Developing user stories
These teacher slides can be used to introduce and develop understandings about user stories and how to write a user story based on a users needs and goals. In this set of slides we use several examples to illustrate the format of a user story.
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, local context |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Design and Technologies, HPE |
| Organisation | Education Services Australia |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated |
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