What is Due

Overview

In class, you will share your list of ideas with your classmates and see if anyone is interested in your ideas or if you are interested in someone else’s concepts, you will team up to make a video to present to the class. The purpose of this video is to convince your classmates to choose your idea for one of the group projects. Being creative and fun in your video will help you sell the concept. You will be posting the presentation video to YouTube and submitting it to this assignment. We will also be sharing these in class.

Instructions

You must complete the following:

Join a group in class
Go to the people tab in the class canvas
1. Click on the groups tab
2. Add yourself to your group for the idea presentations
3. This will make it so only one of you will need to submit the link to your video
Create a 2-3 min video pitching your idea to the class
Upload your video to YouTube
1. When uploading the video to YouTube make the video unlisted
  1. Do not make it private
2. Get the shareable link after the video has uploaded
Go to this assignment and submit your Youtube link

The Group Project Requirements

Overview

The objective of this project is to create something big which you wouldn't normally be able to do by yourself in one semester. You will work in teams of about 10 on a self-assigned project. The project will need to accumulate 400 hours worth of visual production work between all the members of the team. The project will be self-assigned at the beginning of the semester, which means the class will come up with two ideas, define goals, make a plan, assign work, execute production, and finally put together a case study at that end of the semester to put into each student's portfolio. Individuals will be graded on personal production quality and quantity, and the overall quality of the group project.

Check out this video highlighting a past group's project and their experience: https://vimeo.com/330079863

Minimum

Examples

Here are some examples of what can be done for this project.

A social change campaign
A brand redesign
An animation
A short film
Kick starter campaign
Web design
App/Game design

Minimum Expectations

The project must be ...

Approved by your instructor.
Visual in nature
Must communicate a message
A total of 400 hours of visual production work must be achieved by the entire company
- Production work does not include meetings, brainstorming, reading books, researching, ect
- Each individual must complete a minimum of 4 hours of production work each week (once the project officially starts)
A final, well thought, well designed, case study submitted at the end of the semester
- The case study needs to include:
  - Cover
  - Table of contents
  - Introduction
  - Background & Goals
  - Outcome
  - The appendix which should outline the individual's contribution

Past Student Examples

Firing Team Members

Social loafing is generally the largest offense in classroom group work, but we see less of it in the industry because companies have the opportunity to let these culprits go. In this class, groups can fire team members who are not pulling their weight, arguing, being rude, and so on. Really when it comes down to it, please treat everyone with Christ-like love and respect.

Just like in most companies, teams need to work with HR (in this case that will be the professor) to ensure accurate reasons for firing and that the process is done correctly. If your team sees the need for a termination you must make the decision as a team, and make sure the reason is valid. After you have made the decision as a team, approach the professor.

Those who are fired have the opportunity to either try and join the other group or work on an individual project which will total 400 hours worth of production work. As a warning, if someone is fired, they will likely fail the class.