Pitching a product or idea to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing society

Module details

  • Offered to 2nd Year students in Autumn Term - Mondays 16:00-18:00
  • Offered to 3rd Year students in Spring Term - Thursdays 16:00-18:00
  • Planned delivery: On campus (South Kensington)
  • 1-term module worth 5 ECTS
  • Available to eligible students as part of I-Explore

This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to undertake a group project, identifying a meta-theme challenge and develop selected aspects of a solution and scoping means for its realisation. Project areas need to be multidisciplinary in nature and may address aspects of, for example, Med-Tech (Medical Technologies), Fin-Tech (Financial Technologies), Ed-Tech (Educational Technologies) or Fit-Tech (Fitness and Lifestyle Technologies), but are not limited to these. During the module you will upskill in script writing, video, production and direction and the project is assessed based on a 3-minute video that you will produce.

Students opting for this module will be asked to fulfil the following criteria:

  • Have a skill to offer for a project (from subject specific to general)
  • Be willing to work on someone else’s project idea

And optionally:

  • Have an idea for a project that they are willing to share (we are not expecting all students to arrive on the module with an existing project idea)

Please note: The information on this module description is indicative. The module may undergo minor modifications before the start of next academic year. 

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Learning outcomes

By the end of this module, you will better be able to:

  • apply the methods and techniques you have learned through project activity to effectively progress and implement your project
  • demonstrate use of storyboarding and scripting to construct a narrative to support
  • use filming, video editing, production and direction techniques to present and promote a project
  • demonstrate effective multidisciplinary teamwork
Indicative core content

Project discovery, definition, development and delivery. Storyboarding, scripting, filming, video editing and production techniques to present and promote a project. Upskilling in the designated executive roles (such as Producer(s), Director(s), Screenwriter, Cinematographer), setting context and providing guidance for the week-by-week development of the project.

Learning and teaching approach

The module will use an exploratory approach comprising phases of discovery, definition, development and delivery.  The first few weeks will set the scene for the module, followed by a series of group work activieties, in combination with on-line resources enabling upskilling in designated roles, and setting context and providing guidance for the week by week development of the project. The tutor team will meet with each group for weeks 4-10 providing guidance for the development of the project.

Formative feedback will be provided by tutor feedback statements. Summative feedback will be provided by: Tutor reports of students' engagement and project progress for week 5- week 11 activities; Peer feedback statements and feedback for group videos; Course team feedback statements and proforma assessment of the group videos. In order to assess the videos following the end of term comments will be sought from peers during the first two weeks of the subsequent term. These comments will then be combined with the tutor feedback and communicated during week 4 of the following term.

Assessment
Coursework
  • Group project video (60%)
  • Peer Assessment of other groups’ project videos (20%)
  • Tutor reports of student engagement in activities undertaken during Weeks 5 to 10 (20%)
Key information
  • Requirements: It is compulsory to take an I-Explore module during your degree (you’ll take an I-Explore module in either your 2nd or 3rd year, depending on your department). You are expected to attend all classes and undertake approximately 105 hours of independent study in total during the module. Independent study includes for example reading and preparation for classes, researching and writing coursework assignments, project work and preparing for other assessments
  • I-Explore modules are worth 5 ECTS credit towards your degree; to receive these you will have to pass the module. The numerical mark that you obtain will not be included in the calculation of your final degree result, but it will appear on your transcript
  • This module is designed as an undergraduate Level 6 course.
  • This module is offered by the Dyson School of Design Engineering

Got any questions?

Contact the lecturers
Peter Childs
p.childs@imperial.ac.uk

Kamyar Hazeri
k.hazeri13@imperial.ac.uk