Musicking Final Summary
Musicking Final Summary
Musicking Final Summary
Summary
and
Prototype
Guide
The Project
Musicking
is
a
web
app
and
a
community
for
music
learners.
It
oers
its
users
tools
for
setting
goals,
tracking
progress,
and
building
a
diverse
and
supportive
community
of
musickers.
These
tools
are
built
around
the
following
core
features:
The
Musicking
Timeline.
Learning
to
perform
music
is
hard,
and
progress
can
feel
very
slow.
The
Musicking
Timeline
gives
music
learners
a
way
to
creatively
demonstrate
the
time
and
eort
they
put
into
their
music,
while
learning
at
their
own
pace.
Users
can
log
practice
sessions,
and
post
notes
and
recordings,
encouraging
musickers
to
see
the
learning
process
creative
work
in
its
own
right.
Virtual
Events.
This
is
where
musickers
can
share
their
work
with
others
and
get
feedback.
They
can
seek
help
and
advice
at
Virtual
Workshops,
and
share
recordings
theyre
proud
of
at
Virtual
Open
Mic
Nights.
Being
able
to
share
ones
progress
with
others
is
a
key
motivating
factor
in
music
learning
-
one
of
the
hardest
things
about
learning
without
a
teacher
is
that
you
have
no
one
to
hold
you
accountable
or
validate
the
learning
thats
taken
place.
Virtual
Events
help
the
Musicking
community
step
in
to
ll
this
role
for
one
another.
The
biggest
change
was
the
addition
of
Virtual
Events,
because
I
decided
I
didnt
like
the
idea
of
Timelines
being
the
vehicle
for
getting
advice
from
the
community
-
I
wanted
feedback
to
be
actively
sought.
Virtual
Events
were
at
one
point
going
to
fall
into
four
categories,
but
usability
testing
suggested
this
was
the
one
signicant
point
of
confusion
in
our
navigational
taxonomy.
We
decided,
therefore,
to
reduce
the
categories
to
two,
which
reect
a
key
dierence:
one
type
of
event
invites
the
exchange
of
constructive
criticism,
and
one
does
not.
Within
these
two
categories,
users
have
considerable
freedom
to
dene
their
event
in
any
way
they
see
t.
The Team
Megans
deliverables:
Timeline
wireframe
and
mock
up,
logo,
mascot
Cha-neses
deliverables:
Persona
and
user
narrative,
banjo
practice
video,
content
development
(banjo
practice
video
highlight
is
featured
in
this
concept
video)
Svetas
deliverables:
Events
page
wireframes
The Prototype
The
prototype
was
built
in
Axure,
and
can
be
viewed
in
your
browser
using
this
link:
[Ive
removed
the
link
from
this
public
copy,
but
if
youd
like
to
use
it
to
evaluate
my
work,
please
contact
me.]
The
following
user
paths
are
available
to
explore:
New
user
sign
up.
Starting
on
the
home
page,
try
signing
up
for
a
Musicking
account.
Note
that
in
the
prototype,
you
must
follow
the
orientation
tour
to
the
end
(you
cannot
go
back,
or
end
the
tour
early.
Sorry.)
Explore
events.
Once
youve
nished
your
tour
of
the
Timeline,
why
not
check
out
the
Dashboard?
From
there,
maybe
you
want
to
nd
out
what
Virtual
Events
are
all
about?
Log
a
practice.
When
youre
done
the
Virtual
Events
tour,
go
to
your
Dashboard
(notice
that
youve
magically
registered
for
an
event!)
Now
go
back
to
the
Timeline
and
log
a
new
practice.
to toggle a green glow around all the elements that you can