Author: Rebecca E. Heller

In class we had our final critique. We got feedback from the other groups as well as Professor Pannafino. This is the feedback we got:

• The mounting is sloppy (We agree)
• The larger size is good and Professor said we went out of our way to make sure it was legible and laid out well.
• The floating football is not needed.
• The key is nice and large and is right by the beginning so people won’t miss it.
• The key could be improved by differentiating between a color key and a shape key.
• Maybe add more color on the title or in other places because the background is stark white, or make the background a color.
• The colors for offense and defence worked really well.
• The coach’s decision is a great way to add in strategy that a new player may want to be aware of but may not need to know everything about. It is much improved from last critique and now works with the flow of everything.
• Maybe integrate the field and person a bit more, have the flow chart go over the graphics to show the positions of things instead of having the image next to the flow chart.
• The arrow for affecting the other team could be used more.
• The kick could benefit from some perspective.
• Maybe add the field goals to the graphic of the field.
• There is a clear start and there aren’t any issues with the overall flow of the chart, just some graphical improvements.

Overall the feedback that we got was mostly about the graphics, and people said our chart flowed well and made sense. We had no research issues or any wrong information on our flowchart. We just need to make some aesthetic improvements. Our team worked well together and we are happy with our final result.

Thursday

Rebecca

I took into account all of the feedback that we got and I worked on making our flowchart flow better. I got rid of any diagonal arrows. I also reworked the flow of the 4th down part of our flowchart because people were having a hard time understanding what their options were. I also added in the spots where the line jumps over so that way people don’t think it is connected. I also added the “coaches decide” area so that way people know that the coaches choose the play so they don’t need to know all the specific terminology but they still can see how a coach chooses their plays. I also made it more integrated into the flow chart because people were confused about the path to get there. I also added in a field with some labels so people better understand what everything is. We can move it around later.

Steph

I created a new part of the flowchart that shows how the timing in football is broken down because we were missing that part.

Friday

Rebecca, Kristen, and Sha’kir met for 4 hours and finished implementing all of the suggestions.

Rebecca

I worked on making all of the arrows smaller so they don’t look so chunky like Pannafino suggested. I also laid it out so it fits on a 36 x 48 in poster, so everything needed to get moved around a bit. I moved around the layout of the top portion with the equipment, time, and field so it all fits and the graphics can go with their flow chart areas. I also added in Steph’s flow chart so people know how the timing in the game works. I made a new key and changed to football field to have yellow end zones because the scoring color is yellow. I created a football graphic.

Kristen

I worked on creating icons to go along with the flow chart. I created a player so that we could label all the different equipment that they wear, as well as a player kicking a field goal. Pannafino suggested we add a coin to the coin toss area so I made that as well.

Sha’Kir

I worked on making a visual layout of what an offensive and defensive formation would look like on the field. I chose the shotgun offensive formation and the cover 2 defensive formation. That way someone who has never played football before has a visual of how a play starts.

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In class today we had guests go through our flow charts. Here is their feedback.

Sophie:

• Differentiating American Football from Football was good, maybe add American to the title.
• Try putting the field in the field or labelling the field with the different parts.
• Padding vs equipment
• Easy to go through
• Integrate visuals more, goal post and helmets.
• Coin toss incorporate a coin?
• Easy to go through
• Clear about actions vs decisions.
• Choose play types could be clearer, didn’t immediately go to those areas – Move bottom part down and bring those closer in.
• Concise sentence.
• Felt like it was missing positions, clock, and how to end the game.

Colin:

• Started at the top
• What is a girdle? Maybe add a cup? in padding
• Went to defense first instead of starting at the top of everything.
• Explain the defense types, confused what the types are and why they matter. (maybe use an asterisk instead of pointing to the area)
• Indirect arrows not clear
• How do you gain 10 yards? not clear. is it a question instead of a decision?
• Clarify where the arrows overlap, gets confusing
• Explain what a 2 point conversion is and how to get those points.
• How does the defense gain possession of the ball?
• How does the game end?

