VISUAL FACILITATION AND SKETCHNOTING Ministry of Testing 99

VISUAL FACILITATION AND SKETCHNOTING Ministry of Testing 99 Minute Workshop @Louise_J_Gibbs

DRAWING EXERCISE Draw a Castle Share on the Club or Twitter (#MOTSketchnote. Workshop)

Tools • Paper Type Plain/Lined/Dotted Size 30 – 45 minute talk: A 4 29. 7 x 21 cm 11. 7 x 8. 3 inches Quality 70 gsm is good, but ink can go through the paper 130 gsm is better if you want to go double sided • Pens Fineliners Brush pens Uniball eye UB-157 Black • Colour 2/3 colours that compliment each other Blue/Green, Red/Orange Avoid writing in colours that don’t show up well (yellow)

Practice Taking Notes • Record rough notes first • Don’t have to worry about making them look good • Before: • Write down the title, name of the speaker and the date • Optional: Twitter handle, website, interesting details • During: • Write down any key points that YOU think is important • Don’t try to write everything down • Be brief • Don’t worry if you miss anything out • After: • Add some notes about what YOU think the main message is • Complete any unfinished notes • If Sketchnoting live, now is the time to add colour

NOTETAKING EXERCISE Listen to a 99 Second Talk and write down some notes Share on the Club/Twitter (#MOTSketchnote. Workshop)

Creating A story

DRAWING EXERCISE Create a Story Share on the Club/Twitter (#MOTSketchnote. Workshop)

DISCUSSION EXERCISE Discuss how to ‘draw’ Exploratory Testing? https: //metroretro. io/board/LB 9 H 20 XH 70 UE

DRAWING EXERCISE Using the ideas from the previous exercise, ‘draw’ Exploratory Testing. Share on the Club/Twitter (#MOTSketchnote. Workshop) https: //metroretro. io/board/LB 9 H 20 XH 70 UE

Develop Your Own Style • Choose pens, paper and colours that fit your own personal style • Take inspiration from other sketchnoters, but don’t try to copy them • Make your own notes work for you

Clare Norman

Ileana Herrera

Headers

SKETCHNOTE EXERCISE PART 1 Take a clean sheet of paper, pick a topic of your choice, add a page header Leave a space underneath it for adding additional notes Things to include: Name, Date, Twitter Handle, Event Name

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SKETCHNOTE EXERCISE PART 2 On your piece of paper with the header, add some details about your topic Draw boxes around your details

SKETCHNOTE EXERCISE PART 3 Fill in any spaces on your sketchnote with keywords or doodles Share on the Club or Twitter