Design Cycle 3 - Evaluate

Here's the final stage, the Evaluate stage, for the Design Cycle!

SCREENSHOTS OF MY SURVEY:

Most of the responses were useless (there was 11 responses), as they were not relevant to my product, there fore, I have listed only the helpful and constructive comments. However, if I were to do that, there would be one comment; “I learned that Chinese families come together to celebrate Chinese New Year”. Although I tried hard to make my survey quick, it still seems that I’m not getting constructive feedback.

PRODUCT EFFECTIVENESS:

From my survey results, I can evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the images used in my product. The majority of the people who did my survey answered ‘somewhat’. Therefore, it is evident that my pictures don’t clearly state it’s purpose with just looking at it. The tones I spoke wasn’t consistently clear. This was because I was speaking too slow and the music was too loud. There was numerous different opinions whether or not the tone I was speaking in was conversational and had expression. Because of this, I had to go back and listen very carefully to my podcast once again, when doing this I understand the debate for this question; some parts of the podcast was conversational and had expression, but sometimes it didn’t.

PRODUCT’S IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED:

To improve my podcast, I would need to choose my pictures and plan my pictures more carefully, making sure that they clearly explain and enhance what is being said. I also need to ensure that the speech could be easily heard and talk at a reasonable pace. And lastly, I need to work on the consistency of talking in a conversational tone and have expression.

PERFORMANCE OF THE DESIGN CYCLE:

Investigate:

In the Investigate stage, I know I worked efficiently in class, stayed focus, and managed my time well. As a result, I had a list of more than 5 design specifications, a consice statement on how the unit relates to the AOI, effective survey questions (with both open and closed questions), and numerous citations in MLA format; results worthy of a 5. I found making citations easy, because I used NoodleTools; an efficient way to form citations. However, I found making efficient survey questions difficult. This is because I had to re-write, and re-write again after getting feedback on the efficiency of my survey questions, as I knew the survey questions had to be precise and that will be essential in the Evaluate stage.

Design:

Due to my complicated shotlist, I believed I worked very efficiently in the Design stage. I wasn’t rushing because of my good time management as well! I think I included relatively strong comparison and reflection of my peers design as well. I also was smart and looked at the rubric before handing my Design in and realized we also needed a ‘detailed evaluation of your design against the design specifications’; I think my Design is worthy of a 4 or 5. I found translating the lyrics easy, because I knew many simple characters so when I came across these characters, it was easy to understand the sentence. I found the comparison of the peers shotlist, because I had to turn on my critical eye; and that has been one of my weak points.

Plan:

Since I worked smart, I finished the Design earlier and got started on the plan at a comfortable date. However, part of my working on Plan intertwined with my working on Design. In other words, I worked smart! I think I had a reasonable detailed task list and I think I spread out my activities well. And I think I had a reasonably strong evaluation as well, with evidence. Again, I think my Plan is worthy of a 4 or 5. I can easily plan my time well, so I found the Plan stage easy.

Create:

In the Create stage, I didn’t follow my plan and there were flaws in my design (which is normal), however because of this, I worked even harder to ensure that I would definitely meet the deadline, all the while have a effective podcast. In my process journal, I had 6 screenshots, satisfactory explanations of software tools and techniques I used and changes to the plan stated; results worthy of a 4. I found the making of the Process Journal easy because I can show my work easily; it is one of my strengths. I found recording my speech hard because oral presentation is one of my weak points.

I’m proud of all my hard work for this Design Cycle!

IMPACTS OF MY PRODUCT:

The impact my product has had on life, society and the environment is the knowledge of my community regarding the legend of the Nian Monster. Through my product, my audience was informed of what the legend was about and how it had impacted life as it is now. Such as why people wear red on Chinese New Year and make lots of noise on Chinese New Year.

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