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• Maybe make the field bigger so I can see what things are.
• Defense types and images?
• why does it matter how wide the field is?
• Didn’t immediately go down, went left to right
• Kick vs receive is confusing

Penny:

• Went to the key first, then went to the beginning of the game
• skipped play type, (for offense and defense)
• Play type needs to be moved to fit in better
• 4th down is confusing and needs to be clarified
• the downs make sense
• Missing how to win/quarters and timing.

Korin:

• Words help map it out, the arrows are easy to see
• Started at the beginning of the game, knew where to start.
• Colors helped differentiate between offense and defense.
• Downs are mapped out well, every scenario is there.
• Change it so choosing plays stands out, or get rid of it.
• Sentence is easy and explains it
• Key helps to know what shapes mean what
• Make the start bigger
• Make sure the arrows touch the boxes

Molly:

• Started at how to play
• Looked at the key
• Padding is broken down easily
• Move everything down so equipment and field is above the start of the game so I don’t get ahead of myself
• Not sure what to do with the width of the field. Maybe not needed?
• Kick ball and receive ball is confusing, clarify.
• Downs make sense, just clarify 4th down options.
• Looked at the play types last and didn’t understand them.

Megan: (knew about football)

• Kick and receive makes sense.
• Went to play types in correct order.
• Started at how to play and skipped field and equipment, later went back to it.
• Explain Girdle, and other vocab words somewhere
• Maybe the formations in the play types are not needed.
• How does defense gain possession of the ball? Steps for that need to be shown
• How to get the extra point or 2 point conversion
• Formations don’t make sense, who runs right or left?
• Needs timing and overtime?
• Take out the play types?

Emily:

• Sentence makes sense and is a good introduction to the game.
• having the padding break down into separate parts is helpful.
• Doesn’t understand what the things are under the field part.
• Dotted lines aren’t clear.
• What are running and passing plays
• Having the parenthesis under snap ball helped.
• Having the points under how you score them helps
• How do you get the points?
• 4th down is not clear
• As you follow it it makes sense

Pannafino:

• Fix the graphics, less cliparty, connect it more to the chart.
• Add in timing and clarify things
• Fix the arrows, too chunky, no diagonals, keep it consistent
• Label fields and people?
• Add in timing and how to win
• Add in coach and how coaches choose plays

Pictures

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Friday

Rebecca, Steph, and Sha’kir met for 2 and a half hours.

Rebecca

I worked on completing the flow chart in black and white and discussing with Steph color options on how everything will flow together. I completed the flow of how the downs work. I also worked on creating a style with the boxes and Started implementing it.

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STEPH

Outside of class I finished up unifying our flowchart and fixing the text and color. We also got feedback from Alyson and she thought it was definitley an improvement from what we had on D2L.

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Tomorrow we will meet up again and work on fixing any other minor things and getting our tiling together for Wednesday class. We also found our 4 outside students to bring in.

SATURDAY

All 4 of us (Kristen, Rebecca, Steph, and Sha’kir) met for 4 hours.

Kristen

The style guide needed some work, because we needed something that was more intriguing to look at and more unique instead of generic fonts and arrows. I worked on update the color scheme Rebecca had updated and then I worked on creating new arrows and fixing the new fonts so everything could be cohesive. Then I created a referee and whistle so we had some more helpful icons. After that I updated the Offensive Plays part of the Flowchart, so it was up to date.

STEPH

Today I worked on updating more within the flowchart to make it more uniform. I adjusted all the boxes to be all the same size and all the font to be the same size. We also switched the font from Montserrat to Roboto.

Rebecca

I worked on compiling everyone’s work and fixing the flowchart. I added Steph’s work to the main flow chart and worked on clarifying all of the paths.

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Stephanie:

Today in class we found out our classmates we would be working with, and that we would be researching the sport of Football. We also determined meeting times for this project:

Tuesdays after 5:30

Wednesdays before 12

Weekday nights as needed

We decided also we would be attending a Penn Manor football game next week to learn more about the game. We also sent an email to the coach of Millersville’s football team to arrange a meeting time.