Design Summative-Due 1st October

During the investigation stage, you identified a problem and come up with a technological solution to the problem. You have identified the product that you need to design for you client using desktop publishing. During the design you come up with a design brief and a design specification.

Using the design specification
a)      -come up with three designs on the PRODUCT (Webpages) for your client.

b)      -For each design measure it against the design specification.

c)      -Select one design or a mixture of aspects from the designs and Identify which design or aspects has you identified for the final product.

d)     -Justify in detail the final choice of your design.

e)      -Suggest any improvement that you may make to have a better product

After doing the part a-e use the check list to make sure you have addressed all the parts.

Assessment -Cover Page
Design Stage Checklist

 All my designs are of very good quality.
I have justified the selection of one design and suggest some improvements

I have come up with a variety of good quality (at least 3) of different design ideas for my product.

 I have compared each design idea against the design specification.
Check the boxes accordingly 

Assessment Criteria

Level	Descriptors
0	¨      I have not reached a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
1-2	¨      I have generated one or two designs of average quality. ¨      I have tried to justify this by comparing against the design specification
3-4	¨      I have generated a few designs of good quality. ¨      I have justified the choice of one design and fully explained this against the design specification
5-6	¨      I have generated a range of designs of excellent quality, ¨      I have fully justified the choice of one design, suggested very practical improvements.

Peer Grade ________
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Copy the assessment part, check the boxes, give your grade and your peers and share the comments.

This part will be the top cover page of your Dessign Summative. click here for softcopy in word

Design Stage -Formative 2

Jeanolla is a year 8 girl who loves Athletics, Cycling, Basketball, Cricket and Volleyball. Her favorite colors are blue, green and black. Jeanolla has decided to design a home page about her hobbies.

The following are the design specification she has identified.

·         It has a picture of two of her hobbies.

·         It has a picture of a star in two of her hobbies.

·         It has a short description of two of her hobbies.

·         It has her favorite colors

·         It has a link to

o   -Her profile

o   -Her friend contact list

o   -Her team’s profile

Design one home page for Jeanolla and a test for the specifications.

Test the design against the specification.

Scan or take a picture of the design and paste it with the test and upload it in your drop box.
Sample courtesy of Saumya

Design Stage -Formative

In the design stage you are required to;
a) Generate good quality designs for your product
b) Measure each of the designs against the designs specifications
c) Justify your chosen design while evaluating it critically against the design specification

Designs




a) The examples in the links below show examples of designs for different product.
http://www.coroflot.com/hankchen/design-sketch
http://nokiasaga.com/design-by-community-sketches-poll-by-nokconv
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19646188
http://bunnyfish-tamer.com/NewMIT/design/phone/
http://phandroid.com/2013/03/13/htc-one-design-sketches/
http://www.concept-phones.com/nokia/nokia-shows-sharpest-phone-sketches-pick/


- What is your observation in all the above designs?


b) How then do you measure each design against the design specification?
Create a table and list some design specifications and rate each design spec for any of design above.

Activity: Use your book or any software to draw the designs for the task below. (20 min)
Sony Company is interested in external laptop speakers for their new laptop model. You have therefore been requested to design two very good speakers designs.
a) Use the design specs below to guide your sketching.


Design Specs

They should be two, which is one pair.

They should fit in a small case

Can be of any shape

Should not be more than 20 cms in length, width or height

The pair should be able to fit in each other when packaging.

b) Compare the two designs using the designs specs. Which one meet most of the design specs requirements?
c) So, which will be your final choice to submit to Sony Company and why? Prepare a detailed justification that you will use to defend your chosen design.

Design Brief

Refer to the directions on design brief in the investigate stage .
Write a design brief of your technological solution.
Upload it in your Y8ICT drop box folder

TEST on the "Internet".

You have a test to respond to.

The test is on Yacapaca.com.
Get the password from your teacher.
You have two attempts for the test.

All the Best

A Critical Friend

Thursday-Task
Read the comments posted in the previous task.
Identify one comment that interests you.
Talk to the person who wrote the comment.
Write a brief reflection on how your reading and talking to the person enriched you experience of the problem identification part of investigate stage.
Post the brief reflection on the comments

Investigate stage-Sharing Problem description with evidence

Share the problem you have identified by giving details as to why it is a problem?
You will need evidence from 1 website and 1 book.
Tuesday Lesson -look for books in the library
Wednesday lesson-look for online resources in the computer lab.
Post a brief description as comments to this task.

