MYP Year 5 Design

By Nandini Garg

Unit title
Living together in a highly interconnected world

Statement of inquiry
Effective collaboration can be enhanced through design in a highly
interconnected world

Global context
Globalization and sustainability

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Criteria A: Inquiring and Analysing

Strand i: Explain and justify the need

The nature of issue

We humans have been working in groups and teams since centuries as we progressed. From hunting
together for survival to fighting together in wars to protect one’s nation to working together to discover and
solve those once believed unfathomable universal phenomena such as the great team of NASA working
together to achieve the Apollo 11 mission. There is nothing we humans haven’t been able to achieve when we
worked in groups. Compared to before, our demands, beliefs, systems, and many things have changed, largely
due to globalisation. However, in our modern society, chances of socialising and collaborating start to decrease
as we age.
A study done by Aalto University and the University of Oxford1 shows that social circles shrink
significantly after the age of 25. People tend to start isolating and distancing themselves due to many reasons
such as their careers, new responsibilities, and new changes; especially if they are a parent. People are so busy
with their hectic schedules that they can't grasp a little bit of time to meet and greet people who might have
similar interests and a situation as them or feel shy to do so.
This could result negatively on parents, their children and the whole school community as parents are
a key part of building and providing the substantial needs and advice for any school to advance and upgrade
its services to the top-most level. Parents are the guardians who look after their children after school ends and
have a huge impact on their future. If teachers and parents could collaborate more effectively with open
communication, they could exercise and find solutions for moving to the next step and teaching the students
as many vital skills and attributes as possible at an early age.

The cause
There are many reasons why adults, usually those taking care of their family, might find it hard to
socialise, one of the reasons being the lack of time and opportunities to work with others. Since people
become independent, they don’t have anyone to sometimes push them out of their comfort zone. So they stick
to their normal routine. They also have many responsibilities, so taking out time to socialise seems a bit
agitating and maybe their schedule doesn't fit with their friends. People might also fear judgement. They
might become socially anxious because they might feel they are not in their golden age anymore.

The effects
1. Poor collaboration leads to poor communication meaning people aren't able to express their feelings or
ideas which makes the environment less conducive to productivity and creativity. If parents show poor
collaboration skills, they will find it difficult to teach the future generation how to work in teams, innovate
and show their creativity.
2. There will be a lack of innovations as people won’t be able to work in groups and exchange their knowledge
which could have led to better outcomes or solutions.
3. People start to isolate themselves and aren’t able to share the knowledge they have or gather information
from others which could be useful.
4. People will not manage time effectively as they will try to do everything by themselves and will not be able
to move on and clear up their schedules.
5. People might become a victim of mental health issues such as depression or dementia because of
loneliness.
The importance

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Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852646/
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1. Improves ways for problem-solution by engaging everyone to use their critical thinking skills. This is
important as it could be helpful in many situations.
2. Enables people to share their creativity and innovative ideas to build something better and help others.
This could also motivate others to try and cooperate with each other.
3. Allows the distribution of time effectively as everyone works on different tasks to meet the ultimate goal.
4. Improves skills and traits such as collaboration, leadership, communication, flexibility, adaptability, critical
thinking, creative thinking and accountability. These skills are important to develop to unleash one’s full
potential.
5. Allows us to build healthier relationships and motivate people to be productive which is better for society.
6. Leads to a healthier lifestyle and better choice-making.

The targeted audience

My targeted audience would be parents, who are very important stakeholders in any school
community. They are the guiding spirits who help their child to learn important skills and valuable lessons.
Collaboration between parents and school can be very helpful for a school community as they can work
together and come up with solutions to create a more educational conducive environment for their child.

Relation with the global context, key concept and related concept
Under the global context, ‘Globalisation and sustainability’, I will discover how close relationships of an
individual affect life individually and globally and how social sustainability can help us create a better world.
Globalisation refers to the change, interdependency, and exchange happening in our highly interconnected
world in every aspect: economic, cultural, social and political. Sustainability refers to practising methods
which will help preserve and conserve a world at peace and balance socially, environmentally and
economically for the future generation. Social sustainability refers to balanced human conditions in society
and means good mental and physical well-being and overall happiness and equality.
I will understand how small-scale interaction and collaboration can aid humanity on a large scale as
people will develop their communication and social skills. School is a learning program where school
stakeholders have a chance to connect and exchange information with each other globally such as with interns
from foreign nations. The school allows students to gain more insight into our world systems and helps them
to develop the skills necessary to be global citizens and participate in international affairs as they grow. Thus,
taking school as my platform will be efficient as it combines different age groups and provides a common
ground for discussion and activities.
I will be producing a product that will be aiding the school community. From my prior observation and
initial research, I believe that even though school is an essential part of a student’s life, it should involve all the
school stakeholders and be a learning journey for everyone at every age. By finding new ways to get parents
more involved in school activities, they will collaborate with each other which will personally help them to
develop skills and enlarge their social circle. It will help their children as their parents will be more engaged
with their learning and this will ultimately help the world as children and parents play a key role in any
growing nation and economy. This would contribute to social sustainability as parents will make new
colleagues who have a similar lifestyle as them and find a good company to interact with.

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 Strand ii: Identify and prioritise the research

S.no Research Importance Priority Source

Question

1. What is It will help me define what my true purpose is and High Primary source:
collaboration? what I am aiming to achieve. It will help me Interview
understand what I have to accomplish and thus Secondary source:
create a product that enhances this skill. Article and Website

2. Why is It will help me identify and justify the reasons why High Secondary source:
collaboration collaboration is required, what are its positive Article and Website
important? aspects, and how it can help a person learn and grow.
It will help me validate the product and help serve my
purpose.

3. What methods It will help me identify ways we can collaborate and Medium Secondary source:
can we use to give me new ideas which I can incorporate or modify Article and Website
connect and in my product accordingly. It will help me optimise
collaborate with the best outcome and integrate as many tips and
one another? suggestions as I can to create the best product.

4. Why do people It will help me understand the circumstances and Medium Primary source:
stop socialising factors which shrink one’s social circle as time passes Survey
as they get by. This will help me target those areas and create Secondary source:
older? something that could be useful for the targeted News article
audience.

5. How can It will help me design an efficient plan and list ways High Primary source:
parents of possible collaboration between parents and Interview and
collaborate with teachers. This helps me narrow down my product Survey
the school? idea and select or innovate something which I can use Secondary source:
to enhance collaboration between teachers and Article and Website
parents.

6. Why is It will help me justify the importance between High Primary source:
parent-teacher parents and teachers collaborating and how it is Interview and
collaboration useful for all the stakeholders in the school Survey
important? community. This will help me validate my product Secondary source:
and its purpose. Article, Website and
Research report

7. How to It will help demonstrate and explain how effective Medium Secondary source:
communicate collaboration can make a huge difference. It will Article and Website
and collaborate provide me with a list of ways that can be inculcated
effectively? to have an effective outcome.

8. In what ways It will help me evaluate and identify the relationship High Primary source:
have schools between parents and the school. It will also help in Interview and
been list ways of possible solutions. Survey
collaborating
with parents?

Primary data collection {1} - Interview (Refer Appendix A for the Answers)

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 Research questions that were answered:
● What is collaboration?
● How can parents collaborate with the school?
● Why is parent-teacher collaboration important?
● In what ways have schools been collaborating with parents?

By conducting this interview with Ms Shruti,

I was able to understand why it is important
for parents to collaborate with the school. It
provided me with insight as to how important
the role of a parent is in a student’s learning
journey.

“Parents are the child’s first role model. Children

behave, react and imitate same as their parents.
Parents play important role in encouraging and
motivating their kids to learn. Good parental
support helps child to be positive, healthy and
good life long learner. Children acquire skills at
the very early stage of their life if the parents are
responsive and understanding. Therefore, parents
play a major role in a school community.”

