VISUALIZATION

CHALLENGE AND SELECTION

Visualization has always been my first step in tackling a problem. My father always told me to sit back  and think with a calm mind before acting upon a situation. Clam and collected mind leads to  visualization of solution one wouldn’t come up with if the situation is thought up with stress and tension  to find a solution ASAP. First idea is not always the best. I use visualization in most of the task I’m given,  it makes my thoughts more organize and doesn’t leave space for doubt in my decision making.

APPLICATION

I got admission in a design college amidst covid, and being an extroverted person, I got in contact with  my college mentors online as soon as I could. After making a name for myself in their eyes, they started  including me in certain problems relating to interaction among mentors and freshmen, freshmen and  seniors and even among batchmates themselves. Since everything was virtual and there was no way for  us to get to know our batchmates and seniors, it became an issue. They asked for my opinion on this and  told me to come up some ideas that could bridge the gap between our college students. This gave me a  perfect platform to apply visualization on a much larger scale, so far I had only made decision  individually and just for myself.

INSIGHT

The challenge in hand needed a wider perspective of communication, it would have been easy to get  make a group online and let students interact, but that’s just futile on so many levels. One, having the  whole batch or the whole department student in one or two groups would not lead to any beneficial  interaction, there would be 500+ messages on group every hour and it would probably be just the same  kids talking. It would also become difficult to segregate useful information from casual information. So I  wanted to come up with a solution where there would a personal interaction to a degree but also not  too professional, a place where we could get to know each other.

APPROACH

First step that I took was sort of segregate on a broader aspect, the level and kind of interaction one  would want to have with batchmates, seniors and mentors. There were two: causal and professional.  Casual would be more of having common interests, curiosity of personal life, getting to know one  another on a personal level. This would need more of one to one conversation rather than in a group  except maybe when it relates to hobbies and interest. So casual can again be segregated into group  convos and personal. Professional would be a group conversation for common doubts and maybe help  relating to different courses in the department.

ORGANIZATION

So I came up with an idea of portal for the college, where there would be certain section, including all  activities that would take place in college if we were physically present. There would be four sections:  Café, Club, Blackboard and Collabs. Café would have a casual format to it, Everyone could update their  profile, mentioning their year, department and something about themselves, they would have liberty to  put up to 10 pictures to express their interest and visually describe it. Club would be already segregated  sections relating to common interest where one could do streaming and activities. Blackboard would be  more professional; it would be where the mentors and students would interact and lastly Collab would  be a professional platform for seniors and freshmen to interact and share information relevant to their  academics and careers.


VISUALIZATION CHALLENGE AND SELECTION Visualization has always been my first step in tackling a problem . My father always told me to sit back and think with a calm mind before acting upon a situation . Clam and collected mind leads to visualization of solution one would n’t come up with if the situation is thought up with stress and tension to find a solution ASAP . First idea is not always the best . I use visualization in most of the task I ’m given , it makes my thoughts more organize and does n’t leave space for doubt in my decision making . APPLICATION I got admission in a design college amidst covid , and being an extroverted person , I got in contact with my college mentors online as soon as I could . After making a name for myself in their eyes , they started including me in certain problems relating to interaction among mentors and freshmen , freshmen and seniors and even among batchmates themselves . Since everything was virtual and there was no way for us to get to know our batchmates and seniors , it became an issue . They asked for my opinion on this and told me to come up some ideas that could bridge the gap between our college students . This gave me a perfect platform to apply visualization on a much larger scale , so far I had only made decision individually and just for myself . INSIGHT The challenge in hand needed a wider perspective of communication , it would have been easy to get make a group online and let students interact , but that ’s just futile on so many levels . One , having the whole batch or the whole department student in one or two groups would not lead to any beneficial interaction , there would be 500 + messages on group every hour and it would probably be just the same kids talking . It would also become difficult to segregate useful information from casual information . So I wanted to come up with a solution where there would a personal interaction to a degree but also not too professional , a place where we could get to know each other . APPROACH First step that I took was sort of segregate on a broader aspect , the level and kind of interaction one would want to have with batchmates , seniors and mentors . There were two : causal and professional . Casual would be more of having common interests , curiosity of personal life , getting to know one another on a personal level . This would need more of one to one conversation rather than in a group except maybe when it relates to hobbies and interest . So casual can again be segregated into group convos and personal . Professional would be a group conversation for common doubts and maybe help relating to different courses in the department . ORGANIZATION So I came up with an idea of portal for the college , where there would be certain section , including all activities that would take place in college if we were physically present . There would be four sections : Café , Club , Blackboard and Collabs . Café would have a casual format to it , Everyone could update their profile , mentioning their year , department and something about themselves , they would have liberty to put up to 10 pictures to express their interest and visually describe it . Club would be already segregated sections relating to common interest where one could do streaming and activities . Blackboard would be more professional ; it would be where the mentors and students would interact and lastly Collab would be a professional platform for seniors and freshmen to interact and share information relevant to their academics and careers .