Investigate stage Challenge

Start your investigation on Tuesday 3rd September 2013 by identifying a client who will require a website solution to address a cultural issues, idea, event, commodies, information which is currently not doing well due to current practices
. Use the information outline in the previous post for this investigation. The link to the AOI should be evident. A hard copy Investigate should be handed in by 12th September 2013

Investigate

Investigate stage is usually captured using the following subheadings;
· Problem description
· Design brief
· Research
· Design specifications
· Bibliography
Problems description:
- Describe the current problem while stating the client. Example,
“Musa a business man, sales his cultural artefacts next to Fort Jesus gate in Mombasa. He has been doing this for the last 10 years. The only people who buy his items are the visitors who visit the Fort.
During the low season for tourists in Mombasa, his sales are quite low.
He now needs away to sustain his sales throughout the year.”
- Why is the problem important/relevant to the AOI / society / and yourself?
- Why do you think an Technology solution will be best suited in solving the problem of your client?
(N/B Don’t state what you will create at this stage)

Design brief: This is your response to the challenge, showing how you intend to solve the problem that you have been presented with. The following must be clear in your design brief
- The Design Brief is a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it for. It should be an open ended statement.
Example: For example; a culture project. A good Design Brief might be something like this...
"Teenagers are influenced by current things. The internet and TV has taken over the lives of the youngsters. With busy parenst and absent grant parents the Teenegers are turning to the social media and the internet to develope an Apps culture. Are they loosing their identity? Yes. A website on culture will allow the teenagers to use the internet to learn about cultural artefacts, festivals, food, beliefs and many other things.The Web page can also be share on social media and teenagers will still learn on their cultures on-line”

Research;
- This an in-depth investigation about the product (website), the types of the product, concepts and related terminologies, the processes involved, the various skills and techniques required in its development etc.
- The research should always be supported with Screenshots, photos, graphics that shows the different techniques and skills applied while using the software.

- The research should be organized in a proper format. Paragraphs should be used at all times and properly.
- The researched information should be analyzed. That means that your own comments and contributions should be evident.
- Apply in-text referencing where possible and use at least four different types of sources. References http://www.slideshare.net/smp3/apa-style-tutorial
- Primary research is a summary of the feedback of an expert of the product you plan to create.
Ideas in: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/559/

Design Specifications
A good Design Specification should include information that you learned about the task/problem from your research. It is a list of requirements that your design ideas must meet plus a list of constraints that you have. It is the check list that you need to use when you start to make your design ideas.
- You can use a table of essential and desirable characteristics. These are design specifications that the product/solution must meet.
Resources for referencing: http://myp-tech.wikispaces.com/Design+Brief, https://sites.google.com/a/bis-ny.org/myp-technology/myp-2/documents/makingadesignspecification

Bibliography
The sources of information and a bibliography should be in proper format (APA).
Resources: www.citationmachine.net , www.bibme.org, www.easybib.com etc
Appendices
All the interview or survey questions and their responses should be in the appendices.


Assessment Criteria
Achievement level
0 The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
1–2 The student states the problem. The student investigates the problem, collecting basic information from sources. The student lists some given design specifications.
3–4 The student describes the problem. The student investigates with guidance the problem, and considers information from basic appropriate, acknowledgedsources. The student describes a test to evaluate the product/solution against the given design specification.
5–6 The student understands the problem, within a wider context. The student investigates with guidance the problem, and considers information from a basic range of appropriate, acknowledged sources. The student describes methods for appropriate testing to evaluate the product/solution against the given design specification.

Investigate Checklist
Identify the problem
o I have described the problem as I understood it.
o I have written an explanation on why the problem is important, to my life, to the society and relevance to the A.O.I.’s?Develop your Design Brief
o I have written down a design brief: Explaining what I am going to make, why I am going to make it, and for whom.
Researcho I have researched on the skills and techniques required in the development of the product.
o Most of my research work is supported with screenshots, photos, and graphics that explains the different techniques and skills used in web design.
o I have organized my research in a proper format using paragraphs properly.
o I have added comments (my voice) on most of the information researched and applied some in-text citations.
o I have referred to at least four different types of resources in the investigation section.
o I have undertaken a primary research by consulting an expert in the field of my investigation.Design Specifications
o I have design specifications which includes a table of essential and desirablecharacteristics with tests.
o I have included references to the sources of information and a bibliography in proper format (APA) is attached at the end of the investigation section.
o I have included in the appendix all the interview or survey questions and their responses.

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Investigate Activities

History of Web design
Use the link below to read and respond to the following questions
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/web-design-history-from-the-beginning/

What are some of the internet jobs identified in the article?
What are some of the features listed as part of the things we couldn’t imagine internet without?
Who used the internet exclusively in the 80’s?

What is Mosaic?
Use this link http://www.bnbwebsites.com/websites-.htm
to list key unique positives and negatives features of the different website generations.

 Website Generations                 Key unique Characteristics

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

HTML Codes Activities
HTML stands for "Hyper-Text Markup Language." This is the language that Web pages are written in.
Visit http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_editors.asp read and try out the activities from HTML home to HTML links.
Reflection: Write your own reflection on the activity
Create flash cards for the website terms.
Use either http://quizlet.com/create-set to create flashcards for the following website related terminologies.
Use only the two links below to get the websites terminologies;
http://whatisawebsite.com/website-terminology.html
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/internetlanguage/tp/the-top-internet-terms-for-beginners.htm

Reflection: what were your challenges or successes in creating the flashcards using quizlet?
What will you do different next time?

Post two reflection as comments- Use Titles  HTML Reflection and FLASHCARDS Reflection for the reflection