Design Thinking - A Primer: Results have been published

Dear Learner,

The results for a few of the April 27/28 exams have been published.
You will be informed via mail and SMS about the release of exam results and e-certificates.

How to find out if results have been published?

To check the publishing status of exam scores and e-certificates, click on this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS0P4yTZbjm0iIa5iDSJwzT1ti6j8QnQIcnt7nxbVZ2l2IJUDQbGCVlebfUJPGScEe91jxsw4rA018D/pubhtml

How to check exam results & e-certificates:
To check the results & see your e-certificate, go to nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in
Login with the course enrolled e-mail id.
Clicking on the course name will redirect to the score board.
Click on Exam Scores - Both the Assignment scores and Exam score will be displayed.
Final score is the certification score.
Calculation Logic for each course is provided in the same page.

Reporting of errors

For each course, reporting of issues comes with its own deadline (date and time)

So check the exam score/e-certificate as soon as you receive our notification.
Once the certificates are printed, reprint of certificates with corrections will be done only by paying additional fees.

If you want to lodge any issues about scores/e-certificates, you may do that in the same portal.

nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in

If you are unable to see the scores/e-certificates, please write to certification-exam@nptel.iitm.ac.in

- NPTEL TEAM

Feedback for Design Thinking - A Primer

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is : http://bit.ly/2JHiEgr

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Hall ticket for April 27 & 28, 2019 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

1. If you have registered and paid successfully for the April 27 & 28, 2019 -NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at

https://cdn3.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/60153/login.html or http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link. Click on the download tab under the hall ticket for the April exam, from the link.

2. NOTE: Candidates who are taking the exam in the following cities (Dimapur, Kala Amb, Katra, Banda - AN session, Mainpuri - AN session, Bapatla can download the hall ticket only from the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket: if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links, kindly write to us at support@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Note that you will be able to log in here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on April 27 & 28, 2019.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with an original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam center address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Exam Type and Certificate Format

Dear Candidate

Type of exam: Computer based exam

You will have to appear at the allotted exam center and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay-type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around Mid of April 2019. We will notify the same through email.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam.

https://tcsion.com/OnlineAssessment/ScientificCalculator/Calculator.html

NOTE: Physical calculators are not allowed inside the exam hall.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate

2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"

3. Final score between 60% -74%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top

4. Final score between 75% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" tag and "Silver medal" printed at the top

5. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and "gold medal" printed on it.

-NPTEL Admin

Design Thinking - A Primer: Project idea for Design Thinking - Face to Face Workshop

Dear Candidate Thank you for your active participation in this online course on design thinking. Interactions with you on the online forums, hangout interactions and in a handful of cases, face to face, has been interesting and thought provoking.

Siddharth, Prof. Ashwin, Prof. Bala, the entire team at NPTEL and the team at IISER Pune thank you for this.

Just like Prof. Ashwin and Prof. Bala said in their concluding videos of the course, we could continue this journey.

Please put down your project idea for design thinking and your motivation to attend the face to face workshop in less than 350 words.

The workshop will contain hands-on training on mock scenarios for using design thinking. The workshop will be for 1 day.

To Fill the form: Click here Last date and time for submission: April 24, 2019, 23:59:59 IST Thanks and have a wonderful day ahead! Siddharth, Prof. Ashwin and Prof. Bala

Design Thinking - A Primer : Video recording on Interactive session

Dear All,

There was an interaction session with some of the students for the course "Design Thinking - A Primer"

The video recording is now available in the portal under the last unit "Interactive session"

Those who are interested can take a look.

Youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpA-Ra_1zbw

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Feedback on Text Transcripts (English) of NPTEL videos

Dear Learners,

We have uploaded the English transcripts for this course already.

We would like to hear from you, a quick feedback for the same. Please take a minute to fill out this form.

Click here to fill the form

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Live interaction with Course Instructor - Session 4

Dear learner

You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, IIT Madras and Prof. Bala Ramadurai of the course – “Design Thinking - A Primer".

Date: 22.03.2019 (Friday)

Time: 4.00 PM

Link to login to: http://bit.ly/2Uq7wW3

Enter your questions you want Prof. to answer at http://bit.ly/2UrGWfc

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window...

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. Learners are encouraged to visit https://nptel.ac.in/noc/livesession.php

for updates on the live sessions.

-NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Week - 4 Feedback Form

Dear Learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.

We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.

It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.

Here is the link to the form: https://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php

Thank you.

-NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer - Week 4 live

Dear students,

The lecture videos for Week-4 have been uploaded for the course Design Thinking - A Primer. The lectures can be accessed using the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=14&lesson=43
The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).
Assignment for Week-4 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=14&assessment=17
The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, 2019-03-27, 23:59 IST.
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Video recording on Interactive session

Dear All,

There was an interaction session with some of the students for the course "Design Thinking - A Primer"

The video recording is now available in the portal under the last unit "Interactive session"

Those who are interested can take a look.

Youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynJLaBT6vIE

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Live interaction with Course Instructor - Session 3

Dear learner

You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, IIT Madras and Prof. Bala Ramadurai of the course – “Design Thinking - A Primer".

Date: 15.03.2019

Time: 4.00 PM

Link to login to: http://bit.ly/2Hll8y3

Enter your questions you want Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, IIT Madras and Prof. Bala Ramadurai to answer at http://bit.ly/2C8IR16

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window...

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. Learners are encouraged to visit https://nptel.ac.in/noc/livesession.php

for updates on the live sessions.

-NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Week - 3 Feedback Form

Dear Learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.

We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.

It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.

Here is the link to the form: https://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php

Thank you.

-NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer - Week 3 live

Dear students
The lecture videos for Week-3 have been uploaded for the course Design Thinking - A Primer .The lectures can be accessed using the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=12&lesson=40

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).

