Participatory Design: Feedback from UI/UX CoP members on goals for the community - JANUARY 2024

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Overview

This is a participatory design workshop conducted during the weekly UI/UX Community of Practice meeting.
Goal of the workshop is to identify the goals for the community, by the peers & members in the community.
This participatory design collaborative workshop will be conducted once every month to track the progress of the community. Based on the activities that were included as a result of conducting these participatory design collaborations.
This will also serve as a tracker for co-leads to identify the positives & negatives of any activities that were conducted. Future activities for the community can be iterated based on the community feedback.

Action Items

[x] Collate all relevant resources for this Issue, under Resources/Instructions
[x] Identify relevant goals for the UI/UX Community of Practice
[x] Design & create the FigJam Workspace
[x] Share the issue with other UI/UX CoP Co-Leads to receive feedback
[x] Make any changes, if required, after review by Co-Leads
[x] On the day of CoP Meeting, explain the activity to the attending members
[x] Share the link to the FigJam Workspace
[x] Once activity is complete, take screenshot of FigJam activity and record it in this issue
[x] Analyse the data from the workshop using FigJam AI to create affinity maps
[x] Identify the common trends, expectations & goals from the community members
[x] Share the affinity mapping results & findings with Co-leads during the monthly UI/UX CoP Co-Leads meeting (beginning of the month)
[x] Share the findings with the UI/UX Community via Slack (ui/ux channel)
[x] Use these results & findings to plan the activities for the next month
[x] Take screenshot of affinity mapping results & findings and record it in this issue
[x] Review with Co-Leads & close issue

Resources/Instructions

FigJam Workspace Participatory Design Communities of Practice: a Toolkit WHAT IS A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE? Communities-Of-Practice

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FigJam Workspace

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Goals for the UI/UX Community of Practice

Primary Goal

What types of activities will enhance the user experience of the community members?
What are the existing activities that can be retained and what can be introduced new?

Participatory Design: WORKSHOP GUIDE Participatory Design: Feedback from UI/UX CoP members on goals for the community - JANUARY 2024

UI/UX Community of Practice

Hello! 👋

STEP 1 About You!

When did you Onboard at Hack for LA (Month/Year)?

Your target or dream role?

Any adjacent roles you are open to?

Skills you already possess (technical/non-technical)?

Skills you would like to improve on (technical/non-technical)?

For new member goto STEP 2 Our returning member goto STEP 3

STEP 2 Our new members: You are a part of our peer community now!

What training/benefits/experiences/activities would help you improve your skills?

STEP 3 Our returning community members!

What keeps you coming back to our community?

What skills gained from this community has helped you in your career goals?

What would you like to see more of, in this community? Any training/benefits/experiences/activities?

STEP 4 Use a sticker to describe your mood right now!

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Instructions to use the FigJam Workspace

Read the questions in each Step
There are 4 Steps
Take a post-it from the tools section of the FigJam workspace (located in the bottom) and start answering!
Take a separate post it to respond to each step (Steps 1-4)
Take 15-20 minutes to complete activity (Use background music on FigJam to keep the activity entertaining)
Once activity is complete, use 10-15 minutes requesting members to discuss their stickers chosen for the day "Use a sticker to describe your mood right now!" Why did they choose what they did? (This can function as a fun activity in the midst of all the brainstorming/thinking during the FigJam activity)

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Using FigJam AI

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FigJam Activity conducted on January 17, 2024

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Notes

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Notes

Data Analysis using FIGMA AI

The sticky notes were summarised utilising Figma AI's summary tool. The summary had to be conducted twice as each time the results/summary obtained were different (with some overlaps). The approach to summarising by the AI tool differed each time the tool was used. Hence, two summaries for each question has been recorded in the Data Analysis section.

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IMPACT

Conducting this activity and sharing the results with the other UI/UX CoP Co-Leads impacted the activities and schedule planned for the subsequent months. The user feedback helped in iterating & designing the activities for the UI/UX Community of Practice. https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki/Home-%E2%80%90-2024-UI-UX-CoP-Meetings#repository-of-all-2024-uiux-cop-meetings

Details - Repository of all 2024 UI/UX CoP Meetings

UI/UX CoP Meeting Agendas 2024 (Wednesday 6PM PST)

January WED, 3 - Planning week (no CoP) WED, 10 - Office Hours/Welcome Meeting WED, 17 - FigJam Intro Activity WED, 24 - Linkedin Review WED, 31 - Design Critique

February WED, 7 - Planning week (no CoP) WED, 14 - Fireside chat: Let's talk about AI! WED, 21 - Coffee Chat with (HfLA) Project Leads WED, 28 - Skillshare Activity

March WED, 6 - Planning week (no CoP) WED, 13 - Design Challenge WED, 20 - Guest Speaker, Shipra Kayan - Meetup Invite WED, 27 - Guest Speaker, Brian Daniels - Meetup Invite

April WED, 03 - Planning week (no CoP) WED, 10 - Fireside Chat: "Things I wish I knew!...Share your background education and work experience" WED, 17 - Workshop: UI & Typography WED, 24 - Training Workshop: Github

May WED, 01 - Planning week (no CoP) WED, 08 - Peer Review Night! (Portfolios, Resumes, Case Studies or any UX work) WED, 15 - Workshop: Your UX Journey with us! WED, 22 - Design Challenge WED, 29 - Office Hours

June WED, 05 - Planning week (no CoP) WED, 12 - UI Design Workshop WED, 19 - Office Hours WED, 26 - Brainstorm as a community! For our Youtube channel

July UI/UX CoP taking a break in July! See you in August!🙌🙌

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