The paragraph above briefly summarised why it is important to work with parents to help build a better
community and make kids a long-time active learners as learning is not just limited to going to school, kids
learn a lot from their parents and from the environment they grow up in. Thus, by guiding parents about
different techniques and ways they can inculcate learning into their child’s life; school can help the youth to
see things from a different perspective and become the change they want to see. She also updated me with
ways our school collaborates with parents and provided me with feedback about the coffee mornings our
school has held in the past.

Primary data collection {2} - Survey (Refer Appendix B for the Results)

Research questions that were answered:

● Why do people stop socialising as they get older?
● How can parents collaborate with the school?
● Why is parent-teacher collaboration important?
● In what ways have schools been collaborating with parents?

From the survey that I conducted with the parents using Google Forms2I was able to find out their needs and
grasp their perspective on collaboration with the school. With a total of 8 questions, I was able to prepare a
short simple survey with checkboxes and multiple choice options which took an average of about 1-2 minutes
but it helped me a lot to understand the social life of a parent and how they think that a parent should
collaborate with the school.

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Survey made using: https://docs.google.com/forms
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 Secondary data collection {1} - Articles and Websites

Research question that was answered:

● What is collaboration?
● Why is collaboration important?
● What methods can we use to connect and
collaborate with one another?
● How to communicate and collaborate
effectively?

Collaboration is an act of two or more

individuals working together to create and
produce an outcome they desire.
Collaboration, especially in a workspace, is
very important for building better
relationships and has many benefits like more
brainstorming means more innovative ideas,
stronger companionship, better mental health
and emotional well-being, better product and
outcome, less time consuming and problems
solved faster and more helping hands. To

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 collaborate, one needs to use collaboration skills which if undeveloped could be problematic and have
disadvantages such as lack of innovation, waste of time and lower team morale.

There are many ways and methods to collaborate such as with team, community and network3 with
conference meetings (in person or online), workspace apps, phone calls, and e-mail,
The figure4 above shows the collaboration challenges around the world. The hardest challenge seems to be
poor communication and different paces in working. To overcome these challenges one needs to be: efficient,
punctual, consistent, trustworthy, open-minded, responsible, confident, clear and positive.

Research question that was answered:

● Why is parent-teacher collaboration important?
● How can parents collaborate with the school?

According to many sources, there is a positive connection between parent-school communication. Schools,
parents and students benefit from the collaboration between parents and students. The following table
summarises the benefits for each group of people.

Parents Students School

Get ideas from the school on how Receive more help and support Receive help in providing
to support their child. for their learning. students with the optimal
learning environment.

Become more satisfied by the Have higher academic Get to learn more about their
quality of education the school achievements. student’s needs and their
provides to their child. background.

Become more involved in their Have a higher motivation to study Builds better relations with the
child’s life and build a more and learn. parents which gives a morale
positive relationship. boost.

Increase their social circle with Become more regular in school

new people. and lower drop-out rates.

Learn new things and develop Have a more positive attitude

skills. towards assignments.

Have better emotional well-being.

There are ways parents can interact and collaborate with the school which include the following:
1. School website/app
2. Workshops (online/offline)
3. Sports events
4. Coffee morning
5. Parent-Teacher Conference
6. Phone calls
7. Surveys/ feedback forms
8. E-mail
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Source:
https://kissflow.com/digital-workplace/collaboration/importance-of-collaboration-in-the-workplace/
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Figure from:
https://slack.com/intl/en-in/blog/collaboration/good-collaboration-bad-collaboration-a-new-report-by-slack
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9. Home visits

The Varkey foundation organisation5 shares what teachers and parents can do to improve communication
with each other. Teachers should talk to the parents and build a better relationship with them. They can
develop a support system for parents where they can help each other to meet the demands of the modern
learning system. They can also provide parents access to psychological counselling as it is important to be in
the right headspace first to be able to contribute. They should also update the parents with the technologies
and tools that are used for teaching their children. Parents should communicate effectively and be ‘Active
Caretakers’ by providing an environment conducive to learning. They should help their child build a
consistent routine and have a positive attitude about school. They should guide their child from the harm they
can face while being online and the difference between right and wrong. They should also be like friendly
teachers to their children because learning never stops.

Secondary data collection {2} - News article6

Research question that was answered:

● Why do people stop socialising as they get older?

In a news article by Divya Naik, she shares that for an adult (who is a parent) in their 30s, their life seems to
revolve more around their families, especially their children. Many seem to have lost touch with those friends
and buddies that they used to hang out with. According to the article, a study done by researchers at
University College London found that people who are more socially involved in their 50s and 60s have a lower
risk of developing dementia. But since people become more socially isolated during their 30s, it is not a good
picture to paint.
She interviewed Meenakshi Atawnia, the founder of The Cognitive Factor and trauma-informed counselling
psychologist based in Delhi, who shared the reasons behind the thinning of the social circle with ageing. An
increase in responsibilities deducts time and opportunities for adults to socialise and spend quality time
interacting and collaborating. Having lost many friendships along the journey, one starts to believe that
friendship is a waste of time. They start to feel exhausted to meet new people and start from the initial stages
and this is why they avoid socialising in general. She also says that adults might fear being judged.

Secondary data collection {3} - Research report7

Research question that was answered:

● Why is parent-teacher collaboration important?

A study conducted in Chile, South America

demonstrates the effect on a child's academic
achievement with the involvement of their parents
at home and at school. Parents of 2nd and 3rd
graders, who were highly involved with their
children by helping them to study at home and

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Source: https://www.varkeyfoundation.org/what-we-do/research/parent-teacher-partnerships
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New Report:
https://lifestyle.livemint.com/relationships/it-s-complicated/as-an-adult-why-is-it-so-hard-to-make-friends-1
11661922340939.html
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01464/full
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 attending school events, had higher academic achievement as compared to parents who are less involved with
their child’s schooling. This study depicts the importance of parents’ involvement in school, most importantly
during the elementary stage. It is very important for a child’s healthy growth to be able to learn and explore. If
a parent's involvement with schooling can aid a child to learn better then organising school events can aid
with this.

Conclusion

After researching and interviewing, I understood the importance of collaboration in our society. It is a tool
that helps us to think bigger and work faster to reach beyond our expectations. We, humans, have more
potential to create and innovate when we work together in unity.
With time, some people face the issue of maintaining and balancing their social life after becoming a parent
because of so many responsibilities they have for supporting their family and themselves. One can’t just
discard the duty they have in a relationship but one does need proper emotional well-being. So if by providing
an environment in the school where parents can collaborate with teachers and parents, they can help enlarge
their social circle with people who they share similar problems and lifestyles with and also help with their
child’s learning.

Strand iii: Analyse existing products

Product 1: ClassTag app

Link: https://home.classtag.com/

Logo Home page

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

Function, Cost, & Aesthetic: It doesn’t have a
Customer: It provides a
uniform open two-way
communication platform
for district administrators,
school staff, students and
their parents to interact
and share. It had different
plans where one is free
and the other paid.
Customer: This can help
very nice colour scheme ease parents’ participation
and seems to use a in the school, especially
random mixture of for those who are working
colours. The font is Arial, and often busy to attend
which is very basic. school events.
Customer: Some parents
might not be comfortable
texting or meeting
virtually. They might
prefer face-to-face
interaction.

Function: It has a Technical: It could be a bit Customer: It will help

multi-channel reach: SMS,
email, voice message,
social media, and paper;
plus emergency
notifications can be routed
instantly to all contacts.
hard to use for people who increase collaboration and
aren't well-versed with communication between
how apps work because families and schools.
there are too many things,
which could be
overwhelming for some.

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 Environment: Accessible Customer: It could
on any device. simplify some of its
features so that it can be
more user-friendly.

Function: Provides
automatic translation of
over a hundred different
languages thus can be
used globally and can help
families who can't speak
the same language and the
compass language to
communicate effectively
with the school.

Function: It helps to
organise everything like
assignments, event
calendars, activities
pictures, students’
progress, on a single
platform for parents to
know about everything
that is happening.

