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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 300%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Digital Academy Premium Pilot: Design Curriculum'''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #560472; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 1: Inclusive Design & Accessibility '''</div>
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<big><big>For Discussion</big></big>
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<big><big><big><big><big>'''Digital Academy Premium Pilot: Design Curriculum'''</big></big></big></big></big>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div> Learn how to design for everyone, understand user diversity and learn to recognize how experiences might unintentionally exclude people.
 
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div> Learn how to design for everyone, understand user diversity and learn to recognize how experiences might unintentionally exclude people.
  
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| Article || Inclusive Design: 12 Ways to Design for Everyone || Shopify || https://hyp.is/J3vvGD9iEem6EsfK5lwOxQ/www.shopify.com/partners/blog/inclusive-design ||
 
| Article || Inclusive Design: 12 Ways to Design for Everyone || Shopify || https://hyp.is/J3vvGD9iEem6EsfK5lwOxQ/www.shopify.com/partners/blog/inclusive-design ||
 
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| Project intake outline ||How we host|| PCH || [[:File:How we host - 4 steps.pdf]] || This is an outline of how the Innovation & Experimentation Team at PCH works with potential project partners to explore the possibility of an applied design thinking project.
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| Guide || W3C - Web Accessibility Initiative, Resources for Designers || World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) || https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.w3.org/WAI/roles/designers/#annotations:S9191j9iEemH3j8PuoxzOg ||
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| Video || Why design should include everyone || TED || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD_SLJG7oi8 ||
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| Video || When we design for disability, we all benefit || TED || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2m97gPI70I ||
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 2: Agile for Design '''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
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Learn Agile project methodologies, how to manage design workflows and what roles/expertise are needed to perform design work.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
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Instruction and hands-on exercises to help those who work directly with agile teams understand how to best support, guide, and coach their teams to improve their agile capabilities. Learn how-to create the conditions for a successful agile transformation.
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
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| Document || Manifesto for Agile Software Development - Principles || Agile Manifesto || https://hyp.is/jxH_rD9vEemWVYtkShV8Dw/agilemanifesto.org/principles.html ||
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| Guide || Official Scrum Guide || Scrum Guide || https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.scrumguides.org/#annotations:govJwD9vEem88-MqOfvFvQ ||
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| Article || The Evolution of UX Process Methodology || Medium (Ian Armstrong) || https://via.hypothes.is/https://uxplanet.org/the-evolution-of-ux-process-methodology-47f52557178b ||
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| Article || The five keys to a successful Google team || Google (re:work) || https://via.hypothes.is/https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/#annotations:QJJxHj9uEem_M5PlH78wyg ||
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| Guide || How to select and develop individuals for successful agile teams: A practical guide || McKinsey & Company || https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/how-to-select-and-develop-individuals-for-successful-agile-teams-a-practical-guide#annotations:Mf2lJD9uEemH8cNZmjmKRA ||
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 3: Introduction to Service Design'''</div>
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Understand guiding mindsets and methods of service design thinking.
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*History of design thinking
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*Unique design thinking processes
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*Design thinking mindsets and contexts
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*Service design perspectives
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*Case studies
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 4: Design Research'''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
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Learn about breadth of design research approaches and methods and put them to practice.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
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*Design research principles
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*Inclusive design research
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*Evolution of design research
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*How-to prepare and plan your research
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*Visual thinking
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*Empathy in design research
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*User interview discussion guides
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
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| Document || Manifesto for Agile Software Development - Principles || Agile Manifesto || https://hyp.is/jxH_rD9vEemWVYtkShV8Dw/agilemanifesto.org/principles.html ||
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| Guide || Official Scrum Guide || Scrum Guide || https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.scrumguides.org/#annotations:govJwD9vEem88-MqOfvFvQ ||
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| Article || The Evolution of UX Process Methodology || Medium (Ian Armstrong) || https://via.hypothes.is/https://uxplanet.org/the-evolution-of-ux-process-methodology-47f52557178b ||
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| Article || The five keys to a successful Google team || Google (re:work) || https://via.hypothes.is/https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/#annotations:QJJxHj9uEem_M5PlH78wyg ||
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| Guide || How to select and develop individuals for successful agile teams: A practical guide || McKinsey & Company || https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/how-to-select-and-develop-individuals-for-successful-agile-teams-a-practical-guide#annotations:Mf2lJD9uEemH8cNZmjmKRA ||
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 5: Information Architecture'''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
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Understand how information architecture impacts usability of web content and learn to apply information architecture principles on both macro and micro scales as well as identify information architecture problems.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
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*What is information architecture (IA)?
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*What you need to know before doing IA?
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*Elements of IA
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*Principles of IA
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*Disciplines that inform IA
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
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| Guide || What is Information Architecture? || Optimal Workshop || https://www.optimalworkshop.com/guides/what-is-information-architecture#annotations:query: ||
 
