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Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems

I can test and improve my moving greetings card.

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Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems

I can test and improve my moving greetings card.

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Key learning points

  1. Feedback from our peers can help us improve our projects.
  2. Evaluating our work can help us improve future projects.

Keywords

  • Feedback - comments about products

  • Constructive - improve something by giving helpful advice

  • Evaluation - checking how good something is and how to make it better

Common misconception

Feedback has got to be positive.

Feedback can be positive and negative comments, which help the designer to constructively gain ideas for future projects.


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4 Questions

Q1.
Why do we put cards in envelopes?
Correct answer: To keep cards flat and to stop bending
To decorate cards
Correct answer: To protect cards and stop them being torn
Q2.
Match the keyword to the definition.
Correct Answer:construct,building something
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building something

Correct Answer:protect ,looking after something
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looking after something

Correct Answer:disassemble,taking something apart and seeing how it works
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taking something apart and seeing how it works

Correct Answer:technique ,a practical way of doing something
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a practical way of doing something

Q3.
The envelope should be __________ the greetings card.
same size as
Correct answer: bigger than
smaller than
Q4.
To neatly join the sides of the envelope, we could use ...
staples
Correct answer: double-sided tape
paper clips
Correct answer: glue stick

4 Questions

Q1.
What does the word 'font' mean?
pictures
Correct answer: writing style used
decorations
Q2.
Feedback helps designers to ...
design a card
Correct answer: give the user what they want
Correct answer: help future designs
Q3.
Match the keywords to definitions.
Correct Answer:feedback,comments about products
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comments about products

Correct Answer:constructive,improve something by giving helpful advice
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improve something by giving helpful advice

Correct Answer:evaluation,checking how good something is and how to make it better
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checking how good something is and how to make it better

Q4.
Evaluations are a brilliant way to capture other people's ideas, but more importantly the views of the ...
user
Correct answer: designer
others

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