Product 2: Edublogs
Link: https://edublogs.org/

Logo Dashboard

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

Function: Students,
teachers and parents can
collaborate on a creative
piece of writing or over an
informative blog.
Function: This platform
mainly focuses on student
and teacher interaction
and collaboration rather
than parents and teachers'
connection.
Function: By providing a Aesthetic: It has a similar
private chatting and format and style as any
comment space, it would blogging website (such as
be more effective as blogger).
students, teachers and
parents could use a single
platform to communicate
and collaborate.

Customer: Educators/ Aesthetic: The font is
Teachers can publish simple as it only uses
Calendars, assignments, ‘Arial’. The colours are also
resources and any form of not very vibrant with
news. white, black and blue
being the base colours
Function: By decreasing
the rate of their ‘Pro’ plan
or providing extra tools
and benefits in the ‘Free’
plan.
Customer: Trends for
blogs have decreased as
compared to before and
there are better-looking
blogging services there.

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 scheme palette.

Environment: Accessible on Cost: There are three Technical: It doesn’t

any device. plans to choose from. The provide a range of
‘Free’ plan only has 1 GB of languages to write or
storage and the ‘Pro’ plan translate in. There are
has 50 GB of storage but it other services that
costs $39. (‘Custom’ plan is provide it.
for schools and districts.)

Function: Provides many

tools and extensions such
as surveys, quizzes, wikis
and furthermore.

Product 3: Social Media (Facebook)

Link: https://www.facebook.com/

Logo Facebook Group

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

Function: Schools can Environment: People can Function: Parents and find Customer: Some parents
share photos, videos, only operate this platform all the photos that have might not be comfortable
invitation cards, with the use of a device been posted on a single texting or meeting
information posters and with an active internet page. virtually. They might
other things with all the connection. prefer face-to-face
parents on a single interaction.
platform.

Function: Parents can Function: Parents can't Environment: Some might

comment on the post collaborate with each not prefer using social
appreciating, wishing, other as they can see only media as they might
suggesting or asking about what the school posts. believe that they track
doubts that others can see your phone activity and
and know about. are morally wrong.

Function: People can Function: Parents can't

privately message and call collaborate with teachers
the school for any easily as they can’t
information they might privately message the
need. homeroom advisor of their
child on the homepage.

Function: This platform is

good for sharing
information but not good

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 for collaboration

Product 4: Virtual interaction (Zoom)

Link: https://zoom.us/

Logo Zoom meeting

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

Function: This app allows Function: It doesn’t offer Function: It allows people Function: This medium
users to verbally and also translation for non-verbal to mute or close their isn’t most suitable for
non-verbally communication so both camera in case they don’t sharing photos.
communicate with one parties have to use a want to speak or show
another from any place of common language which themselves which
the world (with an could be problematic for provides flexibility as
internet connection). parents and teachers who people can communicate
Parents who have a hectic speak different languages. and collaborate at ease.
schedule can keep up with
their child’s progress over
a small meeting with the
teachers.

Environment: Accessible Environment: This Customer: Some parents

on any device. medium of might be uncomfortable as
communication can only they might find that
work with the help of a medium to be difficult to
device with an active use.
internet connection.

Function: Many options

such as Single sign-on,
Managed domains,
Company branding,
Unlimited boards, etc; are
only accessible in the
business plan which is ₹
18,000 per year.

Product 5: Parent workshop

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw2PTxH9eXs

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

Function: It allows for a Customer: Parents might Function: Since parents Customer: Other solutions
face-to-face interaction be busy at work and might interact face-to-face with allow parents to interact

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 between parents and not be available at the each other and teachers at any time, favouring
teachers which help in time the event is being with their children, it working parents more.
indulging and engaging organised. allows for more
everyone in the meaningful engagement.
conversation.

Function: Parents can Customer: Some parents

learn more about their might live far away from
child by getting to know the school and might find
the school better and the it inconvenient to attend
ways their child learns and an event at school.
discovers new things.

Function: Parents can

interact, engage, and
connect with one another
with such sessions and
collaborate with each
other.

Function: This helps to

develop the
parent-child-teacher
triangle as parents get to
work together and develop
their relationship with the
teachers and imply the
best techniques to make
their child an active
learner.

Customer: Parents can

also learn about ways to
inculcate learning in their
child's routine and develop
new skills of their own and
upgrade their knowledge
about certain topics.

Strand iv: Develop a design brief

Design brief

Strand Answer

Goal After researching and evaluating products, there was a lot of potential in parent workshops or
face-to-face events. So, the goal of my product will be to serve as a collaboration platform in
school between parents and teachers in a school community. Parents play a major role in
supporting a student’s journey throughout their school career and with parents collaborating
with each other and the teachers, they can optimise learning and provide the best tools and
guidance needed by a student to excel forward. It will also help the school community grow and
prosper and help to build a more sustainable environment.

Role My role as a student will be to come up with possible solutions where I can help the school
community grow and ultimately help me and other students to learn and utilise our time better

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 by coming up with a product where parents and teachers can brainstorm and innovate ideas and
better methods of learning.

Audience My targeted audience is parents. I want to create such a product where parents can collaborate
with each other and other school stakeholders such as the school staff, to come up with ways to
make school more conducive to learning important and vital information and skills. Also, parents'
collaboration is crucial for them, their family as well as society.

Situation I want to enhance the way parents have been collaborating with the school. In my secondary and
primary research, parents understand and want more opportunities to collaborate with schools. I
want to provide a product which will allow parents to collaborate with each other to learn and
help others learn. Also, I want parents to collaborate with teachers so that they can exchange
their knowledge and come up with the best possible solutions to help kids learn as they are the
upcoming geniuses of our future.

Product/ I want to host an event in my school that will enable parents to collaborate and communicate by
Performance learning, performing and actively participating in activities and games that will help them
and Purpose understand the mission and purpose of soulful learning and the importance of intuitive learning.
This will be helpful as it will give a chance for parents to interact and collaborate with each other,
get to know one another better, learn new things, understand wider concepts, come up with
better innovative solutions, and come closer as a school community. This would be helpful as
parents can contribute to their child’s learning and provide them with better facilities and extra
support as knowing what their child is learning will enable them to guide their child on the right
path. This will also be helpful for parents as they will develop their collaboration skills and work
together towards the prosperity of the world.

Standards & For my product to be successful, it must meet up with these criteria:
Criteria for 1. Every parent should be involved and should collaborate with their team members.
Success 2. There should be at least 3 games or activities that involve a lot of teamwork and
collaboration.
3. A well-designed invitation poster should be given to every parent informing them about the
event.

Major The biggest problem would be that not all parents will be able to attend this event since it would
constraint be a face-to-face program. I will have to make sure that I prepare the activities in a way that fits
the time limit.

Criteria B: Developing ideas

Strand i: Develop a design specification

S. no. Category Requirements D1 Testing method

1. Aesthetic 1.1 It should have a vivid and bit of minimalistic colour palette User trial
including earthy and pastel colours.
1.2 It should use monochromatic and complementary colour
palettes.
1.3 It should be simple and sophisticated in design and patterns.

2. Cost 2.1 It would be free of cost for the targeted audience (parents). Field testing
2.2 My solution will require some props which will cost me money
and time. It should cost me less than ₹ 500 to organise this event.

3. Customer 3.1 My solution should help bring at least 80% of the parents closer User trial
(Targeted and enhance collaboration between them.

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 audience) 3.2 My solution should help at least 80% of the parents to interact
for about 5 minutes each with the academic personnel that teach
their child.
3.3 80% of the parents should be able to understand and connect
with their child better after this event.

4. Environment 4.1 It should be an event that any school can easily organise in their Field testing
building.
4.2 It should be an indoor event where parents can easily sit down
on chairs and be divided into groups. It should be in a room where
there is a facility to display work digitally (through a projector or a
digital touch-screen display panel). It should allow the host to be
audible to the audience (either in a small room or via a microphone).

