Discovery Challenges - Winter 2021
General
- Undergraduate; 4th year, 1st year, 3rd year, 2nd year
- 20 learners; individual projects
- 8 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1/15 project matches
- Ontario, Canada
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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March 1, 2021Experience start
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March 9, 2021SAR form
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May 1, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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March 1, 2021Experience start
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March 9, 2021SAR form
Students will complete and submit the form. [LINK IF POSSIBLE]
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May 1, 2021Experience end
Overview
- Details
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We at Teaching and Learning Services (TLS), together with the Student Experience Office and Career Services, are excited to partner with Riipen to offer Carleton students, staff, and instructors the opportunity to collaborate on virtual, short-term projects (maximum 6-8 hours of work) called Discovery Challenges. Discovery Challenges provide students with resumé-boosting work-related experience and staff and instructors with valuable input from students. Riipen is a web platform to facilitate projects between students and employers.
In short, Carleton staff, instructors, and recognized student groups (clubs and societies, CUSA, GSA) can propose Discovery Challenges that Carleton graduate and undergraduate students can complete for meaningful experience and co-curricular record (CCR) credit.
- Learner skills
- Web platforms, Boosting, Legal discovery
- Deliverables
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Final submission deliverables will vary based on project.
Project Examples
Some examples of possible Discovery Challenges:
- develop a detailed communication plan to promote an upcoming Carleton event, including a timeline and draft social media messages (e.g., Tweets).
- evaluate a specific Carleton website from a gendered, racialized, or disability lens and make specific recommendations for improvement.
- propose and/or prototype an update/upgrade to an existing Carleton product or service.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.