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# LL Basics

Fellows begin with a set of onboarding challenges to orient or in the case of returning fellows, re-orient themselves to the LL. For fellows who have been around for a while can road test these modules and help us refine them, so they still have the shared experience even if they’re already familiar with a lot of this

## 3 goals

1. Ensure everyone gets LL Basic Training in a structured and systematic way
2. Give folks stuff to do as we get to know them and start to connect them to projects (and they get to know us)
3. Make sure we have headshots/bios/other website material shortly after hires and in the process make sure everyone talks on camera in their first few days

## Common questions to address:
* how do i log on to computers, ipads and apps (ex.studio google account)?
* where do i save things?
* where can i find x?
* what do i do when i come in? how can i help?

## timeline and list
### for llufs:
2 weeks, or 14 hours.
#### FIRST SHIFT (1-1.5)
**check in:**
  * where to put your stuff (backpacks, scooters, etc)
  * choosing what to work on
    * vibe check menu, maybe a form or airtable view, or a physical place you add your magnet to
  * learn the basic tidy sweep protocol & choose your favorite area to tidy
      * all "not-currently-in-use" surfaces clear in all spaces.
      * full checklists for main studio, classroom, hallway, open space, fireplace room, music studio, glass studio, and kitchen
  * where to find your work space + stuff 
    * spaces: classroom, fireplace, glass, retreat, main studio
    * stuff: coffee/tea/candy, machines, power, paper, pen

**tech basics: your phone**
 
  * phone photography challenge. one of something like:
    * Write a card + take a picture
      * [make-it-square](/xth0Y4k3SQi6UQxW_wQcpA)
    * close reading of an object. 
        * 20 pictures of object, defamiliarize, then ai 
    * object documentation - keystoning and no keystoning
   * slack
        * Join channels
            * your individual channel
            * your fellows channel
            * show
            * util img
        * Post a photo
            * post the photo from your phone

**check out:**
    1. clean up your work space, do your dishes
    2. check out form
        * who are you
        * what did you finish today
        * what are you still working on/ what’s next
    3. don’t forget your stuff!

#### FIRST WEEK (6-8 hrs)
**On-camera intro exercise at interview set up**
* Headshot/short video for website
* explain a concept on camera
* do things with this footage later
    * [how to access footage](https://hackmd.io/@ll-summer-23/SkGrB0k22/edit)

**Weekly Update**
* a thick social media like post of:
    *  your standout/work highlight of the week
    *  what's up next
*  a bulleted summary of all the things you worked on
*  requests for any support you need

**tech basics: your personal machine**
* getting your machine’s chrome to have studio as a profile
* [connect to linkedin learning](/ftD9CRqdS2G0ICmeYPlu6g)
 * see if you can download any relevant apps for the lab you are going for
    * graphicsLab: [adobe creative suite](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=9f3244d3dba304d430ed1dca489619e0)
    * realityLab: [blender](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-5/)
    * avLab: [davinci resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve)
    * codeLab: get: homebrew, so that you can install git, node, visual-studio-code. a github account, so that we can invite you to various code repositories (repos). the absolute basics of navigating the terminalvisual studio code
    * studioLab: ?


**hackmd**
* start your lluf journal
* add the img from slack
   * write your bio
* Goals + Design your LL learning plan (+ skills you have?)

**canva**
* creator brand challenge-make your lluf brand. make the logo, make the button, make your slack emoji icon (mostly following the linkedin course)

**discord**?
* midjourney biographic 

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## ideas for challenges:
### FOR ALL LL MEMBERS:



#### Write a card + take a picture
* “make it square”
* [make-it-square](/xth0Y4k3SQi6UQxW_wQcpA)
#### On-camera intro exercise at interview set up
* Headshot/short video for website
* explain a concept on camera
* do things with this footage later

#### tech basics: your phone
* slack
    * Join channels
        * your individual channel
        * your fellows channel
        * show
        * util img
    * Post a photo
        * post the photo from your phone
    * Giphy
        * phone photo challenge
    * close reading of an object. 
        * 20 pictures of object, defamiliarize, then ai 

#### tech basics:  LL machines and apps
* slack as studio
     * util img2md
* synology 
    * find footage of your on-camera intro
* fcpx
    * edit your footage:
        * a 5 second intro clip
        * a 1-2 minute  video
        * gif machine
        * make your 5 second video into a gif and post to slack 
#### tech basics: your personal machine
* getting your machine’s chrome to have studio as a profile
* [connect to linkedin learning](/ftD9CRqdS2G0ICmeYPlu6g)
 * see if you can download any relevant apps for the lab you are going for
    * graphicsLab: [adobe creative suite](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=9f3244d3dba304d430ed1dca489619e0)
    * realityLab: [blender](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-5/)
    * avLab: [davinci resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve)
    * codeLab: get: homebrew, so that you can install git, node, visual-studio-code. a github account, so that we can invite you to various code repositories (repos). the absolute basics of navigating the terminalvisual studio code
    * studioLab: ?

#### biographic challenge
objectives: for LL to get transparent pngs of everyone int he system, for fellows to get intro to Ps, to learn how to capture, pull and save media work.
* blackmagic camera high res short rec
* raw files on synology
* Ps file saved
* masked transparent png on synology
* creative asset on synology

#### tech basics: how to save things
as part of biographic challenge?
* naming conventions
    * YYYYMMDD
* where to save options to discuss with mk/cc/sc/dd
    * physical drives, a collection of “lluf drives”
    * synology
    * slack
    * google drive


#### ll-pedagogy
* LL key quotes/very very short readings?
    * Things we value
    * Common Language
* Modes of Teaching/Instructional Design
    * Backward Design
    * Visual Teaching (+Multimedia Teaching or as a separate module?)
    * Some kind of Ashley CritPed/power + privilege module
    * Something about learning/how we learn/learners
    * Facilitation and presentation skills

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### FOR LLUFS
#### Studio orientation/how to reset/how to welcome
* learn the basic tidy sweep protocol & choose your favorite area to tidy
* learn the welcome skit (how to introduce folks to what we do and where to go)
#### shift launch + shift wrap up/ check in + check out
* check in:
    1. where to put your stuff (backpacks, scooters, etc)
    2. choosing what to work on
        * vibe check menu, maybe a form or airtable view, or a physical place you add your magnet to
    4. doing a quick tidy sweep of the space
    5. where to find your work space + stuff 
        * spaces: classroom, fireplace, glass, retreat, main studio
        * stuff: coffee/tea/candy, machines, power, paper, pen

* check out:
    1. clean up your work space, do your dishes
    2. check out form
        * who are you
        * what did you finish today
        * what are you still working on/ what’s next
    3. don’t forget your stuff!
#### tech basics:  LL machines and apps
* hackmd
    * start your lluf journal
    * add the img from slack
    * write your bio
    * Goals + Design your LL learning plan (+ skills you have?)
* canva
    * creator brand challenge-make your lluf brand. make the logo, make the button, make your slack emoji icon
* discord
    * midjourney biographic 

### FOR MDFS
* slack 
    * individual channels
    * utility channels
    * show-your-work/or equivalent
* hackMD
* airtable??
    * or at least overview of different forms

### cd questions
* mdfs learn to interact with synology?
* use friday meeting to do biographic?
    * or when do they do LL basics
    * or is this mainly async for them?
* do they need to know Ps, python, etc.?