Choose an app to analyse that you have not used before. The app must be a different app to
the one that you analysed in your tutorial presentation.
Use the walkthrough method, that we learnt about in week 3, to explore how this app
positions you as a user and write a report on your findings. What assumptions about you
(e.g. gender, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, class etc.)? How do you know?
Make sure that you justify any claim that you make by referring to specific aspects of the
app’s design (e.g. word choices, images, colours, layout etc.) that you observe during your
walkthrough.You should present your findings as a research report with the following structure:
1. Introduction:
• Briefly identify the main findings (from your walkthrough analysis) which
you will explore in the report.
2. Report body
• Explain your findings.
• Be sure to justify each claim by referring to a dimension of the app’s design
(use diagrams, annotated screen captures etc. to help the reader
understand your analysis).
• Do not simply narrate the flow of the app.
• Be sure that your paragraphs contain a topic sentence that indicates to the
reader the idea you are going to deal with in that paragraph. The rest of the
paragraph must apply sufficient analysis of specific examples to justify your
claim.
3. Conclusion
• Summarise your findings in light of the analysis you have undertaken.
How to include a screen capture or diagram in your report
In order to explain your analysis you will need to include diagrams and/or screen captures in
your essay. You should present these as figures in your report with captions as follows:
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Figure 1: An example of a screen capture of the Paprika recipe management app
recipe page.
Depending on your what you are explaining to the reader you may like to annotate the
screen capture (e.g. with arrows and labels).
Use figures only when you are making a substantial point in your report. You should limit
figures to 3-4 in the body of the report. If more are needed they should be included in an
appendix.
Referencing
Since you are reporting on your own findings the use of external academic sources is not a
requirement of this report. The focus is on your own analysis of the app. If you do use
external material, for instance to refer to issues re gender, ethnicity etc., then you should
cite this material using Harvard referencing:
https://student.unsw.edu.au/harvard-referencing
Submission
Submit your assignment as a Word document (NOT A PDF) via Turn-it-in on Moodle by
Friday October 5th, 5pm (end of week 10).
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Marking criteria
To answer this question well you need to demonstrate that you understand how:
• to use the walkthrough method.
• an app’s design choices can reveal the assumptions that the app makes about its
potential users.
• to use your walkthrough findings to justify your claims.
• to explain your findings through written analysis supported by resources such as
diagrams or tables.
• to express yourself coherently in report form.
The table below is the qualitative rubric used as a guide in marking your project:
Criteria F P C D HD
Expression: Proper and fluent written expression.
Concepts: Clear explanation of ideas relating to how an app’s
design reveals assumptions about users.
Walkthrough analysis: Evidence of detailed and coherent analysis
of the app’s affordances.
Findings: Strength and conceptual coherence of findings based on
walkthrough analysis.
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