Interaction Design WikiBachelor Thesis

Thesis year milestones


Mentors teams

Dr. Joëlle Bitton / Luke Franzke
Dr. Björn Franke / Clemens Winkler
Dr. Antonio Scarponi / Verena Ziegler
Prof. Jürgen Späth / Mona Neubauer

Consulting mentors:
Nicole Foelsterl (Video + Ethnography)
Dr. Daniel Hug (Sound)
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Buurman (Theory)
Joël Gähwiler (Tech)

Attendance

Attendance to all presentations and workshops is mandatory for all BA-finals candidates, unless specified.
All monthly general presentations are open to all BA IAD students.
BA finals are open to ZHdK audience and friends.

Table of Content

Deliveries and deadlines

All document deliveries should be made on the IAD server. See screenshot.




12 December 2017, 17.00


19 January 2018, 17.00 (BA Thesis Concept Seminar - final session)

20 February 2018, 17.00 (Kick-off semester - progress session)


23 March 2018, 17.00

03 May 2018, 11.30 - 19.00, Room 4.T30

28 May 2018, 17.00

4 June 2018, 14.00 - 18.00

7 June 2018, 16.00 - 22.00

11 June 2018, 10.00 -16.00 (in the exhibition space)

13 June 2018, 08.30 - 16.00, in exhibition space (afterwards discussion for mentors room 5T.07, 16.00 - 17.30)

14 June 2018: 10.00 - 16.00, room 4K.22.1

Monthly group presentations

Presentation of advancement of project as well as theoretical research, together with all students and all mentors.
Presentation should all be 5 minutes long with 10 minutes for feedback and discussion.
Format is free - although slides are most useful to structure your presentation. See below for more oral presentation guidelines.

20 February 2018: Kick-off - Progress session 1 "Background and Related Work", 09.30 - 15:00, room 5K03

15 March 2018: Progress session 2, "Early Findings", 13.30 - 16.30, room Viaduktraum 2A.05

17 April 2018:  Progress session 3, "Prototypes in use", 09.00 - 15:00, room Viaduktraum 2A.05

15 May 2018: Progress session 4, "Observations and Lessons learned", 09.30 - 15:00, room Viaduktraum 2A.05

Thesis focus workshops

1 March 2018: Thesis structure review workshop, 09.30 - 12.30, room 4T33

20 March 2018: Sound mentoring, 9.00 - 17.00 (If your project has a sound component or if mentor Daniel Hug thinks that you might need a discussion on that aspect)

27 March 2018: Exhibition workshop, 09.30 - 12.30

11 April 2018: Refresh Video workshop, 09.30 - 12.30 (optional - only for those who will make videos), room 5T.04

11 April 2018: Refresh Sound for Video workshop, 13.00 - 16.00 (optional - only for those who will make videos), room 4K.22.1

7-9 May 2018: Video Production, photo studio room 3H.18, Details/Timetable directly distributed by Nicole Foelsterl (optional - only for those who will make videos)

24 May 2018: Video and Sound review with mentors, Timetable with Daniel Hug and Nicole Foelsterl (optional - only for those who will make videos), room 4K.22.1

Calendar Overview

December 2017January 2018February  2018March  2018
12.12
2-page statement

8-19.01
BA Thesis Concept Seminar

  • Development of intention (5-page essay)
  • Initial project prototype

20.02 
Kick off - Progress session 1 

1.3 
Thesis structure review workshop

15.3
Progress session 2

23.3 
Written thesis - fully structured and 90% completed

27.3
Exhibition workshop

  • Draft Thesis structure
  • Background/context research 
  • Advanced prototype
  • Choice of mentoring team
April  2018May 2018June  2018

11.4
Refresh Video workshop (optional)

17.4
Progress session 3


3.5
Thesis colloquium

7-9.5
Video production (optional)

15.5
Progress session 4

28.5

  • BA thesis and project documentation delivered



4.6 
Exhibition layout review

7.6 
Vernissage

11.6 
BA Finals - Practice round

13.6 
BA Finals

14.6 
BA Finals - Feedback




Fall 2017 Courses

Presentation guidelines           

 
Oral Presentation style

Slides style

 Computer and demo ready

Structure and outline of the final presentation

Whether you're using slides or not, this is the narrative that we recommend for your BA final presentation:

Review and Grading

The official study guidelines of the BA in Design at ZHdK provides broad lines for the diploma evaluation (see § 15).
The BA thesis counts for 22 ECTS points and is graded between letters A-F.

The criteria for the final grade are :

The grade is decided after each mentoring team provides their assessment (the student mentors provide a consultory assessment) and a discussion leads to a consensus.
The two external guests provide their assessment for the project itself and for the mediation via exhibition.

Additional criteria:
Depending on the angle undertaken for the project, some aspects will be particularly relevant: ie. interface design for apps and platforms, methodology for field studies, evaluation for education services, etc..

Grading details:

A hervorragend (6) = ausgezeichnete, hervorragende Leistung
B sehr gut (5-6) = deutlich überdurchschnittliche Leistung
C gut (5) = insgesamt gute und solide Arbeit
D befriedigend (4-5) = mittelmäßige Arbeit
E ausreichend (4) = Leistungen entsprechen den Mindestanforderungen
FX nicht bestanden (3,5) = es sind Nachbesserungen erforderlich
F klar nicht bestanden (<3,5)
Abstufungen: 3 = ungenügend, 2 = schwach, 1 = sehr schwach bzw. keine Arbeit geleistet – die Arbeit ist zu wiederholen, in der Regel keine Nachbesserung möglich.