Assignments and Where I Post Them

Before our discussion of assignments and where to post them, users should familiarize themselves with Navigating within a Studio. The basic layout of a studio that will be referenced in this post is highlighted there. Please take a minute to review this layout. We will be using a studio with the layout: Feed, Info, Resources, Assignments, Projects. 

Often times in a Studio, the question arises: Where do I post my work? The answer isn't always clear without help from an instructor. In this post, we will be talking through some scenarios and where to post work for each.

Project Work

Documentation of project work is arguably the most important type of work to know how to post. First, navigate to the Projects tab and then into your individual project. As highlighted in the slideshow above, once inside your folder you will see a few tabs. In our example, we have: Updates, Precedents, Portfolio, Writing each made for housing different type of posts. Let's go over each one and what work is posted in them:

• Updates
  • This is where you will be posting the most. The Updates tab is where you will post your daily posts, random updates and any other work that doesn't have a home. The Updates tab is the most robust tab in the studio. Post any work here related to your Project that doesn't fit in the other 3 sections.
• Precedents
  • The Precedents section is used for all Precedent resources from instructors and students. As an instructor, this tab is useful for posting relevant background for a student's project in an easy place they can see. For students, this tab is useful to have a one stop shop for all of your Precedent and background information related to your project.
• Portfolio
  • The Portfolio tab will only be used close to the end of a Studio. All final work should be posted in this tab. It will house: Final Presentations, Final Diagrams and all other Final Work. This tab is useful for showing off the culmination of the work made by students in studios. It is often used as the portfolio for the studio after it is completed.
• Writing
  • The Writing tab is used at NuVu's Main Campus: Cambridge. Writing is used for "The Brief". The brief is a piece of writing used to describe a student's project and provide insights into its background. 

Updates Tab (Assignment Folder)

Outside of a Project Folder, the majority of a student's posts will be posted in an Assignment Folder. Throughout a Studio, students will complete a variety of assignments. All of this work should be documented on the website, but a question arises: Where do I post it? For each assignment, a folder should be created in the Assignments Tab. Inside of each of these folders, there will be at least two tabs. In our example there is: Prompt and Updates. Prompt is used by instructors to introduce the assignment while Updates is used by students to post their work that is related to this assignment.