5. Size 5.1 It should be enough to accommodate up to 20-40 people Field testing

including teachers.
5.2 It should not be more than 2 hours and less than 1 hour.

6. Safety 6.1 It shouldn’t consist of anything that could be hazardous such as Field testing
fire, electricity or flashing images.

7. Function 7.1 It should allow parents to engage and work together as a team. User trial
7.2 It should allow parents to improve their collaboration skills as
well as social skills.
7.3 It should help parents to know what their child is learning.

8. Materials 8.1 For drawing and editing, Adobe Photoshop should be used. Field testing
8.2 It should use paper products such as chart paper, sticky notes
and colour sheets.
8.3 For writing, there would be pens, sketch pens, crayons and
pencils.

Strand ii: Develop design ideas

Design 1: Coffee morning, Topic: About IB learning and sustainability

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S. no. Category Design 1 Explanation

1. Aesthetic 4 The concept is simple and sophisticated that goes well with the
event’s design. The colour scheme is monochromatic and blue to
match Ib’s logo. It could be better with a bit more colours.

2. Cost 5 This event will be free of cost for parents and will definitely cost me
less than ₹ 500.

3. Customer (Targeted 5 Parents would be able to collaborate with each other in the activities.
audience) They would be able to understand their child better after the event
and can also interact with the teachers.

4. Environment 5 It is an indoor event that can easily be hosted in the school building.

5. Size 5 The size of activities is enough for the event to be of 1-2 hours.

6. Safety 5 All the activities are safe and don't require anything that might be
dangerous.

7. Function 5 All parents will be able to participate in the activities where they will
be working in groups and learning more about IB.

8. Materials 5 The activities will require the use of Adobe Photoshop and will be
paper-based and use pens and sketch pens.

Total (from 40) 38

Design 2: Coffee morning, Topic: How to build confidence

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S. no. Category Design 2 Explanation

1. Aesthetic 3 It uses pastel colours and is simple. It lacks design and isn’t up to the
standards. The activities have nothing new or colourful added to it.

2. Cost 5 This event will be free of cost for parents and will definitely cost me
less than ₹ 500.

3. Customer (Targeted 5 Parents would be able to collaborate with each other in the activities.
audience) They would be able to understand their child better after the event
and can also interact with the teachers.

4. Environment 5 It is an indoor event that can easily be hosted in the school building.

5. Size 5 The size of activities is enough for the event to be of 1-2 hours.

6. Safety 5 All the activities are safe and don't require anything that might be
dangerous.

7. Function 4 All parents will be able to participate in the activities where they will
be working in groups. However, they won't be able to learn about their
child’s learning.

8. Materials 5 The activities will require the use of Adobe Photoshop and will be
paper-based and use pens and sketch pens.

Total (from 40) 36

Design 3: Sport event

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S. no. Category Design 3 Explanation

1. Aesthetic 5 There is a vivid colour scheme with the use of monochromatic and
complementary colour palettes. The design is simple yet sophisticated
and looks very appealing.

2. Cost 5 This event would be free of cost for the parents and would cost me (&
school) less than ₹500.

3. Customer (Targeted 3 The parents in teams would be able to collaborate with each other but
audience) they won’t be able to interact with the academic personnel nor learn
about their child’s learning.

4. Environment 2 This event can be organised in some schools which have a large open
space. It can only be conducted outdoors.

5. Size 4 This event would be longer than 2 hours and would be hard to
accommodate more than 80 people.

6. Safety 4 The event could lead to injury if someone slips or gets hurt.

7. Function 4 Parents will be developing their communication and social skills but
they won’t be learning about their child’s learning.

8. Materials 2 It will require Adobe Photoshop. It doesn't have paper-based

activities.

Total (from 40) 29

Strand iii: Present the chosen design

S. no. Category Design 1 Design 2 Design 3

1. Aesthetic 4 3 5

2. Cost 4 4 5

3. Customer (Targeted 5 5 3
audience)

4. Environment 5 5 2

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5. Size 5 5 4

6. Safety 5 5 4

7. Function 5 4 4

8. Materials 5 5 2

Total (from 40) 38 36 29

Selected design: Design 1

Reason
From the above three ideas, I selected Design 1 which is a coffee morning event on the principles of IB which
received 38/40. The topic is IB because just like in my hometown, there would be many places around the
world where many parents might not be very well aware of the concept of IB and to help them understand
why this board is so helpful not just for the student but rather the whole society. This topic suits my issue for
enhancing collaboration as IB encourages students to be good communicators and use social skills to develop
thus I would be able to share information about IB in a way that IB teaches students and helps build active
learners. I choose this topic for coffee morning rather than Design 2, which received 36/40, because even
though parents are collaborating with each other, they won’t be able to gain knowledge about their child’s
learning and won’t be able to improve cooperation and understanding with them as much as they can with
Design 1. Also, the activities in Design 2 weren't up to the level I was hoping to achieve. I didn’t choose Design
3, which received 29/40, even though it had perfect aesthetics and was up to the budget because I wouldn’t
have been able to involve all parents as some might not prefer to play sports and it also didn’t have extra
benefits such as learning about their child’s board.

In conclusion, Design 1 fitted best with my design specifications and it is allowing parents to collaborate with
each other which will as result enhance collaboration and communication between them which would be
helpful and beneficial for them, their child, school, their society and the whole world.

Strand iv: Develop planning drawings/diagrams

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Quiz

Languages HTML5, CSS3, Javascript

Integrated development environment Visual Studio Code

Font Style https://fonts.google.com/

Icon https://fontawesome.com/

Design for the quiz The colour scheme is blue and white to resemble the IB logo. It
has a solid blue background with a white pop-up box with
shadows around it. The header and the footer are separated by
a black line.

Buttons There would be six buttons in total: ‘IB learner profile’, ‘Exit’,
‘Continue’, ‘Next’, ‘Replay Quiz’ and ‘Quit Quiz’. Each would be

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 of a dual tone of blue and white and would switch colours when
hovered.

Options There are 4 options which are in a column 2. The options have a
blue background with a white colour font. The correct answer
will turn green in colour and if the wrong answer is selected, it
would be red in colour.

Part Tools/ Material Size Quantity (for my event)

Logo ● Adobe Photoshop 22.3.1 200 x 200 px -

● Graphic tablet and pen
● Laptop

Invitation Card ● Adobe Photoshop 22.3.1 3508 x 2480 px 40 Printouts

● Google drawings
● Graphic tablet and pen
● Laptop

Photos ● Adobe Lightroom 21 x 29.7 cm -

● Adobe Photoshop 22.3.1
● Graphic tablet and pen
● Laptop
● Phone

Mind map ● Adobe Photoshop 22.3.1 21 x 29.7 cm 40 printouts

● Graphic tablet and pen
● Laptop
● Printer
● A4 white sheets

Presentation ● Google slides 16 x 9 inches -

Criteria C: Creating the solution

Strand i: Construct a logical plan

# Task information Instruction

1. Task: Making the 1. Draw a parent-child shadow on a piece of page and click a photo of it.
Logo 2. Open Photoshop and create a 1000 x 1000 page.
3. Upload that photo on that Photoshop page and resize it according to the page
Tools/ materials: size.
4. Use the Object Selection tool and create an outline of the figures.

