Designing a user interface
Design a user interface for a digital system — the layout of screens, buttons, menus and navigation — applying principles such as consistency, readability and accessibility for the intended users
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Designing a user interface means practising the idea at the table with a simple screen-free or sandbox check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Device photo cards or a labeled computer sketch; Sticky notes for part names. 1. Say the goal of Designing a user interface in plain words once. 2. Adult points to one part (input/output/storage/processor) and names its job. 3. Child labels three parts and says the job of each in plain words. 4. Fresh check: one fresh part-and-job match. Record and stop. Done: three correct labels with a job sentence each. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Computer Science for Ages 5 to 11
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Computer Science for Ages 5 to 11 supports Designing a user interface. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Draw wireframes for at least three connected screens of an app or game, showing buttons, menus and how the user moves between screens
- Apply interface principles such as consistent button positions, readable text, clear icons and colour contrast, and explain each choice
- Test a paper or digital prototype of the interface with a user and note where they got stuck
“If your child designed the screens for an app, would they think about where the buttons go, how users move between screens and whether it's easy for everyone to use?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Designing Digital Solutions
- Age range
- Ages 10–12
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