This assignment was the first of the “Instructions Analysis” assignments. I turned in a copy of the instructions I chose. I also described the goals and audience of my instructions.
I chose instructions that showed how to make an origami hopping frog. I chose these instructions because I thought they would work well for the assignment. Origami instructions need to be very clear for a person to do them correctly. I also thought origami instructions would work well for user testing. It should be easy to tell if the instructions are confusing if the person has a hard time with the folding steps.
The instructions I chose didn’t connect with my academic major or future career because I haven’t declared a major yet. I also don’t know what I want my future career to be. I chose instructions that seemed fun and interesting instead. I think it made the assignment easier to do since the instructions are a little more light-hearted.
I chose parents with young kids as my audience when I first started this assignment. I chose this audience for several reasons. The instructions say that the paper frog can be a “fun action toy” and also mentions Kermit the Frog. I thought the instructions could also be used to teach young kids how to make a fun and inexpensive toy.
I decided my instructions were also for people with little to no origami experience. Each step is very short. There are pictures to go along with most of the steps.
I decided my goal for the instructions was to learn how to make an origami hopping frog in a short amount of time. This is because the steps are very short and simple. The pictures serve as a guide to a person to see if they are making it right. The person can quickly look at the picture and move on to the next step.
I wasn’t sure if this assignment would be useful to me when I first started. I had never done an assignment like this before. I had never had to write about any kind of analysis testing.
However, I think my writing was still improving at this point in the class. I tried to write shorter sentences. I tried to make most of the sentences simple. I learned it is easier for you to grade assignments with simple sentence structure.
I am attaching a link to my instructions selection memo below.
