Carry out some research into an educational smartphone app, evaluate it and present your findings in a written report.

Task:

You will carry out some research into an educational smartphone app, evaluate it and present your findings in a written report.

To do the research, you will need to download the app to your phone so that you can analyse it in detail and record your findings and evaluation.

You should analyse the app, focussing on these three questions:

a. What is the main purpose of your app?

b. How does your app compare to similar apps on the market?

c. UXP: how good is the user experience?

In order guide your analysis you should use the ‘app evaluation toolkit’. This includes a list of key theories and thinkers who can be referred to.

You should present your findings in a written report. See the ‘Structure’ section below for details.

Guidance:

Your teacher will provide a list of smartphone apps you can choose from; however, you are free to select an
app of your own choice as long as it is an educational app and has been approved by your teacher.

To help you with your planning and preparation for this task, case study examples of app evaluations will be
shared with you in class during Cycle 2.

Structure:

Overall word count 900-1000. Section word counts are for guidance only.

Introduction – (50-100 words). A brief overview of educational smartphone apps.

Describe and evaluate your app- (300 words). Describe its main functions; state how successful it is in performing its functions; mention points that are effective or that could be improved.

Compare your app with the rest of the market – (300 words). Identify existing educational apps and say
how your app is similar or different to them. Explain which is the main competitor to your app and why.

UXP User experience – (300 words).

Describe how you interact with the app (swipe, touch, press) and how effective these forms of interaction are. Comment on whether the app facilitates an individual or shared experience and how effective this is. Suggest ways in which the user experience could be improved.

Conclusion – (50-100 words). Briefly summarise your main ideas.

Reference list (not included in the word count)

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