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 1. Adobe Photoshop 5. Add a new layer and then select Foreground colour as #000000 and click Alt plus
22.3.1 backspace and then Control plus D and then delete the photo.
● Object Selection 6. Use the Elliptical Marquee tool and draw a perfectly rounded circle around the
Tool figure using the Shift key.
● Elliptical Marquee 7. While selected, right-click and select Strokes and set the pixel to 5 and click ok.
Tool 8. While selected, click Control + Shift + I and then set the foreground colour to
● Rectangular #353535 and click Alt plus backspace and then Control plus D.
Marquee Tool 9. Create a new page and set it to 1000 x 1000 pixels.
● Paint bucket Tool 10. In the menu bar, select View and then New Guide Layout.
2. Graphic Tablet 11. In the dialogue box, select only Rows and select the Number to 7 and the Gutter to
with pen 2 and press Ok.
3. Laptop 12. Using the Rectangular Marquee tool, create a rectangle in the top box which
meets the guides and press Alt + Backspace, irrespective of colour.
Time estimate: 2 13. In the layers panel, double-click the rectangle box layer and in the new dialogue
hours box, go to Strokes and set the size to 2 px and colour #000000 and press Ok.
14. While that rectangular box is still selected, press Alt and drag its copy down to its
bottom without any gap. Repeat this till there are seven of them.
15. Change the colour using the Paint Bucket tool from the top to bottom
respectively: #DA8CFF, #8CAAFF, #8CDDFF, #91FF8C, #FAFC74, and #FF7F7F.
16. Select all the layers and press Control + E and then right-click on the layer
selected in the layer panel and select ‘Convert to Smart Object’.
17. Drag the layer to the original file and place it above the background layer (below
the circle layer).
18. While selecting the rainbow layer, click on Edit from the Menu bar and select
Transform and then Wrap.
19. In the Tool options bar, in the Wrap option select Arc and set Bend to 70.
20. Click Control and T and size it accordingly so all colours are visible.

2. Task: Making the Coffee cup

Invitation card 1. Open Photoshop and set the page size as 1000 x 1000 px.
2. Add a new layer of background and set it to any colour except white, black or
Tools/ materials: brown.
1. Adobe Photoshop 3. Draw a circle, which will be the top view of the cup, and right-click and select
22.3.1 Strokes and set the width to 30 px and the colour to #000000
● Object Selection 4. In a new layer, draw the cubic handle shape using the Hard Round, 15 px,
Tool #000000 Brush tool.
● Elliptical Marquee 5. Fill it with #000000 and leave a little oval shape at the top.
Tool 6. Shade the white handle using #FFFFFF and opacity 20%. (This combination will be
● Rectangular used throughout unless specific instructions are given)
Marquee Tool 7. In a new layer below, fill the little oval space with the colour #CCCCCC and then
● Paint Bucket Tool add shade where its bottom meets the white handle.
● Brush tool + 8. In a new layer above the circle, add sharing to the inner rim of the white cup.
Butterfly tool 9. In a new layer below the circle, add shading to the rim of the cup from the inside
option and the outside.
2. Graphic Tablet 10. In a new layer below draw a circle that would be the coffee using #DE8023.
with pen 11. Above it in a new layer, add shading using a darker shade of the brown circle using
3. Laptop the Brush tool, Soft Round Pressure Opacity, opacity 70% on its sides.
4. Google drawings
5. Printer

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 6. A4 white sheets 12. Above it in a new layer, using a lighter shade of the brown circle, and the same
brush settings as before, go from the top left to the bottom right corner and cover
Time estimate: 3 the other area with a darker shade of brown.
hours 13. In a new layer, in the Brush tool, in the Options bar select the Butterfly tool and
select ‘Vertical’ and set the line in the middle of the cup.
14. Use the Brush tool, Soft Round Pressure Opacity, Opacity 70%, colour #000000
and draw the coffee art from one side.
15. In a new layer, use the Brush tool, Soft Round Pressure Opacity, Opacity 20%,
colour #DE8023 and outline and shade the side of the coffee art.
16. In a new layer at the bottom of the layer panel (above the background), add a
circle of colour: #000000 which will be the saucer.
17. Add highlights and shadows where needed.
18. Select all layers (except the background) and press Control + E and then
right-click on the selected layer to select ‘Convert to Smart Object’.

Invitation card
1. Open Photoshop and select the A4 document size (3508 x 2480 px).
2. Create a new layer and using the Paint Bucket tool, fill the layer with colour
#DC7C1C.
3. In the layer above it, add detailing by using the Brush tool, Soft Round Pressure
Opacity, Opacity 70%, colour #DC7C1C shades and tints and add white spots by
using Kyle’s Spatter Brushes - Spatter Bot Tilt in colour #FFFFFF.
4. Drag the ‘Coffee cup’ layer into the ‘Invitation Card’ file and place it in the bottom
right corner.
5. Paste the Logo onto the top right corner.
6. Save the file in PNG format and open it in Google drawings.
7. Write ‘Coffee’ and ‘Morning’ in the font ‘Homemade Apple’, size 36 px, and colour
white and place ‘Coffee’ a bit towards the left and ‘Morning’ a bit towards the top.
8. Write ‘Join us as we embark on this journey of learning through the vision of IB’
in colour white, font: Itim and font-size: 20 px and place it below the heading.
9. Add ‘Venue:’, ‘Date:’, and ‘Timing:’ respectively on top of each other in colour
white, font: Georgia and font-size: 20 px and place it below the description.
10. Save the drawing and print it out according to the size of the gathering.

3. Task: Making the 1. Open Photoshop and select the A4 document size (3508 x 2480 px).
Mind map 2. In a new layer, draw a black 1 px line using the Line Tool at the top leaving space
for Objective.
Tools/ materials: 3. Using the Ellipse Tool, draw an ellipse in the centre of the page with the ‘Fill’
1. Adobe Photoshop #26B439 and ‘Stroke’ black and 2 px in the ‘Properties’ panel.
22.3.1 4. Using the Rectangle Tool, create the body for the pencil and tilt it a bit towards
● Line Tool the right and in the ‘Properties’ panel, set ‘Fill’ to None and ‘Stroke’ to black and 1
● Ellipse Tool px.
● Rectangle Tool
5. Using Triangle Tool, create the pencil’s top and tilt it to match the body and in the
● Triangle Tool
2. Graphic Tablet ‘Properties’ panel, set ‘Fill’ to None and ‘Stroke’ to black and 1 px.
with pen 6. Using Triangle Tool, create the pencil’s tip and tilt it to match the pencil’s top and
3. Laptop in the ‘Properties’ panel, set ‘Fill’ to Black and ‘Stroke’ to black and 1 px.
4. Google drawings 7. Select all layers from steps 4-6 and press Control + E and then drag while clicking
5. Printer Alt to duplicate. Place one in the top left corner and the other in the bottom right
6. A4 white sheets corner.

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 Time estimate: 1 hour 8. Using the Rectangle Tool, create the body for the eraser and tilt it a bit towards
the right and in the ‘Properties’ panel, set ‘Fill’ to None and ‘Stroke’ to black and 1
px.
9. Using the Rectangle Tool, create the body for the eraser and tilt it a bit towards
the right in the ‘Properties’ panel, set ‘Fill’ to None and ‘Stroke’ to black and 1 px
and set the corners to 70 px.
10. Place layers from steps 8 and 9 together to form an eraser-like shape and press
Control + E and then drag while clicking Alt to duplicate. Place one in the top right
corner and the other in the bottom left corner.
11. Save the file in a PNG format and open a Google Drawing.
12. Write ‘Objective: Write down what you know or understand about the IB board’
above the black line in the font ‘Arial’, size 20px, and colour black.
13. Write ‘What is IB’ in the ellipse in the font ‘Arial’, size 20px, and the colour white.
14. Save the drawing and take out the printouts.

