Starter quiz
What type of linkage is this?- Reverse motion
- Parallel
- Bell crank
- Lazy tong ✓
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- What type of materials are used to make an interactive book?
- 'paper and card' ✓
- What sort of movements do we not usually find in interactive books?
- Levers
- Sliders
- Linkages
- Gears ✓
- Pulleys ✓
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- Which linkage has two pairs of levers that are opposite each other?
- Push-pull linkage
- Parallel linkage ✓
- Bell-crank linkage
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- Which feature will make your book interactive?
- Music
- Story
- Movement ✓
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- What does appearance of a product mean?
- How much it costs
- How good it looks ✓
- How long it lasts
- How well it works
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Exit quiz
- What is a 'user'?
- the person who makes the product
- the person who interacts with the product ✓
- the person who designs the product
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- Which of these is an open question?
- What is your age?
- Where do you go to school?
- What games do you like? ✓
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- Match the keywords to their definition
- research⇔findings based upon discussions and evidence ✓
- specfication⇔describes what a product has to do ✓
- user⇔who you are designing for ✓
- needs⇔the requirements of the user ✓
- Research tells designers what a user ...
- 'wants' ✓
- Match the design specification definitions:
- function⇔What it should do ✓
- user⇔Who it is for ✓
- materials⇔What it is made from ✓
- environment⇔How to reduce impact ✓
- performance⇔How it will work ✓
- appearance⇔What it will look like ✓
- A design specification is ...
- based on research to share users requirements ✓
- the training needed to complete the task
- information for the designer to meet the user's needs and wants ✓
- an evaluation to review the finished product
- a risk assessment
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- When a product is being designed, it is important to think about who it is designed for.
- User research includes asking open-ended questions.
- User research helps create a design specification.
Common misconception
Open questions gather the users own personal views and may offer more ideas. Sometimes this leads to the user misunderstanding questions or providing answers which are not as expected.
All questions need to be specific and clear.
Keywords
User - who you are designing for
Needs - the requirements of a person
Research - findings based upon discussions and evidence
Open questions - questions that have many answers
Design specification - describes what a product has to do
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