Meeting 1 - 8th November 2016

Following the E-tutorial from BB on teamwork and instructions from the schedule given by the Lecturer we completed the following tasks:

• We chose our Makerspace topic

• We formed a team where members come from a various background and expertise to enhance our learning and creativity by looking at matters from different perspectives

• After discussing each person’s ability to fit the timetable, travel and other commitments we chose the time and space for meetings: Thursdays at 1:00 pm Newman Building lockers area

• We decided to use Google Drive as our virtual space for preparing content that after completion we will upload to website or blog

• To do so we set up a shared folder on Google Drive that all of the team has equal access and editing rights to it.

• We set up team rules that we agreed to follow

• We finished our meeting with an agreement that in the next meeting we are going to:

  • Prepare some work on google drive and agree how to share it

  • Brainstorm ideas about our project and headings/content

  • Check and decide about how to effectively manage the workload and the time required for it

 

Meeting 2 - 17th November 2016​

• ​We prepared the workshop’s framework with headings on google drive and we agreed how to share the workload:

  • We decided that we can easily edit each document together and by comments agree on the content as we go.

• We decided to use the DLR Library as an example of a public library for the project and base our work on their policy and services

• We agreed to set up a Facebook page and a website for the purpose of this assessment and both create and edit content as administrators

  • Theodora - set up a website on wix.com

  • Dorota - set up a Facebook page

• ​We discussed references for this project and decided which ones are the most suitable, this includes both, readings for the module and resources that were used for the project topic

• There was some problem with using Endnote but we tried it together and we got it to the working point

 

Meeting 3 - 24th November 2016

• We discussed the finance part and decided that clarification is needed about how covering the costs looks in practise, therefore we decided that each of us will try to ask in the local library how it can be done and what approach is practised

• After getting familiar with the DLR Library policy and services we discussed how our policy and makerspace will relate to it

• We decided that clarification is needed on how to present our final work, so we decided to email the Lecturer to ask for an advice on it

• We agreed on the design of the website as it is supposed to be welcoming and friendly:

  • we discussed limiting colors to get a friendly design ​for colourblind people but use an animated background to give a bit of life to the overall look of the website

  • We decided to use less formal fonts that are nice looking but still easy to read and with big enough size

  • We chose photos for our gallery from the photos from our own collection and we agreed that they need to be edited to not publish anyone’s faces without the person’s permission

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Meeting 4 - 1st December 2016

• We published everything from the google drive to our website

• We filled in the team assessment form and we added  it to the wiki only (it would not be safe to post our details and signatures on the website)

• When we agreed that the website was ready we linked it to our Facebook page and we invited our friends on Facebook to like it and comment on the idea

• Submitted assessment on wiki

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