4. Task: Click and Edit Click the photos

the photos 1. Ask two people to act out the poses for each ATL skill and click their photo using
Adobe lightroom on the phone.
Tools/ materials: 2. In the edit option, make minor adjustments to correct the brightness and hue by
manually changing it or using the ‘Auto’ option.
1. Adobe Lightroom
2. Adobe Photoshop Editing the photos
22.3.1 1. Open photos in Adobe Photoshop.
● Object Selection 2. Click on the Adjustment Layer button in the Layer panel and click on
Tool
Hue/Saturation… in the new Properties panel, select the dropbox with ‘Master’
● Brush Tool
● Clone Stamp Tool written on it and click on Blues. Set the Hue scale a bit to green.
● Polygonal Lasso 3. Using the Object Selection Tool, select the people in the photo and press Control +
Tool J. Select the original photo layer, Go to Filter and select Blur and then click on
● Spot Healing Brush Gaussian Blur and set it to 2.0 px.
Tool 4. Fix minor details like the flyaway by selecting Brush Tool and press ‘Q’ and brush
● Smudge Tool the area that doesn’t have to be fixed. Press ‘Q’ again and select the Clone Stamp
● Patch Tool Tool to fix minor flaws.
3. Graphic Tablet
5. For major flaws like objects in the background, use the ‘Spot Healing Brush Tool’
4. Phone
and ‘Patch tool’ to hide them.
5. Laptop
6. For areas of the face that have shade covering them like the eyes, use the
Time estimate: 8 ‘Polygonal Lasso Tool’ and trace along the area of shadow. Click on the
hours Adjustment Layer button and select Curves. In the new dialogue box, click on the
middle of the line and drag it to the point where the shadow lightens and the face
is more visible. Smooth the curves using the Smudge Tool with no hardness.
7. Using the Brush tool draw a Light bulb near the head in Thinking skills, a Peace
symbol in Self-management skills and Dialogue boxes in Communication skills.
Click on the layers and in ‘Stroke’ set the Size to 2 px and the Color to Black.

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5. Task: Making the 1. Start by creating the HTML file in
Quiz Visual Studio Code and naming it
‘index.html’. It should contain all the
Tools/ materials: visible written text, except for
questions, written in a ‘div’ tag and
1. Visual Studio Code provide the same ‘class’ tag to similar
‘div’ tag content.
2. Laptop
2. Create a CSS file with the name
‘style.css’ and for each class, style it
Time estimate: 8
according to the format. Add styles
hours for ‘.hover’ and ‘:selection’ text and
buttons.
3. Create a Javascript file with the name
‘questions.js’ and create Numbers and
Strings for the quiz questions.
4. Create a new Javascript file with the
name ‘script.js’ and create Variables
and Functions.

6. Task: Making the 1. Create a Google slide and go to ‘Slide’ and select ‘Edit theme’.
Presentation 2. Create a slide with the background colour #2596BE.
3. Create the starting and ending page by clicking on Shapes and selecting the
Tools/ materials: Frame and making it in colour white, leaving gaps from the sides.
4. Create a triangle in colour #CFE2F3FF and place it at the edges of the Frame and
copy and turn it to cover each side.
1. Google slides
5. Create a thin rectangle shape in colour #62B8FAFF and place it below the
2. All the previous triangle’s base and send it to the back so it is under the frame and repeat this for
parts of the events. each side.
6. Create a thicker rectangle shape in colour #0097A7FF and place it below/above the
Time estimate: 2 previous rectangle and send it to the back so it is under the frame and repeat this
hours for each side.
7. Add the Logo at the top right corner.
8. Add a circle in the middle in the colour white and add two circles, each smaller
than the previous, in colour ##2596BE and #62B8FAFF respectively.
9. Add a text box in the centre of the circle in the font Berkshire Swash and size 36
px.
10. Copy this slide from the thumbnail and remove the circles to create the content
slide layout.
11. At the top add a Title placeholder using the Text Box Tool and change the font to
Berkshire Swash and in size 36 px.
12. Below it, add a Body Text placeholder and change the font to Itim and in size 16
px.
13. Save the Theme and write the content and prepare the script.

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 Strand ii: Demonstrate technical skills

# Description Explanation Evidence

1 Digital arts and photo editing: I used Adobe Photoshop and

Adobe Photoshop applied these skills to create my
logo, invitation card, and mind
I used many tools of Adobe map plus to edit the photos for my
Photoshop such as Paint bucket ATL skills activity. As mentioned in
Tool, Marquee Tool, Object the Task information in C1, I used
Selection Tool, Brush tool + the tools for drawing things like
Butterfly tool option, Shape the coffee cup for the invitation
Tool, Clone Stamp Tool, card, creating the rainbow
Polygonal Lasso Tool and many background for my logo and
more to achieve the highest making the template for the mind
degree of success. I researched map. Using Photoshop allowed me
a lot about the tools and learnt to create what I wanted with ease
about Digital arts such as how of the wide range of selection of
and where to shade and make tools provided. I was able to edit
the photos to hide the minor and
art more realistic and Photo
major details which I missed
editing such as how to lighten
during the photo shoot such as the
the darkened areas created on
loose tie in the self-management
the face by shadows. I became
photo which I fixed using
better acquainted with the
Polygonal Lasso Tool and Clone
layers system and also learnt
Stamp Tool which made the image
many shortcut keys to work
look more professional. I added
faster and more efficiently.
little doodles to make the photo
more guessable with the use of the
Brush Tool. I worked with ‘Curves’
and ‘Hue/Saturation…’ to fix the
shadows and colours of the photos.

2 Photography: Adobe I used Adobe Lightroom and

Lightroom
To click professional-looking
photos from my phone I used
the Adobe Lightroom app
which has a camera option
where you can control and
change features to click the
perfect photo such as
Exposure, ISO, WB and
furthermore which I used. I
kept in my mind the rules of
third while clicking the photos.
I clicked multiple photos from
multiple angles for each take to
applied these skills to click and
make minor edits to my photos for
the ATL skills activity. I would
control the Exposure during times
when the lighting was too low or
too high. For the Research skills
photoshoot, the lighting in the lab
was a bit dim so I had the model sit
in a spot that was in front of a
window and my other friend shone
light from his phone to help
balance the lighting. Learning and
using Adobe Lightroom allowed me
to showcase my vision through
photos that looked professional
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 select the best one. We changed and appealing.
our location constantly to fit
the scenario and also find ideal
lighting.

3 Web Designing: Wireframe and I used Figma and Microsoft

flowchart (using Figma and Powerpoint and applied my skills
Microsoft Powerpoint) to create the Web design for my
Quiz. I purposely picked Blue and
I did web designing by White to match it with IB’s logo. I
selecting and defining the analysed and saw what online
colour scheme, typography and Quizzes looked like and picked up
layout of the Quiz. For this, I the best features and created a
created a wireframe by using layout that was simple and easy for
Figma that helped me visualise parents or anyone to play with. I
and remember what I wanted would look at my wireframe and
my Quiz to look like. I used the flowchart throughout the making
‘Interactions’ in the ‘Prototype’ of my quiz to check and see if my
section to connect the buttons Quiz looked or worked like I had
and test out my pre-quiz planned it to. They came in very
format. I created the flowchart handy during times I was stuck
on Microsoft Powerpoint which with what needed to be connected
helped me understand the with what. This helped me manage
logarithm of my quiz. my time perfectly.

4 Web Developing: HTML I created an HTML file where I

I created an HTML file to create
the base structure for my Quiz.
I used tags like <div>, <class>,
<span>, <header>, <footer> and
<button> to divide and write
my base content and create my
buttons for my Quiz. I used
<script> and <link> tags to add
features and style them.
coded for all my 4 pages: Home,
Information, Questions and Result.
I used <div>, <span>, <header>,
<footer> and <class> tags to
separate the pages and content and
easily style them in CSS. I used the
<button> tag to create my buttons
for each page. I added the <script>
tag for ‘Font Awesome’ to add my
trophy icon and add my Javascript
files. I linked the CSS sheet with
the HTML file by using the <link>
tag
.

