Week 1: Course Expectations

Based on what I know of this course, I expect to be doing...
At first I thought it was a studio that gathered students from different backgrounds together to do a group project and each in charge of the relevant part in the project, which means me as a student from interaction design will only do the design work in the project. However, during the first week's lecture, when the lecturer said that as DECO7140 (Introduction of web design) was the pre-requisite course and basic programming skills were required in this course, then I realized that every student in this course can contribute to the project the way they want to.

Different from DECO7110 (Design thinking) or DECO7140, the project in this course is not just a front-end project but incorporates back-end design and implementation as well. It sounds really cool and challenging to do both design and programming for a real-world product.


I want to learn/experience/do...
What I want to learn in this course is the photoshop and programming skills, both of which need practice constantly. Also, it's always a pleasure to make some new friends.

I’m worried about...
I'm not that good at visual design and I'm struggling using the tools like Photoshop. I learned it online all by myself before and I found it really hard to be practiced at it. In addition, there are some presentations during this course according to the assessments. I might be nervous talking in front of the class.

I hope that I can...
I'm not a social-loathing person but can be silent under particular conditions. I hope that I can be talkative in class.

In addition, I wish I could balance all the assignments (individual and group) well and start early.