Test and evaluate a wearable product
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can test and evaluate a product.
Key learning points
- Observing the user using a product is one method of testing a product.
- Products are evaluated against the design brief.
Keywords
Feedback - comments on a design to help improve or refine it
Analyse - examine something in detail
Modifications - making changes or adjustments to improve or alter a design
Evaluate - to judge how a product meets chosen criteria
Common misconception
Evaluating is one person's opinion.
Evaluating is most effective if it involves more than one person's opinion and data gathered from testing.
Teacher tip
Ask the students to work in pairs and test each other's wearable devices.
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Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order the stages of designing.
Q2.What is a cutting list?
Q3.What is happening in this image?
Q4.What other tools and equipment should be used when cutting with a scalpel?
Q5.What method would give the most professional look when joining hook and loop to fabric?
Q6.Match the keywords with the correct definition.
process of refining and improving a design
explain why something is done, or believed to be right
improving and building on design ideas to make them better
a deliberate choice to meet a requirement or solve a problem
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What are comments on a design to help improve or refine it called?
Q2.Identify the correct definition for 'modifications'.
Q3.When you have the feedback and have written an evaluation, you can consider any further improvements or modifications.
Q4.To evaluate means to judge how a product meets chosen ...
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