Assignment for Week-3 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=12&assessment=15
The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday,2019-03-20, 23:59 IST.

As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Video recording on Interactive session

Dear All,

There was an interaction session with some of the students for the course "Design Thinking - A Primer"

The video recording is now available in the portal under the last unit "Interactive session"

Those who are interested can take a look.

Youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtvcO4n4Ak

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Week - 2 Feedback Form

Dear Learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.

We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.

It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.

Here is the link to the form: https://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php

Thank you.

-NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer - Week 2 live

Dear students
The lecture videos for Week-2 have been uploaded for the course The lectures can be accessed using the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=10&lesson=30

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).

Assignment for Week-2 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=10&assessment=13
The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday,2019-03-13, 23:59 IST.

As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Live interaction with Course Instructor - Session 2

Dear learner

You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, IIT Madras and Prof. Bala Ramadurai of the course – “Design Thinking - A Primer".

Date: 08.03.2019

Time: 4.00 PM

Link to login to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtvcO4n4Ak

Enter your questions you want Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam and Prof. Bala Ramadurai to answer at https://goo.gl/forms/LLlrTK0NY2DYbJem2

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window...

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. Learners are encouraged to visit https://nptel.ac.in/noc/livesession.php

for updates on the live sessions.

- NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Reminder 2 for Exam Registration - April 27, 2019 exams

Dear Candidate,

For April 27, 2019 exams

• Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

• Choose an exam session: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

• Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: list of exam cities

Exam fees:

• Exam fees : Rs 1100/- per course exam :

If you register (fill and submit completed form) before 18 March 2019 10AM AND pay before 19 March 2019 10AM

• Exam fees: Rs 1500/- per course exam

If you register (fill and submit completed form) before 18 March 2019 BUT have NOT paid the fees till 19 March 2019 10AM

If you register (fill and submit the completed form) after 18 March 2019 10AM

For more details, refer the announcement posted earlier on the course.

Hurry! Don't let go of this opportunity to earn a certificate from IITs/IISc!

Design Thinking - A Primer : Video recording on Interactive session

Dear All,

There was an interaction session with some of the students for the course " Design Thinking - A Primer "

The video recording is now available in the portal under the last unit "Interactive session"

Those who are interested can take a look.

Youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93vDWo5T1SA

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer : Live interaction with Course Instructor

Dear learner

You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, IIT Madras and Prof. Bala Ramadurai of the course – “Design Thinking - A Primer".

Date: 01.03.2019

Time: 4.00 PM

Link to login to: http://bit.ly/2GPsc6s

Enter your questions you want Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam and Prof. Bala Ramadurai to answer at http://bit.ly/2IEencY

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window...

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. Learners are encouraged to visit https://nptel.ac.in/noc/livesession.php

for updates on the live sessions.

- NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Week - 1 Feedback Form

Dear Learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.

We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.

It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.

Here is the link to the form: https://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php

Thank you.

-NPTEL team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Week 1 assignment live!!

Dear Learners,

Week 1 assignment is live now!!

Assignment 1: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=8&assessment=9

Assignment 1.1: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=8&assessment=11

Due date for this assignment: 2019-03-13, 23:59 IST.

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Assignment 0

Dear Learners,

Assignment 0 is available now!!!

Link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/unit?unit=6&lesson=7

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer: Week 1 is live now!!

Dear Learners,

The video content for week 1 is made available early for viewing to get an idea about the content but the actual start date remains unchanged.

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_mg23/

Happy viewing and learning!

-NPTEL Team

Design Thinking - A Primer:Internship for two toppers in this course in summer 2019

Dear learners

We are very happy to share that I would be happy to take two toppers as an Intern in the Summer of 2019, which will involve working at IITM labs with me during this period. The duration of the internship will be for 4 weeks (May 15 to June 15) based on mutual convenience. More generic details are available at https://nptel.ac.in/noc/internship/index.php

Criteria: Candidates who have working knowledge with App development (iOS or Android) is preferable and some working knowledge of Python, GitHub or Linux OS.

Note:

You are requested to submit a one-page summary of research proposal/statement-of-purpose (about yourself including what you intend to do and in which area) which is mandatory along with your resume and semester mark sheets.

Good luck to all learners- enjoy learning from the course and hope to see you as a summer intern at IITM.

- Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam & Prof. Bala Ramadurai

Design Thinking - A Primer - Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Learner,

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April 2019 certification exam.

1. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

2. If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course.

3. Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 PM, we will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Tuesday/Friday 10:00 AM to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

4. Date
of exam: April 27, 2019

• Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

• Choose an exam session: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

• Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: list of exam cities

5. Exam fees:

• If you register for exam and pay before March 18, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1100/- per exam.

• If you register for exam before March 18, 10:00 AM and have not paid or register between March 18, 10:00 AM & March 22, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam

6. 50% fee waiver for following categories:

• Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)

• Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.)

7. Last date for registration: March 22, 2019 10.00 AM (Friday).

8. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college (refer to guidelines for “Pay via SPOC” instructions)

9. HALL TICKET: The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the mid
of April 2019. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

10. Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.

Award of certificate: Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%

Please check the Announcements section of your course for further details on this.

11. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions.

12. Data changes

Following are the data that can be changed once the form is submitted (Last date for data changes: 22 March 2019, 10:00 AM):

• Data that can be changed in form by candidates themselves: Name, Date of birth, Address, Photo and signature

• Data that can be changed by Email request to us : Course selected, shift, exam city. For changes in this email us at (noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in) giving your Application number, email id and name.

• No changes will be entertained in any details after March 22, 2019 – 10:00 AM.

13. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: 22 MARCH 2019 10:00 AM.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM