Find the fault before you build
Millbrook Community Radio is a made-up station. The team plans a phone page for listeners. They draw it on paper and show it to six students.
Four students cannot find the "Listen live" button. That is cheap to learn on paper. It would be costly to learn after the page is built.
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can make a simple test version of a product and improve it from feedback.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Prototype | an early, simple version made to test an idea |
| Storyboard | a row of sketches that shows a video or audio piece frame by frame |
| Mood board | a collage of colours, fonts and styles that sets the look |
| Focus group | a small group who discuss a product together |
| Revision | a change made after feedback |
| Peer | someone at your own level, such as a classmate |
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Starter: what you already know
Have a go
Starter: what you already know
4 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.
Plan the look with visual tools
Visual planning tools show an idea before it is built. A mood board sets the colours and style. A mind map links ideas. A sketch shows a screen. A storyboard shows a video, frame by frame.
Verbal tools, such as meetings, interviews and a focus group, collect what people think and want.
A storyboard for a 20 second video
| Frame | What we see | What we hear | Seconds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The station logo on a plain screen | A short jingle | 3 |
| 2 | A student at the microphone | The student says hello | 5 |
| 3 | The schedule for the week | A voice reads three show names | 8 |
| 4 | The web address and "Listen live" | The jingle again | 4 |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
Check
Have a go
Check
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.