<div dir="ltr">It's interesting to note in the 'Authentication Record Form' says:<div><br></div><div><div><i><b>Observation No. 6:</b></i></div><div><i><b>Preparation and conduct of useability test.</b></i></div><div><i>Student has prepared, conducted and documented the useability test.</i><br></div></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Under 'Software Solution' the 3 steps for the test were - <b>design</b>, conduct and document.<br></div><div>In Observation 6, the 3 steps for the test were - <b>prepare</b>, conduct and document.</div><div><br></div><div>So to VCAA, prepare == design??</div><div><br></div><div>Neither of them mention developing the test, which is the focus of U4O1.</div><div><br></div><div>And now we're back to semantic shenanigans. </div><div>Kids are assessed in criterion 2 for using "study-specific language" but even VCAA can't seem to achieve it consistently.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 March 2016 at 12:55, Esther Andrews <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ANDREWS.Esther@bssc.edu.au');" target="_blank">ANDREWS.Esther@bssc.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 2 March 2016 12:44 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] SD SAT admin info<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">VCAA's admin info PDF says at the top of p.4 that "Students must present evidence of the useability test that they
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would have assumed that <b>all</b> design should take place during the design stage in U3O2 - and be assessed as part of U3O2. But the design of the usability test is not included in the design assessment rubric for U3O2.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That means that design of the useability test happens during development in U4O1 and will be assessed in U4O1. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Isn't that contrary to the spirit of the PSM which expects that design should be complete before development begins.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes: I know that the new study design acknowledges Agile and says (p.14) that "when creating solutions, this methodology can be applied as a single stage-by-stage problem-solving process
<i>or to each iteration of an agile problem-solving process</i>." but Agile does not
<b>deliberately plan</b> to design after development begins. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Agile just acknowledges that sometimes circumstances require a solution to return to an earlier stage and start again, e.g. because of technological developments, changes in the market, new client requirements, or changes to legislation
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can't see a reason why a useability test could not be designed before development begins... if the solution's design is thorough.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the useability test could be created during design. Designing anything during development (apart from user documentation, perhaps) does not seem right to me. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But then again determining evaluation criteria during design never felt right either, but that's a different story.<u></u><u></u></p>
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