describing
Badging
System &
e-portfolio
characteris
tics
5a
Team Leads rank and recruit Team Members and form teams
BACK
STAGE
Team
Members
Team
Leads
5b
Studio Leads meet with all Team Leads before session starts to
inform them on the general guidelines of the DFA studio, introduce
the badging system and the timelines for the upcoming session
(timelines may differ depending on the project)
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
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Team Leads brief Team Members on their projects
FRONT
STAGE
Team Leads introduce the badging system to the Team Members
and the timeline proposed for the specific project.
Studio Leads suggest badges to teams based on the nature of the
project and which badges would be the most beneficial for the
team. The suggestion is done using LOFT's "Suggest To" button
on the Challenges page
Team Members decide together on which challenges to take on for
their project
Team Leads accept the selected challenges through LOFT. The
Challenges can now be found in the team's Challenges page so the
team can monitor their progress
FRONT
STAGE
Team
Leads
Team
Leads
FRONT
STAGE
Studio
Leads
LEARNER
ACTIONS
Team
Members
FRONT
STAGE
Team
Leads
Studio Leads is notified when a Team Lead accepts a challenge
through LOFT's notification system
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
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10
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LOFT
Notification
system
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Team Members begin working on a challenge. The steps from now on are recurrent for
every challenge a team decides to work on. Each challenge has a bronze, a silver and
gold badge and for all challenges the deliverables necessary for each badge are the
same and differ on the task that the challenge calls for.
Bronze Badge: In order to earn the Bronze badge for a challenge,
Team Members must complete the task required by the challenge
LEARNER Team
ACTIONS
and upload the necessary deliverables in the Challenge page on
Members
LOFT
While Team Members are working on a challenge, Team Leads
12a support them by looking to use templates and/or examples that
might help the team complete the task.
12b
12c
12d
12e
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14a
14b
14c
14d
Studio Leads provide related examples from past projects to
Team Leads and offer advise proactively to teams who seem to
take longer than usual to complete the task
Fellows are also a resource that Studio Leads can use in order to
gain access to useful examples and/or advise. Fellows monitor
progress and check in with Studio Leads on a regular basis and
provide supportive information proactively or upon requirest by the
latter.
Studio Leads are in charge of assessing and assigning a badge if
a team chooses to stop at the bronze level
Studio Leads are also always monitoring teams' progress
through LOFT's Badge Progress Monitoring System and check in
with Team Leads regularly (face to face or through e-mail) to listen
and discuss about their efforts
Silver Badge: In order to earn the Silver badge for a challenge,
Team Members must have a critique session and gather feedback
on a critique page on LOFT for the deliverables required for the
bronze level
Team Leads are responsible of setting the critique page on LOFT
and adding the questions or points for others to focus during the
critique session
Studio Leads are responsible for setting up a time and place for
critique sessions where the whole studio can participate. Studio
Leads invite Team Leads, whose teams want to get a critique in
order to earn the Silver badge, to sign up ahead of time through email so the agenda for the critique session can be determined.
These sessions can also be pre-set at the beginning of each year
or session.
Fellows can proactively or by invitation provide feedback to a
team's critique page
Community Partners can also be invited to join in the critique
session by the Team Lead
Hyperlinks
in
Challenges
page and
Benchmark
pages
FRONT
STAGE
Team
Leads
FRONT
STAGE
Studio
Leads
FRONT
STAGE
Fellows
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
LEARNER
ACTIONS
Team
Members
FRONT
STAGE
Team
Leads
FRONT
STAGE
Studio
Leads
FRONT
STAGE
Fellows
FRONT
STAGE
Communi
ty Partner
Badge
Progress
Monitoring
System
Critique
page w/
features
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14e
14f
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Studio Leads are in charge of assessing and assigning a badge if
a team chooses to stop at the silver level
Studio Leads are also always monitoring teams' progress
through LOFT's Badge Progress Monitoring System and check in
with Team Leads regularly (face to face or through e-mail) to listen
and discuss about their efforts
Gold Badge: In order to earn the Gold badge for a challenge, Team
Members must revise their initial deliverables based on the
feedback they got from their critique session. Gold badge might
also required some additional work along with the revision of
previous work to be submitted.
Studio Leads offer feedback and insight for the final deliverables
16a as advice the team can take with them moving further into the
design process or for future design projects
Studio Leads are in charge of assessing and assigning a badge if
a team chooses to stop at the silver level
Studio Leads are also always monitoring teams' progress
through LOFT's Badge Progress Monitoring System and check in
16c
with Team Leads regularly (face to face or through e-mail) to listen
and discuss about their efforts
16b
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
LEARNER
ACTIONS
Team
Members
Automatic
addition to
database
FRONT
STAGE
Studio
Leads
Feedback
on team's
activity
page
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
BACK
STAGE
Studio
Leads
(LOFT) INTERNAL INTERACTION DESCRIPTIONS
A general memo describing what challenges and badges are and how the badging system works
Badge list page with e-portfolio characteristics where teams can:
Check their progress, the challenges they have accepted, the badges earned and if something has
been submitted for a challenge
See all teams' badges gathered which will encourage communication and networking between teams
LOFT’s list of challenges should include the “Suggest to” option next to “See Challenge”
Notification system in LOFT:
Notify SLs when team has accepted a challenge
Notify users of posts made in the Activity page of a team
Notify users on invitations to critique pages
Notify TMs when team has been awarded a badge
Badge progress monitoring system can offe a informed view of teams' progress to Studio Leads and
Fellows, such asr a count of days passed since a badge was accepted, if there have been deliverables
uploaded for a badge and when, etc
Studio Leads can monitor from a LOFT page how many days have passed since each team accepted a
challenge
Templates, more info about a task and examples can be made vailable in LOFT and linked to Badge
pages through hyperlinks
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Benchmarks database available on LOFT, which Studio Leads can use to share examples of the work
done in past projects
When a gold badge is awarded by a Studio Lead to a team, the team’s work for that badge is
automatically uploaded to the benchmark database for future reference
Fellows may want to review the database at the end of every year to recognize and "flag" select
examples of exceptional projects (if any)
Critique pages that can be set up by Team Lead on LOFT, where questions the team needs feedback
on can be selected from pre-existing options or by creating their own questions.
Teams’ Activity tab can be used by Studio Leads or others in order to leave feedback after a gold badge
is awarded.
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