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Get to know each other!
Go around your group and share ā¦
1. The Classics (name, major, year, classes, etc.)
2. What experience you have (none is okay!)
Today
Get setup:
Set your notifications to
All New Messages in the Slack.- Desktop: Click your photo/initials in the top right corner >
Preferences>šĀ Notifications>Notify me aboutā¦>šĀ All new messages - Phone:
šĀ You(bottom right corner) >š±Ā Notifications>On mobile, notify me aboutā¦>All new messages āļø
We know notifications can be overwhelming, but doing this will make sure you donāt miss communication between you and your teammates.
Set up your Slack profile.
- Desktop: Click your photo/initials in the top right corner >
Profile>Edit> Add your name and upload a photo - Phone:
šĀ You(bottom right corner) >š¤Ā View Profile>Edit Profile> Add your name and a photo
Once more on Slack, check in the left sidebar that you see this semesterās channel (
#spring/fall20Xx), and to your groupās channel (#groupXx-sp/faXx) in š½Ā ChannelsIdeate: Many of you wrote down ideas of what you wanted to make on your application. Share those ideas with each other and decide on one you want to focus on. Write down your ideas below, and bold/underline/highlight the one you decide on.
If you need some help there are great resources on the ā£ > ā£ >
Steps to Project Development > Idea Generation
- [Your ideas go here]
Expand: Think of ideas and features you want your project to have. Denote the essential ones that make it unique and special, the nice-to-haves, and the essentials that constitute your MVP (Minimum Viable Product).
Remember to think about what your users might want/need. You might need to do a little research. If you need some help with this section, there are good resources in ā£ > ā£ >
Steps to Project Development > Gather Information
- [Features go here]
Design: On a device or on paper, draw out ideas for what the different screens of your project could look like. Think through different user interactions, how you want it to look, etc. Share your designs with your group and iterate on themāfocus more on the UX than the UI at first!
For help getting started with Prototyping, check out ā£ > ā£ >
When youāre at a place you like, upload pictures of them them in the box below. Use
Steps to Project Development > Prototyping
/file to create more spaces to upload files if you have more than one.Unnamed
Before you go
Write down an action item or few per team member to have attempted before next Hack Session. Keep them achievable, and remember you can ask each other and the #ask-mentors channel for help between sessions!
An example for this week might include drawing a few more mock-ups for screens you didnāt get to during this session, creating some higher fidelity mock-ups for your most important screens in a tool like Figma, or doing preliminary research into some APIs you think youāll need.
Slack your groupās mentor the following:
1. Your action item(s)
2. A question you didnāt ask today but are curious about (ex. āI donāt need to make the background of this form gray for my project to function but Iād like to, how do I do that?ā)
3. What you think youāre most likely to need help with soon
Once youāve filled this out, youāre good to go. Great job today, see you next week! š§”