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5 Web Developing: CSS
I created a CSS file to style my
plain boring HTML file into
something more aesthetically
pleasing. I used Google fonts to
change my Quiz’s Font style. I
added many properties like:
‘position: absolute; transform:
translate (-50%, -50%) scale (1);
z-index: 5; align-items: center;’
to position my boxes and
buttons. I used properties such
as: ‘border, outline, line-height,
background, width, height,
margin, opacity, cursor,
pointer-events, background’ to
style my boxes and cursor in
certain cases such as ‘hover’. I
used properties such as:
‘flex-direction, user-select,
grid-template-columns,
grid-gap, padding, font size,
text-align, color’ to style my
questions and answers.
I created a CSS file where I used
many properties to make my quiz
as visually appealing as possible. I
kept a different property for ‘color’
and ‘background’ for selection. I
used ‘top: 50%’ and ‘left:50%’ so
that on any device my Quiz boxes
would always appear in the centre.
I added the ‘box-shadow’ property
to make my boxes and buttons
appear in 3-D. I kept the same
colour for my buttons and boxes as
I had planned. I added the
property of ‘transition: all 0.3s
ease;’ for my buttons so that when
the cursor hovered over the
button, the user would be able to
see a smooth transition. To display
my answers in a grid of 2 x 2, I used
the ‘display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
grid-gap: 15px;’ properties to
achieve what I had planned. For my
‘Next Question’ button, I used
these properties ‘transform:
scale(0.95); transition: all 0.3s ease;’
to animate and make it look like a
real button has been pressed.
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6 Web Developing: Javascript
I created two Javascript files:
one for my questions and
answers and the other for all
the functions that needed to be
performed. I researched and
took help from a video to help
me with the statements and
syntax in Javascript. I used
statements such as ‘If… Else’
and syntaxes such as
Operators, Values, Variables’. I
used functions such as
‘showQuestions, queCounter,
clearInterval, optionSelected,
showResult’ and events such as
‘.onclick, .remove, .add.’
I used ‘.querySelector’ to add my
HTML elements to my Javascript
file. created a ‘let’ variable for my
questions and answers where I
numbered each question in an
ascending order so I could operate
arithmetic operations. I used the
‘onclick’ event for my boxes and
buttons to appear and disappear. I
created variables like ‘Question
count, Question Number, Counter
and Counterline’ on which I used
the functions ‘showQuestions,
queCounter and clearInterval’ to
make them either appear or
disappear. These arithmetic
operations added the number of
questions and created the order for
each question and answer. I used
statements such as ‘If… Else’ for
cases when the correct or wrong
option was selected.

Strand iii: Follow the plan to create the solution

# Task/ Summary Evidence Real-changes

1 Task: To make the Logo Design changed:

Added hearts.
Procedure summary: Removed the
I followed the instructions from my background and
plan and everything went according to turned the
how I had expected it to be. This logo shape from
will help me watermark my material square to circle.
and represent my work to showcase
that it is authentic.

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2 Task: To make the Invitation card Time changed: I
took 2 hours
Procedure summary: longer to create
I started by how I planned it to begin. the invitation
However, it took longer for me to card.
create the coffee cup because I took
more time to shade and add details Design changed:
than I had anticipated. Making the Added a coffee
coffee froth was difficult and I had to bean in place of
remake it many times because it ‘O’ in ‘Coffee’.
wasn’t fitting the cup correctly as I
was using the butterfly tool for the
first time. In the end, I was able to
finish the coffee cup but a little later
than expected. Creating the base for
the Invitation card was easy as I had
more experience with shading and
detailing. While making the Invitation
card, I had an idea of replacing the ‘O’
of ‘Coffee’ with a coffee bean. So I
drew a coffee bean and placed it at the
spot of ‘O’.

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3 Task: To make the Mind map -

Procedure summary:
This was the easiest task of my project
and everything went as I expected.
The design turned out totally like I
had imagined it to be.

4 Task: To click and edit the photos Time changed: I

took 1 hour less
Procedure summary: to edit the
I was able to ask two of my friends to photos.
model for this photoshoot and in a
span of 40 mins, we were done with all Design changed:
the photos. I had trouble finding a I added a
spot where the photos were clear with ‘Question mark’
good sunlight. I later learnt the and
importance of timing and diffuser in ‘Exclamation
photography. For thinking skills, I mark’ for
asked my friend to do the original Research skills.
pose as well as make a pose where he I changed the
has his finger on his chin. I selected pose for
the latter pose. Editing the photos ‘Thinking skills’.
took less time than I anticipated and
all photos didn’t require major
changes except for self-management
where I had to fix the placement of the
tie. I added some unplanned doodles
in Research skills.

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5 Task: To make the Quiz Design changed:
I added ticks
Procedure summary: and crosses for
I began with HTML then CSS and then answers.
Javascript which first helped me set
my content then style then add
dynamics and make it a proper quiz.
Using my previous knowledge about
web designing, I was able to easily
work on HTML and CSS but I faced a
bit of trouble with Javascript such as
with the functions and If…else, for
which I learnt I watched some
tutorials. It was from one of the
tutorials I received the idea to add a
tick for the correct option and a cross
for the wrong option. I was able to
manage and create a functioning quiz
just as I had imagined in the time
period I set.

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6 Task: To make the Presentation -

Procedure summary:
I followed my plan and was able to
create the PPT theme in 45 mins. I
then added slides for my activities and
slides with phrases and key terms to
help me describe IB and its
fundamental concepts more easily.
The presentation turned out as I
expected it to.

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 (Refer Appendix C for more pictures of the final product)
Strand iv: Justify changes made to the design
# Task Design
1 Making the Logo
2 Making the Invitation
card
3 Clicking and Editing
the photos
4 Making the Mind map
5 Making the Quiz
6 Making the
Presentation
Tools Material Time Explanation
✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ After I finished making the logo, I felt that the logo
wasn’t showing an emotional connection with the
parent and child. So, I added hearts to display that. The
red heart over the black was a good contrast and looked
visually appealing too.
✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ When I was finished with the invitation card, I felt that
the text was too boring, so I replaced the ‘O’ with a
coffee bean which made it more interesting and suited
well with the theme. Making the coffee cup took way
longer than I had anticipated because of which I was
behind the track by 2 hours and took 5 hours than 3
hours to complete this.
✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ For thinking skills, I changed the pose from hand in the
air to hand on the chin because that seemed
appropriate for the word ‘thinking’ as in the previous
pose it looks like he has an idea while in the latter pose,
he is thinking. I added a ‘Question’ mark and an
‘Exclamation’ mark doodle in Research skills to help
the audience better understand the picture and make it
more aesthetic. It took 1 hour less than anticipated for
editing the photos as there were only minor details in
each that needed to be fixed, which didn't take that
much time and I was done in 7 hours.
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ -
✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ After some research, I got the idea to add a ‘tick’ icon
for the correct option and a ‘cross’ icon if the wrong
option was selected for my answers. This made the quiz
appealing and it made it more clever for the user which
option was correct and which was incorrect. People
who are colourblind could now play the quiz.
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ -
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 Criteria D: Evaluating

Strand i: Design testing methods

# Testing method Success criteria tested Explanation

1. Field testing ● Cost My school granted me permission to organise coffee morning in

● Environment my school for MYP Year 5 parents. There were a total of 16 parents
● Size who attended the session. By conducting this field test, I was able
● Safety to determine the cost, check whether the environment fitted with
● Materials the requirement and test how long this event would be. I also
checked whether the event could be safely organised and whether
no extra material was required. (Refer to Appendix D to see
activity results)

Results
I conducted a field test for my event, coffee morning, which was about the IB
board and the main goal was to create an environment where parents
collaborated and worked with each other. Since there were 16 parents, we
created 4 teams of 4 people. Each team was determined by picking chits with a
team group: A, B, C, D. For an icebreaker, I asked each parent to tell their name,
profession, hobby and their favourite colour. This worked very nicely as the
parents opened up and there were a few moments of laughing and exchange of
conversation. Then after the introduction, I tested their creative thinking skills
and asked them to work as a team and come up with an innovative name for
their teams which they did I noticed that not everyone was still that opened up
but some people and some teams were communicating effectively with each other. After this, I began with the
presentation. There were 3 activities in total. The first was the mind map where each team was given a mind map
sheet and was told to think, discuss and share it with their team members. I noticed that almost everyone was
discussing and sharing their thoughts. This might have been because the MYP Years programme has recently been
introduced in my school. That's why parents are quite excited to share what they know about this board. All the
mind maps were filled quickly and then I described what IB is, its mission statement and its core concepts. The next
activity was guessing the ATL skills which had a prize for the winning team. I
noticed that parents quickly raised their hands and team members were
whispering in each other’s ears the answer. I then asked them to identify The
last activity was the quiz and everyone in the room was excited as this one also
had a prize at the end. By the end of the presentation, everyone was happy and
the event was successful. Everyone collaborated and later got to speak with all
the academic personnel. This event was on budget and fitted the environment
perfectly. The size of the event was perfect as it accommodated around 20
people and the total time was around 2 hours and 30 minutes. It didn’t use any
dangerous tools and no extra material was required.

