Syllabus

Criteria and methods for evaluating a digital product, including; 11 GEN

• self
• peer
• target audience

 Background

• Project management is a step by step approach to completing a short term goal.
• Evaluation is an important step to make sure the product is worthwhile.
• We evaluate as we are doing the project, as well as, at the end.
• Who do we get to do the evaluation? 
• We could do it ourselves (self), get a friend to do it (peer) or we could get our target audience to do it.

Self Evaluation

• This is where you evaluate your own work.
• You look at your work and try to improve as you are creating it.
• You look at you work when it is finished and try to find ways to improve it for next time.
• Ask yourself these questions.
  • Does my product match what the task asks for?
  • Is there a marking key? Compare your work to the marking key?
  • How can I improve it?
  • Could I make it look better?
  • Will people be able to understand it?
  • What should I change?
  • Have I got time to change it?
  • Will I change it?
  • Do I always have the same improvements? ie weaknesses to improve upon
  • What do I actually need to learn to get better at doing this?
  • Who can help me?
  • What websites can help me?
  • What do I do well? What are my strengths?

Peer Evaluation

• This is where you ask a friend to evaluate your work.
• They take time to look at it and give you feedback on what to improve.
• Ask them questions like the following.
  • Does the work match what the assignment asks?
  • Does the product have visual appeal?
  • Does it say its message clearly?
  • Are the images helpful?
  • Is the text readable?
  • What other things could be improved in this digital product?
• Ask for the feedback in writing.
• Read the feedback and make changes to your product, if you think they are needed. 

Target Audience

• This is where you get the people who you have designed the digital product for, to evaluate it.
• It may be your peers, little brother or sister, relatives.
• Provide them with written questions to answer about how to improve your digital product.
• Ask them questions like the following.
  • Does the work match what the assignment asks?
  • Does the product have visual appeal?
  • Does it say its message clearly?
  • Are the images helpful?
  • Is the text readable?
  • What other things could be improved in this digital product?

For you to do.

 1. Do evaluation as you are creating your digital products. Ask yourself and your friends questions as seen in the points above.

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