Visual Design critique

Slide 1: Lesson menu

Strength:
The uses of font colour and size is suitable;
- Number of font used is kept to the maximum
(i.e. adept, tempus san ITC & Times New Roman.)
- There is a difference between the title and sub-heading.
The layout used uncluttered primary-color design
Instruction in audio form is used so as to minimize the amount of information presented on the screen.
Sound effect of frog sound is used as an attention grabber and as a learning source.

Area of improvements:
Clarity of audio instruction is not quite good enough as there is background noise.
Although the graphic used matches with text but it does not help in learning as the student will have know how a frog look like.There is no visual display to accompany the audio sound of frog to support learning.

Slide 2: Facts about frog

Strength:
The font used is harmonized with other element of the visual. The use of capital letters for short title is suitable. The font size is appropriate for the whole class to read. Good spacing between lines. Good choice of contrasting colours for ease in reading.

Area of improvement:
The use of sound effect is distracting and the slide animation effect is poor. Although the pictures used are associated with the text; but it would be better if the slide is accompany with video to help student visualize difficult event to see in their daily life. For example, video featuring the frog jumping and swimming showing its long back legs and webbed feet and how a frog change its skin colour as well as the frog eating insect.The arrangement of pictures and text are disorganized and looked quite messy.

Slide 3: Life cycle of a frog

Strength:
Complicated information is simplified using appropriate visual e.g. Life-cycle of frog
Different colour is used to direct attention and to instruct. For instance, orange colour is used to direct student to click on the stages to find out more.
Area of improvement:
Having the instructions in capital letter slows down reading as the sentence is longer than 6 words. Hence, a mix of capital and small letters should be use to ease reading.

Slide 4: Eggs

Strength:
Length of text is appropriate.
Layout is consistence as background and frame for the whole series and same font and format for the title.

Area of improvement:
Although there is a clear visual relationship between the text and the picture, the alignment could be improved using formal or informal balance.
Other than the drawn pictures of frog eggs, it would be better if the lesson is supported with photograph of real frog eggs. The use of frog animation should be removed because it does not support learning. The slide should indicate that the picture of tadpole and young frog served as a link to other slides.

Slide 5: Tadpole

Strength:
Layout use informal balance. There is a clear visual relationship between the text and pictures.

Area of improvement:
The slide should limit no more than 8 lines. Information can be separated into different slides. The forward and backward arrow should be placed at the bottom right corner of the slide so as to be consistence with the rest of the slides.

Slide 6: Young Frog

Strength:
Layout use informal balance. Layout is consistence as background and frame for the whole series and same font and format for the title.

Area of improvement:
The slide should limit no more than 8 lines. Information can be separated into different slides. The slide should indicate that the picture of tadpole and young frog served as a link to other slides or it can be omitted as it does not support learning. It would be better if the slide is also accompanied by a photograph of real young frog.