Technologies · Year 4 · Design and Technologies: Sustainable Solutions for Real Users · Extension Unit
Designing for a Real User
Students follow a complete design process to investigate a need, generate options, produce a solution, and evaluate it against user feedback.
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Students follow a complete design process to investigate a need, generate options, produce a solution, and evaluate it against user feedback.
Key Questions
- How do we test our design ideas before we commit to building?
- Which evaluation criteria matter most to our specific user?
- What would we improve in a second prototype, and why?
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