--- tags: meetings --- # 20230127 MDF meeting ## it's spring (term)! Now, you're supporting courses or doing R&D in the labs. The goal for this term is to connect **everything we're doing to courses**! * labs * a/v lab * explainer videos something a lot of courses and some departments are asking for this term * scroll-lab/webLab * galleries of student projects something departments have expressed interest in * this can also be the chatGPT zone * 3dLab * helping Carly out with this video games course in English * learning Unity/Unreal * developing resources for students making video games/learning about game mechanics * designLabs * because of Horizons we can't do friday designLabs this term so we'll do more things that get scheduled weekly * you should definitely test things with llufs! it'll just happen when we can schedule it - a good time is office hours if your activity can happen in the classroom or fireplace room * minis * devote a couple of weeks to this? * we could invite the LLUFs to test some of these out during our MDF meetings on certain Fridays * or you could practice teaching something like a tutorial during office hours ## activity: project check-in ### part 1: thinking with cards * courses you're working with (one color) * department asks (one color) * assets you know you need for projects (another color) * resources you'd want to develop this term (another color) * and courses in your department you think these could connect to * example: Unreal and Unity tutorials for ENG189vg ### part 2: show-your-images * post a picture of your cards * bring your card picture into a hackMD doc * you can use as a project doc and for taking notes in, linking tutorials and other resources in * try to find a few models that will help you with these projects! post those in share-your-ideas and embed them in your doc -- Anna wants to test out video essay moves and tools - needs help developing this and scrolly-telling Jessi - Performing outside of the theater; tables and screens - brainstorming session on abstract ideas of performance Anna working with Poetry without Borders - wants to team up with Jessi Emily is learning Illustrator and wants to get way better at this for scicomm stuff - POSSIBLE TO SET UP SOME WORKING GROUP MORE TOOL TIMES we have lots of feelings about chatGPT - SHOULD WE DO AN MDF MEETING ON THIS? READING GROUP? - yes they want a reading group on this (let's start sharing articles in slack - maybe make a channel for this?) Shanni designLab on podcasting Andreja close-looking designLab for junior tutorial students in SOC - book her class here early March - March 1 - ASK DANI jessi needs a designLab on projection design workshop stuff - intro to basic principles of projection and learning about isadora; get out all projectors and materials for projecting