You create a document that presents your experience with & knowledge of web design.
Your work on this assignment will result in the completion of a 1 page inventory of design knowledge, experience, & professional qualities relevant to RPW450.
For the complete details about how to submit your work, see Submission Requirements.
I use similar assignments in other courses. You may feel like this is familiar, and therefore not worthy of your time. Please do not think that way. Self assessment is an essential element of professional development. Sometimes, understanding our abilities and limitations in the context of the challenges ahead and the work expected of us helps us understand where to apply our energy and abilities. And when we conduct honest, accurate evaluations of our own potential in light of the same qualities and abilities of peers, we better understand what our team might reasonably expect to accomplish. Beyond that, periodic self assessment is healthy for gauging our growth and maturation as professionals and as people. So, revel in the familiarity, and compare your assessment here with prior moments where you were asked to do something similar. Reflect upon any changes you note.
When elements of our work together leave you feeling uncertain or ill prepared to respond, rather than give in to intimidation, focus on what you DO know and what you can LEARN from investigation. The description below asks you to rate your level of knowledge on several areas of design work as well as with several tools & technologies. Even if you have experience with some of the things we are doing this semester, you may still rank as a beginner in other areas listed. That is understandable. Do not inflate your experience, knowledge, or ability. Peers who are potential team mates for the upcoming design work will be assessing whether or not they want to work with you at least in part based on what they read in this document. Honesty is essential. Each time you rate yourself as a beginner you identify an area for professional growth. But rating yourself honestly is essential to your own integrity as well as to others' sense of your professionalism.
This workshop asks you to reflect upon and assess your professionally relevant knowledge, abilities, and other qualities in the context of the work we do during this course. The workshop results in the preparation of a 1-page document that organizes and shares your assessment.
This segment of the assignment description presents three lists of relevant details. Score yourself (on a scale of 1 to 10) on each item.
When you rate yourself, use the following scale. Each rating is progressive, meaning it includes the level of accomplishment of the previous rankings.
Be careful not to over-estimate your abilities. Consider these rankings on a professional rather than personal scale. For example, if you are truly knowledgeable & experienced enough with a design category or tool to teach working professionals how to use it (rather than teaching friends who just know less than you do), then you should rate yourself as an 8 (Mentor).
Even if you rate yourself as Beginner or Basic Knowledge with something, it is merely an acknowledgement of where you are at in your professional development. We all start at the beginning with new things. There is no shame in that.
Design Knowledge
Technical Abilities
Professional Qualities
Gather your assessment into a 1-page document. (Limit yourself to a single single-spaced digital page.) You may opt for either standard page (8.5"x11") or legal page (8.5"x14"). Your document should include two sections: your philosophy of design/ux/design thinking; your scores on the knowledge, abilities, and qualities.
Refer to the sample document (see Canvas Files: Workshop Support) for guidance. As an alternative, you may produce this document as an infographic.
Name your file YourLastName-DesignInventory (where you replace YourLastName with your last name). Convert your inventory document to PDF.
Visit the discussion forum dedicated to the workshop. Review and follow the instructions there for introducing your Inventory. Attach your doc to that post.
In addition, create a Workshops folder on your shared class space on Dropbox.com. Post your doc inside that folder as well.
Note: Do not share the document file or Workshop folder with me. By placing your submission and folder in your shared class folder, you have already granted me access to this submission.
There are 50 possible points for this workshop. You will earn points according to this standard.