TOOLS
Welcome to your Toolbox. Here you have links and explanations about all the tools we will use in the Studio. Feel free to explore if it’s your first time here or to come back whenever you need a reminder or a direct link. We will use all of these tools extensively, so we recommend that you familiarize with them before we start the program.
Once we commence the classes, we recommend that you attend them from your computer, since MIRO and others are not accessible from smartphones. We hope that even though some of these might have learning curves that you will need to overcome, that you don’t feel overwhelmed by them. Always remember that we are here to help you and guide you.
Comms
This is your orientational map on what happens where and how. Below this section you have more details about each one of the platforms.
Announcements: You’ll receive them by email, in the portal and sometimes in our Discord Channel.
Everyday chatter: We’ll soon send you a telegram group link for a casual day-to-day communication.
Projects + co-creation: We created a Discord Channel for all of you to collaborate and co-create in there. It has some private channels for the CoheART 2 and also public channels where you can interact with the rest of the Design Science Studio community and the entire alumni network.
Hylo: Hylo is designed as a social platform. You can relate to hylo more like you’d relate to a facebook group, except its built with regenerative values. Its possible that we’ll fully switch Hylo for Discord, since they serve similar functions — we will test this theory during coheART 2. We will leave both open for a few months before assessing if we are going to discontinue the use of Hylo. In the meantime, prioritize Discord, but feel free to continue connecting on Hylo as you were.
Events: If you want to submit an event, use the form in the main Portal page. Events sent in there + our internal events + fireside chats and others will always be in the Portal and on the appropriate Discord channel. We’ll also link our internal DSS events to a google calendar invitation, and are exploring how to support coheART members to have an opt in calendar that can be subscribed to for coheART events. Soon, we’ll onboard everyone onto Presence — our event channel.
MIRO
+ Self-Assessment tools
+ Class notes
This is your class notes MIRO board where you will collaboratively take notes, add images, share ideas… and where you can also find a project self-assessment tool we developed for you to understand where you are in your process and what are the steps that you should probably consider. Watch the video below to learn how to use MIRO.
Miro and collaborative notetaking
The magical realm where dreams really do come true. Primarily for brainstorming and collaborative work, Miro will become one of the most used tools in many of our classes and workshops. We strongly recommend that you plan in advance and connect to the sessions through a computer or tablet to be able to participate in the wonders of this productive, collaborative tool.
Zoom
What can we say about Zoom in 2021 that you don’t know already… If you haven’t downloaded it yet, please do!
We will post the links to the calls in the calendar invites in the calendar above.
We will also be using Zoom and Miro at the same time —
Here are a few etiquette tips for our interactions, and also below you will find some guidelines for productive nourishing sessions:
Some of you loved the images that we’ve been sending in our emails. Some of you were not into them. Good! Now you’ll have a chance to either rejoice in hundreds more of them or contribute some that you like. Dive into our Pinterest Board and enjoy a glimpse at the future, synergetics, dymaxion spheres, geometric patterns and cool retro futuristic and solarpunk art.
If you’d like to be added as a collaborator, leave your pinterest email in this form!