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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6e662df6-677e-696c-c371-13c89065b50e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">This will depend on your university and their policies. A basic, mini makerspace can be very inexpensive (as little as $700) while giving the most basic tools and supplies to accomplish simple prototyping. With greater sophistication of the supplies in addition to the space being used, costs can see an exponential rise. Recommendations for reducing costs include; piggybacking off of pre-existing makerspaces, collaborating different colleges/departments within your university, and getting supplies donated from larger corporations.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifmedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6e662df6-677e-696c-c371-13c89065b50e"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);">This can differ depending on the size of your class and your classes needs. It is important to work with the academic dean and registrar in order to make sure your needs are met and an appropriate classroom is acquired. A main focus should be to promote the makerspace as a supplimentary facet of the class, rather than an entirely own project.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6e662df6-67b9-a722-070d-be5ea18254ab"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);">The point of a makerspace is to foster the creativity in people so activities should revolve around that goal. You should give the class a project like designing a better shopping cart and see what they come up with. Periodically you should hold design review sessions to provide a different view and give constructive advice.</span></span></span></span><div><br/></div>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Materials needed vary from one place to another but a big fancy lab is not needed. Basic office supplies such as sharpies, post it notes, and space will start you off. Your main goal is to foster creative and you don't need a ton of supplies to do that. One thing to keep in mind when you start a project like this is that it will require a lot of time to put together.</span></span></span>
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