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| Article || User Research Basics || U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services || https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-research.html ||When to perform specific types of user research.
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| E-book || How to make sense of any mess || Written by Abby Covert || http://www.howtomakesenseofanymess.com/#annotations:query: ||
 
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| Guide || User research guide ||Ontario Digital Service|| https://www.ontario.ca/page/user-research-guide ||In alpha.
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| Article || Frequently asked IA questions || Abby the IA || http://abbytheia.com/2014/04/22/faq/#annotations:query: ||
 
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| Report summary (3 pages) || Design Thinking for Public Service Excellence || United Nations Development Programme: Global Centre for Public Service Excellence || http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/capacity-development/English/Singapore%20Centre/GCPSE%20Design%20Thinking%20Summary.pdf || Examples of design thinking for public sector use (on page 3).
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| Article || IA Heuristics: A Journey || Abby the IA || http://abbytheia.com/2012/04/12/ia-heuristics-journey/#annotations:query: ||
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
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| Online course || Agile Meets Design Thinking || University of Virginia via Coursera || https://www.class-central.com/course/coursera-agile-meets-design-thinking-11994?utm_source=qz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october_2018 ||  
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 6: Content Design'''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
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Understand the importance of having a content strategy, learn elements of good content design, identify content problems, explore how to approach them and how to test content for effectiveness.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
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*What is a content strategy?
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*Why you need a content strategy?
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*Elements of a content strategy
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*Principles of good content design
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*How do you create good content?
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*How do you test content?
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*Using web analytics
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| Guide|| Content creation principles || Web Experience Toolkit || https://wet-boew.github.io/wet-boew-styleguide/writing/prncpls-en.html ||
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| Article || How agile and lean principles can improve content strategy and governance || Written by Josh Tong || https://www.joshtong.io/blog/2015/6/7/how-agile-and-lean-principles-can-improve-content-strategy-and-governance ||
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| Guide || Canada.ca Content Style Guide || Government of Canada || https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/canada-content-style-guide.html#toc6 ||
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| Article || Aligning Content Work with Agile Processes || Written by Brendan Murray || https://alistapart.com/article/aligning-content-work-with-agile-processes/#annotations:query: ||
 
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 7: Prototyping'''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
 +
Understand different types of prototypes and learn how-to prototype.
 +
 
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
 +
Understand different types of prototyping methods to communicate your vision and learn to craft compelling stories with data.
 +
*What, why, and how of prototyping
 +
*2D, 3D, and 4D prototyping
 +
*Example prototypes: experience, user action, service, etc.
 +
 
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<center>'''Resources'''</center></div>
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
 +
|+ class="nowrap" |Prototyping Design Resources
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|-
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|-
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Type of Resource
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Title of Resource
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Organization
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Link
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Article || Chatbots: Your Ultimate Prototyping Tool || Medium (IDEO) || https://medium.com/ideo-stories/chatbots-ultimate-prototyping-tool-e4e2831967f3 ||
 +
|-
 +
| Guide || A Beginner's Guide to Rapid Prototyping || FreeCodeCamp || https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-beginners-guide-to-rapid-prototyping-71e8722c17df ||
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|}
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 +
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
 +
|+ class="nowrap" | Prototyping Comments & Questions
 +
|-
 +
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 +
|-
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | (Optional) Name & Contact
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Feedback
 +
|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
 +
|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
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|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 8: Data Visualization'''</div>
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
 +
Understand how-to tell stories when designing for data visualizations, learn when to use certain chart types, and apply design best practices when creating visualizations.
 +
 
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
 +
*Crafting compelling stories with data
 +
*Data visualization 101
 +
*An intro to data types
 +
*Chart type and design best practice
 +
*Finding the story in your data
 +
*The difference between infographics and data visualization
 +
*Open source tools to create your own
 +
 
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<center>'''Resources'''</center></div>
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
 +
|+ class="nowrap" |Data Visualization Design Resources
 +
|-
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! colspan="5" |
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|-
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Type of Resource
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Title of Resource
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Organization
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Link
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Tool || Rawgraphs || Open source tool for designing data visualization || https://rawgraphs.io/ ||
 +
|}
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 +
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
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|+ class="nowrap" | Data Visualization Comments & Questions
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | (Optional) Name & Contact
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Feedback
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|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and write comments & feedback here.
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
 
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|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and write comments & feedback here.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #560472; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 2: Agile for Design '''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 9: Usability Testing & Agile '''</div>
 
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
 
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
−
Learn how to design for everyone, understand user diversity and learn to recognize how experiences might unintentionally exclude people.
+
Learn when you should do usability testing, what methods are available and how to use them, including audience definition, participant recruitment, testing strategy and logistics.
  
 
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
 
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
−
*How inclusive design benefits everyone
+
*A typical process for usability testing
−
*Understanding user diversity - there is no “average user”
+
*Problem definition
−
*Recognizing how experiences unintentionally exclude people
+
*Audience definition and analysis
−
*A framework that will give you concrete ways to include create more inclusive services utilizing design research, inclusive principles and accessibility
+
*Testing strategy and logistics
 +
*Audience engagement
 +
*Types of usability testing intro
 +
*UX and agile
  
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
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|+ class="nowrap" | Inclusive Design & Accessibility Resources
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|+ class="nowrap" |Usability Testing & Agile Design Resources
 
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| Video || Annual Report: Ellen and Jason || Government of Canada, Privy Council Office || https://www.facebook.com/ClerkGC/videos/604452839930035/ || Stresses the importance of accessibility. Ellen met Jason, who is visually impaired, and she built him a 3D map to help him get around the office.
+
| Article || 5 Steps to Successful Enterprise UX Research || UX Magazine || https://uxmag.com/articles/5-steps-to-successful-enterprise-ux-research#annotations:HlnN4mXcEemZiu-Z8ku7oQ ||  
 
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|-
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| Project intake outline ||How we host|| PCH || [[:File:How we host - 4 steps.pdf]] || This is an outline of how the Innovation & Experimentation Team at PCH works with potential project partners to explore the possibility of an applied design thinking project.
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| Article || Key Experience Indicators: How to decide what to measure? || Article (Tomer Sharon) || https://medium.com/@tsharon/key-experience-indicators-how-to-decide-what-to-measure-8b948a6a86b9#annotations:SlkFmGXcEemdYuOkXkt-zA ||
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|}
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<center>'''Comments & Questions'''</center></div>
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
 +
|+ class="nowrap" | Usability Testing & Agile Comments & Questions
 
|-
 
|-
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| Article || User Research Basics || U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services || https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-research.html ||When to perform specific types of user research.
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|-
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | (Optional) Name & Contact
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Feedback
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|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
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|-
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
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| Name & Contact || Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #493D4F; font-size: 200%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Week 10: Ethics & Government Standards'''</div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Learning Objective'''</div>
 +
Learn about the Government of Canada Digital Standards and how to apply them, understand ethical implications of design and learn how to ask the right questions to support ethical decision-making.
 +
 
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Overview'''</div>
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*Digital standards overview
 +
*What does it mean to you
 +
*Deep dive into ethics
 +
*Ethical questions
 +
*Analyzing project proposals through the lens of Digital Standards
 +
 
 +
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000; font-size: 175%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<center>'''Resources'''</center></div>
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="color:black; background-color:white; width:100%; align: left;"
 +
|+ class="nowrap" |Ethics & Government Standards Resources
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|-
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Type of Resource
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Title of Resource
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Organization
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! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Link
 +
! style="background: grey; color: white; " | Notes
 
|-
 
|-
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| Guide || User research guide ||Ontario Digital Service|| https://www.ontario.ca/page/user-research-guide ||In alpha.
+
| Article || Responsible AI in the Government of Canada: A Sneak Peek || Medium (Michael Karlin) || https://medium.com/code-for-canada/responsible-ai-in-the-government-of-canada-a-sneak-peek-973727477bdf ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Report summary (3 pages) || Design Thinking for Public Service Excellence || United Nations Development Programme: Global Centre for Public Service Excellence || http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/capacity-development/English/Singapore%20Centre/GCPSE%20Design%20Thinking%20Summary.pdf || Examples of design thinking for public sector use (on page 3).
+
| Article || The code I'm still ashamed of || Medium (Bill Sourour) || https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-code-im-still-ashamed-of-e4c021dff55e ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Online course || Agile Meets Design Thinking || University of Virginia via Coursera || https://www.class-central.com/course/coursera-agile-meets-design-thinking-11994?utm_source=qz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october_2018 ||  
+
| Article || A child abuse prediction model fails poor families || Wired || https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/#annotations:query: ||
 
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|-
−
| Expert, video, article, course, etc. || Name/Title || Organization || Contact/Link || Anything to add?
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| Article || Nudge vs. sludge – the ethics of behavioral interventions || Impactually || https://impactually.se/nudge-vs-sludge-the-ethics-of-behavioral-interventions/#annotations:query: ||
 
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For Discussion
Digital Academy Premium Pilot: Design Curriculum


 Week 1: Inclusive Design & Accessibility
 Learning Objective

Learn how to design for everyone, understand user diversity and learn to recognize how experiences might unintentionally exclude people.

 Overview
  • How inclusive design benefits everyone
  • Understanding user diversity - there is no “average user”
  • Recognizing how experiences unintentionally exclude people
  • A framework that will give you concrete ways to include create more inclusive services utilizing design research, inclusive principles and accessibility
 
Resources
Inclusive Design & Accessibility Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Article Inclusive Design: 12 Ways to Design for Everyone Shopify https://hyp.is/J3vvGD9iEem6EsfK5lwOxQ/www.shopify.com/partners/blog/inclusive-design
Guide W3C - Web Accessibility Initiative, Resources for Designers World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.w3.org/WAI/roles/designers/#annotations:S9191j9iEemH3j8PuoxzOg
Video Why design should include everyone TED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD_SLJG7oi8
Video When we design for disability, we all benefit TED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2m97gPI70I
 
Comments & Questions
Inclusive Design & Accessibility Comments & Questions
(Optional) Name & Contact Feedback
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 Week 2: Agile for Design
 Learning Objective

Learn Agile project methodologies, how to manage design workflows and what roles/expertise are needed to perform design work.

 Overview

Instruction and hands-on exercises to help those who work directly with agile teams understand how to best support, guide, and coach their teams to improve their agile capabilities. Learn how-to create the conditions for a successful agile transformation.

