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CRI825 Winter 2019 Creative Impact Supercourse II Challenges

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Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. William Michael Carter
Dr. William Michael Carter
Assistant Professor, School of Creative Industries, Ryerson University
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Timeline
  • January 11, 2019
    Experience start
  • January 19, 2019
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 23, 2019
    Midway Check In
  • March 30, 2019
    Supercourse Showcase
  • April 12, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Entertainment, Telecommunications, Arts, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Banking & finance, Academic association, Media & production

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Market research Product or service launch
Skills
self-motivated rapid prototyping consumer behaviour analysis innovation; design thinking; product development; marketing
Learner goals and capabilities

Transdisciplinary teams of students work on real-world problems presented by industry and community partners. Working across disciplinary, national and cultural boundaries, student teams address partners’ needs with innovative, flexible and creative approaches. Students groups will be supported through experiential industry, community and academic mentorship vision-proofing their proposed solutions for future execution as a final product, white paper or prototype.

Learners

Learners
Any level
25 learners
Project
54 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

At the end of this course, student groups will deliver:

A fully-functioning, digital, physical, performative or theoretical prototype, which meets or exceeds the original expectations of the Industry or Institutional partner.

A peer-to-peer analysis/reflection of the students own performance and that of their fellow group members.

An Operational Plan to move forward with the solution either into a Zone or externally within the business environment.

A final Showcase presentation on Friday March 29th, evaluated by your peers, industry partners and industry guests.

Project timeline
  • January 11, 2019
    Experience start
  • January 19, 2019
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 23, 2019
    Midway Check In
  • March 30, 2019
    Supercourse Showcase
  • April 12, 2019
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

In groups of transdisciplinary students, groups will select a curated Supercourse Industry, Institutional or Governmental challenge. Using Design Thinking, student groups will then progressively build a working prototype as a potential solution to the challenge.

Student groups will be assigned a faculty mentor with specific domain area expertise to the chosen curated Supercourse challenge.

Student groups will conduct external qualitative and quantitative research consisting of target user interviews and surveys, traditional paper based research and client/partner discussion.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.