Intermediate
60 mins
Teacher/Student led
+90 XP
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Audience-driven Layout Evaluation

Learn to evaluate if a document layout suits its intended audience and purpose. Practise giving structured feedback on audience fit and record one specific layout change to improve your own document.

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    1 - Introduction ~5 mins

    Today you will

    • check if a page works for the person it was made for
    • give a partner feedback about their page
    • make one layout change to your own page

    Open one finished document from {{code:Project_Portfolio/09_specialism/sm1}}. If you have none, you can use the GAA blitz price list later in the lesson.

    Warm-up

    Think of a form or poster that made you give up. What got in your way?

    2 - Key Concepts ~7 mins

    Your audience is the real person who will use your document, like a Work Experience supervisor.

    The use is what they will do with it, such as tick, compare or decide.

    Audience fit means the layout helps that person do that job quickly.

    Peer feedback is a short comment that names the reader and something on the page, not just "I like it".

    Example of good feedback

    "Your Intreo advisor needs the appointment time in the first heading. Right now it is in paragraph three."

    3 - Audience Fit: Where Do You Stand? ~12 mins

    There is an opinion line on the classroom screen, going from agree to disagree. For each statement, a few volunteers move a marker to where they think it belongs. There is no wrong answer.

    Be ready to say why. Use a real document from your coursework, your Work Experience or your Something Real project.

    Opinion Line

    4 - Common Issues ~3 mins

    Common issues

    • I can't name an audience. Pick one real person, like a supervisor, a customer or a club officer.
    • My partner only says "it looks grand". Ask them where the key fact is on the page.
    • I want to redo the whole thing. Make just one change today and save it.
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