Developing design criteria
Use this student worksheet to guide students to refer to insights gained from a user story to develop design criteria to describe functionality that meet a users needs and goals.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Core and overarching concepts | Design thinking, Impact and interactions, Specification (decomposing problems) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P01
Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories |
| Keywords | design, user stories, design criteria, local context |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Design and Technologies |
| Organisation | Education Services Australia |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated |
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