 
Resources
Agile for Design Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Document Manifesto for Agile Software Development - Principles Agile Manifesto https://hyp.is/jxH_rD9vEemWVYtkShV8Dw/agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
Guide Official Scrum Guide Scrum Guide https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.scrumguides.org/#annotations:govJwD9vEem88-MqOfvFvQ
Article The Evolution of UX Process Methodology Medium (Ian Armstrong) https://via.hypothes.is/https://uxplanet.org/the-evolution-of-ux-process-methodology-47f52557178b
Article The five keys to a successful Google team Google (re:work) https://via.hypothes.is/https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/#annotations:QJJxHj9uEem_M5PlH78wyg
Guide How to select and develop individuals for successful agile teams: A practical guide McKinsey & Company https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/how-to-select-and-develop-individuals-for-successful-agile-teams-a-practical-guide#annotations:Mf2lJD9uEemH8cNZmjmKRA
 
Comments & Questions
Agile for Design Comments & Questions
(Optional) Name & Contact Feedback
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 Week 3: Introduction to Service Design
 Learning Objective

Understand guiding mindsets and methods of service design thinking.

 Overview
  • History of design thinking
  • Unique design thinking processes
  • Design thinking mindsets and contexts
  • Service design perspectives
  • Case studies
 
Resources
Introduction to Service Design Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Coming soon
Coming soon
 
Comments & Questions
Introduction to Service Design Comments & Questions
(Optional) Name & Contact Feedback
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 Week 4: Design Research
 Learning Objective

Learn about breadth of design research approaches and methods and put them to practice.

 Overview
  • Design research principles
  • Inclusive design research
  • Evolution of design research
  • How-to prepare and plan your research
  • Visual thinking
  • Empathy in design research
  • User interview discussion guides
 
Resources
Design Research Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Document Manifesto for Agile Software Development - Principles Agile Manifesto https://hyp.is/jxH_rD9vEemWVYtkShV8Dw/agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
Guide Official Scrum Guide Scrum Guide https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.scrumguides.org/#annotations:govJwD9vEem88-MqOfvFvQ
Article The Evolution of UX Process Methodology Medium (Ian Armstrong) https://via.hypothes.is/https://uxplanet.org/the-evolution-of-ux-process-methodology-47f52557178b
Article The five keys to a successful Google team Google (re:work) https://via.hypothes.is/https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/#annotations:QJJxHj9uEem_M5PlH78wyg
Guide How to select and develop individuals for successful agile teams: A practical guide McKinsey & Company https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/how-to-select-and-develop-individuals-for-successful-agile-teams-a-practical-guide#annotations:Mf2lJD9uEemH8cNZmjmKRA
 
Comments & Questions
Design Research Comments & Questions
(Optional) Name & Contact Feedback
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Name & Contact Login to GCcollab, hit the "edit" button in the top-right corner of this page, and add comments & feedback here.
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 Week 5: Information Architecture
 Learning Objective

Understand how information architecture impacts usability of web content and learn to apply information architecture principles on both macro and micro scales as well as identify information architecture problems.

 Overview
  • What is information architecture (IA)?
  • What you need to know before doing IA?
  • Elements of IA
  • Principles of IA
  • Disciplines that inform IA
 
Resources
Information Architecture Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Guide What is Information Architecture? Optimal Workshop https://www.optimalworkshop.com/guides/what-is-information-architecture#annotations:query:
E-book How to make sense of any mess Written by Abby Covert http://www.howtomakesenseofanymess.com/#annotations:query:
Article Frequently asked IA questions Abby the IA http://abbytheia.com/2014/04/22/faq/#annotations:query:
Article IA Heuristics: A Journey Abby the IA http://abbytheia.com/2012/04/12/ia-heuristics-journey/#annotations:query:
 
Comments & Questions
Information Architecture Comments & Questions
(Optional) Name & Contact Feedback
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 Week 6: Content Design
 Learning Objective

Understand the importance of having a content strategy, learn elements of good content design, identify content problems, explore how to approach them and how to test content for effectiveness.