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# Testing method Success criteria tested Explanation

2. User trial ● Aesthetic After the event was conducted, I asked the parents (targeted
(Feedback) ● Customer (Targeted audience) a few questions related to the aesthetics, function and
audience) overall review to check whether or not this event was successful.
● Function A total of 10 parents gave back the feedback. (Refer to Appendix E
for a clearer result picture)

Results
From the questions I asked, all the participants of the survey agreed that they became communicators and
developed their social skills, meaning this event was successful in some terms. Everyone agreed that they
understand their child’s learning better now and that the presentation was aesthetic. 10% of participants found
that this event was somewhat helpful to understand the IB board while all the other 90% agreed that it was helpful.
80% of participants found that this event helped them to become closer to other parents, talk to others and work in
groups and understand the workings of IB. The other 20% found it somewhat. The overall comments were that the
presentation was nice but could be more detailed. Many even asked to host such events more frequently.

Strand ii: Evaluate the success of the solution

# Category Score (0-5) Explanation

1. Aesthetic: It should have a vivid and Throughout my presentation and

bit of minimalistic colour palette activities, I have used a vivid colour
including earthy and pastel colours. 5/5 scheme, kept the design simple, and used
It should use monochromatic and a monochromatic and complementary
complementary colour palettes. It colour palette, with the use of earthy and

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 should be simple and sophisticated
in design and patterns.
2. Cost: It would be free of cost for the
targeted audience (parents). My
solution will require some props
which will cost me money and time.
It should cost me less than ₹ 500 to
organise this event.
3. Customer (Targeted audience): My
solution should help bring at least
80% of the parents closer and
enhance collaboration between
them. My solution should help at
least 80% of the parents to interact
for about 5 minutes each with the
academic personnel that teach their
child. 80% of the parents should be
able to understand and connect with
their child better after this event.
4. Environment: It should be an event
that any school can easily organise
in their building. It should be an
indoor event where parents can
easily sit down on chairs and be
divided into groups. It should be in a
room where there is a facility to
display work digitally (through a
projector or a digital touch-screen
display panel). It should allow the
host to be audible to the audience
(either in a small room or via a
microphone).
5. Size: It should be enough to
accommodate up to 20-40 people
including teachers. It should not be
more than 2 hours and less than 1
hour.
6. Safety: It shouldn’t consist of
anything that could be hazardous
such as fire, electricity or flashing
images.
7. Function: It should allow parents to
engage and work together as a team.
It should allow parents to improve
their collaboration skills as well as
social skills. It should help parents
to know what their child is learning.
pastel colours. From the feedback I
received from the parents, all agreed that
the presentation was aesthetic. My art
teacher also commented that I used a
nice colour palette and good typography.
This event was free of cost for parents as
planned. To prepare everything for this
event, it cost me less than ₹ 100 as I had
5/5
all the software and just needed to create
my activities and presentation.
From my feedback survey, 80% of
parents agreed that they became closer
with other parents, enhanced their
collaboration skills and understood their
child’s learning better. Parents got me to
5/5 meet all the academic personnel after the
presentation for questions they might
have about their child’s learning. Thus,
this event was perfectly planned to target
the parents which it successfully did.
This event was organised in my school in
a class where parents sat on chairs in a
group of 4. A digital touch-screen display
panel was used to display the
presentation. I was audible to all the
parents. The field test proves that this
5/5 event can be organised indoors in a small
room with a digital display system where
people can easily and comfortably sit in
groups and understand the presentation
while having fun.
The field test event itself was around 2
hours and 30 minutes excluding the time
parents took to talk to academic
3/5
personnel. This means that not all
parents will be able to attend this event
as they might have a busy schedule.
It didn’t have anything that could be
hazardous such as fire, electricity or
5/5
flashing images and the field, the test
proved it was safe.
In the field test, I observed and noticed
that all parents were engaging and
working as a team, but there were times
4/5
when some parents didn’t contribute or
share their thoughts. Overall from the
feedback survey, all agreed that they
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 improved their collaboration and social
skills and got to know about their child’s
learning.

8. Materials: For drawing and editing, Adobe Photoshop was used for drawing
Adobe Photoshop should be used. It and editing. It used some paper products.
should use paper products such as For writing, pens, sketch pens, crayons
chart paper, sticky notes and colour 5/5 and pencils were used.
sheets. For writing, there would be
pens, sketch pens, and crayons and
pencils.

Strand iii: Explain how the solution could be improved

# Source of suggestion What should be improved How to improve

1 Self It should have told about I should have added a slide about the
collaborating. importance of collaborating in school. It should
describe what collaboration is, why it is
important and how a parent can collaborate on
different levels. It could have been connected
with the ATL activity as I could go in depth a bit
more about collaboration skills. So the order
should have been: the mind map activity, the
learner profiles activity, the ATL activity and
then the slide about collaboration.

2 Self It should have taken less I should have kept the presentation brief. I
time. should have kept the discussion time shorter to
3-5 mins. Activities could have been different
which required teamwork but less time in
discussions such as craft work in a specific time
period or Pictionary.

3 Self There should have been some A video engages an audience way better than
kind of a video. photos. For my ATL or Learner profile activity, I
should have filmed mini clips portraying each
type which parents would have to guess.

4 Target audience The presentation should have
been more detailed.
I should have reduced the discussion time to 3-5
mins only and made my presentation more
descriptive. I should have spoken more on each
slide to describe what IB is and the importance
of its core concepts. I should have added more
pictures on each slide.

5 Target audience More creativity should be Rather than just thinking and guessing games, I
shown in terms of activities. should have involved more craft and exploration
games like Pictionary, crafting things from a
specific list of items or maybe a little treasure
hunt. This would have been more fun, creative
and interactive.

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Strand iv: Explain the impact of the solution

Impact on the target audience

My event had a significant impact on my target audience as visible in the feedback response shown above in
Criteria Di. They got to enhance their collaboration skills, social skills and communication skills by interacting
and engaging in activities as teams. This will allow them to communicate better and enhance collaboration in
the school community as parents are an important member of the school community who has a direct
influence on their children. If their children see that their parents work together, they will also learn to
communicate effectively. Parents also enlarge their friend circle and those who don't have time for socialising
can socialise while engaging in their child’s learning via the help of this event which is really important for
their mental well-being. Parents also got to learn about the IB board which helped them gain more insight and
understand more about how their child is being taught. While conducting this event, I observed that parents
also like to participate in competitive events as during the quiz activity, the whole room was full of whispers
and loudly spoken answers which shows the traits of an active learner. I noticed that at first everyone was a bit
shy and reluctant to open up but by the end, except for a few parents, everyone actively participated and
communicated with their team members. This event also contributes to globalisation and sustainability in the
sense that via this event parents enhance their collaboration skills which they will imply in their work life and
personal life and bring others to become good communicators and work together towards a common goal and
also have good mental well-being contributing to social sustainability.

Many parents asked and suggested that such events should be organised more often in the school where
parents collaborate with each other. This shows that the event had a positive effect on parents who are even
willing to attend such sessions in the school. This event was a way for parents to develop their social and
communication skills while learning about their child’s learning, which they can use in their workspace and
personal life. My product can be used by any school or organisation who want to host an event explaining the
wonders of the IB board (templates and links in Appendix C) as I have briefly introduced and covered the
benchmark that makes IB so unique and helps in a child’s holistic development.

Overall, this event helped parents to communicate better, learn more about IB, develop necessary skills and
enhance collaboration in the school community.

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