Use our
Monday March 20 class time in order to complete the followings tasks, all of which are due on Wednesday March 22.
Promotion and Mailing: each student must contribute
mailing addresses and
email addresses for us to send out the
poster/mailer and
save the date; use the Microsoft Excel template in our Turnstile_2 class folder to add content to each of the required fields; follow the formatting as shown in the examples, and if you don't have text for a field, leave it blank
Website team: prepare the site for a test run, seeing how it functions on the following, testing for mobile on tablets and phones using both iOS and Android; Poster Team should provide support where needed by providing the most up-to-date and finalize graphics from the poster
- Chrome mobile and desktop
- Safari mobile and desktop
- Firefox mobile and desktop
- Microsoft Edge (on Windows)
- employ all class members to assist with testing (that should be 7 of the seniors who are not working on the website); Web Team should observe people using the site, give them scenarios to click through, things to find; Web Team should document any issues that come up with the images, text, and layout and if problems arise, identify what needs to be fixed
Social Media team: create/update the following accounts and/or events; Poster Team should provide support where needed by providing the most up-to-date and finalize graphics from the poster
- Twitter: need landscape header graphic and square profile graphic; needs bio text updated for this year
- Instagram: need square profile graphic, and be sure to post a "Save the Date" image with information about the event day, time, location; needs bio text updated for this year
- Facebook: create a Facebook page and also a Facebook event, and note that we are a non-needs landscape header graphic and square profile graphic, be sure to invite Chad to the event so he can share it with alumni these are the prior years' event pages for your reference in 2016 and in 2015
- AIGA Community Events: will need to include header graphic and feature graphic, sizes forthcoming
Venue team: we need a floor plan designed, including where the students' design portfolios will be displayed, round tables for watching the lecture, etc.
Catering team: food items will need to be decided on soon; see Ms. Ledwell for information about how to browse food for ordering at Sam's, one of the places we will purchase food; take inventory of the items we have on hand in the DoD faculty kitchen, with the help of Ms. Ledwell, counting existing plastic utensils, plates, napkins, etc.
Hospitality team: create a schedule for our guest artist's visit, including the days/times you want to have lunches/breakfasts with her, and when she can have "down time" to herself; see examples of schedule from prior years in our class folder on Turnstile_2