 Overview
  • What is a content strategy?
  • Why you need a content strategy?
  • Elements of a content strategy
  • Principles of good content design
  • How do you create good content?
  • How do you test content?
  • Using web analytics
 
Resources
Content Design Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Guide Content creation principles Web Experience Toolkit https://wet-boew.github.io/wet-boew-styleguide/writing/prncpls-en.html
Article How agile and lean principles can improve content strategy and governance Written by Josh Tong https://www.joshtong.io/blog/2015/6/7/how-agile-and-lean-principles-can-improve-content-strategy-and-governance
Guide Canada.ca Content Style Guide Government of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/government-communications/canada-content-style-guide.html#toc6
Article Aligning Content Work with Agile Processes Written by Brendan Murray https://alistapart.com/article/aligning-content-work-with-agile-processes/#annotations:query:
 
Comments & Questions
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 Week 7: Prototyping
 Learning Objective

Understand different types of prototypes and learn how-to prototype.

 Overview

Understand different types of prototyping methods to communicate your vision and learn to craft compelling stories with data.

  • What, why, and how of prototyping
  • 2D, 3D, and 4D prototyping
  • Example prototypes: experience, user action, service, etc.
 
Resources
Prototyping Design Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Article Chatbots: Your Ultimate Prototyping Tool Medium (IDEO) https://medium.com/ideo-stories/chatbots-ultimate-prototyping-tool-e4e2831967f3
Guide A Beginner's Guide to Rapid Prototyping FreeCodeCamp https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-beginners-guide-to-rapid-prototyping-71e8722c17df
 
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 Week 8: Data Visualization
 Learning Objective

Understand how-to tell stories when designing for data visualizations, learn when to use certain chart types, and apply design best practices when creating visualizations.

 Overview
  • Crafting compelling stories with data
  • Data visualization 101
  • An intro to data types
  • Chart type and design best practice
  • Finding the story in your data
  • The difference between infographics and data visualization
  • Open source tools to create your own
 
Resources
Data Visualization Design Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Tool Rawgraphs Open source tool for designing data visualization https://rawgraphs.io/
 
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 Week 9: Usability Testing & Agile
 Learning Objective

Learn when you should do usability testing, what methods are available and how to use them, including audience definition, participant recruitment, testing strategy and logistics.

 Overview
  • A typical process for usability testing
  • Problem definition
  • Audience definition and analysis
  • Testing strategy and logistics
  • Audience engagement
  • Types of usability testing intro
  • UX and agile
 
Resources
Usability Testing & Agile Design Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Article 5 Steps to Successful Enterprise UX Research UX Magazine https://uxmag.com/articles/5-steps-to-successful-enterprise-ux-research#annotations:HlnN4mXcEemZiu-Z8ku7oQ
Article Key Experience Indicators: How to decide what to measure? Article (Tomer Sharon) https://medium.com/@tsharon/key-experience-indicators-how-to-decide-what-to-measure-8b948a6a86b9#annotations:SlkFmGXcEemdYuOkXkt-zA
 
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 Week 10: Ethics & Government Standards
 Learning Objective

Learn about the Government of Canada Digital Standards and how to apply them, understand ethical implications of design and learn how to ask the right questions to support ethical decision-making.

 Overview
  • Digital standards overview
  • What does it mean to you
  • Deep dive into ethics
  • Ethical questions
  • Analyzing project proposals through the lens of Digital Standards
 
Resources
Ethics & Government Standards Resources
Type of Resource Title of Resource Organization Link Notes
Article Responsible AI in the Government of Canada: A Sneak Peek Medium (Michael Karlin) https://medium.com/code-for-canada/responsible-ai-in-the-government-of-canada-a-sneak-peek-973727477bdf
Article The code I'm still ashamed of Medium (Bill Sourour) https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-code-im-still-ashamed-of-e4c021dff55e
Article A child abuse prediction model fails poor families Wired https://www.wired.com/story/excerpt-from-automating-inequality/#annotations:query:
Article Nudge vs. sludge – the ethics of behavioral interventions Impactually https://impactually.se/nudge-vs-sludge-the-ethics-of-behavioral-interventions/#annotations:query:
 
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