SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Digital Design E-Journal – MYP 3 (2024-25)

“There’s a way to do it better- find it “

Thomas
Edison
“Design is a journey to discovery”

Task
Most organisations and businesses benefit from having a website. The
internet is an excellent way of advertising goods and services, many
websites even allow customers to order goods online. It’s also an excellent
means of communication.
As a website designer and developer, you have been
approached by the local community to create a website that focuses on the UN
Sustainable Development Goa, connects it to the local context and serves as a
tool for information advocacy.

Statement of Inquiry:
Communities can work together to study the impact of
globalisation and ensure responsible and sustainable use of
resources.
Key Concept : Communication
Related Concepts: Resources, Sustainability
Global Context: Globalisation and Sustainability
A short note about Design Folder:

As you progress through the different stages of the design cycle,

all relevant activities and outcomes should be recorded, and
dated, in the design folder.
The design folder is a compilation of evidence accompanying
the final product/solution for a unit of work. You should
formally record the results of your research, various plans and
designs and the evaluation of your finished products/solutions in
the design folder.

Name: Aryaveer malhotra Grade: MYP 3 A

Project Title: Global Goals, Duration: 4th November 2024

Local Impact: Advocating for to ……………
Sustainable Development

Levels of Achievement:
Inquiring and Developing Creating Evaluating Date
Analyzing ideas the (8)
(8) (8) solution
(8)

Assessed by: Nancy Dias

Designation: MYP Digital Design facilitator

Plan Of Work
Create a Gantt chart in Google Sheets, to keep track of task to be completed for
each strand, for each of the Criteria along with the Start/Finish dates

Design Cycle

Criterion A: Inquiring and analysing

Task A1. Explain and justify the need for Developing a Website.
A1.1. Design a mind map ( graphic organizer) identifying the areas of priority
for your project. Examples: subject, resources used, software, research work,
duration, target audience, functionality, style, etc.

A1.2. Identify inquiry questions, (some examples are provided). You must
identify additional questions.
What do you want to create?
I want to create a website on the SGD goals which is goal number 7.

What you will need to find out?

 The information about the SDG goal I have taken and see the significance of
it on the local and global community.

Who is the client for your project?

United nations

How are you going to learn all the required software required to design the
website?
Canva, notepad

Task A2. Identify and prioritize primary and secondary research needed to
develop a solution to the problem.
A2. 1. Identify what you have to research:
• Make a plan for your research, choose about 6 sources total and have at
least 2-3 Primary sources
• Make an organised table for the prioritisation of your sources, such as the
one below:
•

You do not have to show evidence of the research in the report itself, but it
has to be placed in the Appendix, which will be explored later on.
• For displaying the primary and secondary research, you can use a table as
a summary of the research you have conducted. The table should show
the research topic, the type of source used, the type of research and the
reason for the research.
• You must cite all the sources you have used in an appropriate format. It is
advised that you use the CMOS format.

Sr. Topic researched Prior Importance Sources

No. ity
1. UN sdg 1 The website will give me THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable
information on the UN as Development
a whole
2. Goal 7 2 This will give me Goal 7 | Department of
information about my goal Economic and Social Affairs
3. Goal 7 in india 1 This will tell me about Goal 7: Ensure access to
how the goal is in my affordable, reliable, sustainable
country. and modern energy for all | NITI
Aayog
4. Other websites 6

5. Exploring html 4 This will help me code my HTML Tutorial

website

Video tutorials about 4

html

Designing websites 2

A2.2. The bibliography must be in alphabetical order and in the proper

format. (Chicago format)

Task A3: Analyzing Existing Solutions ( Images and screenshot of homepage and
the different pages of the two websites you checked and analyzed) Justify each
sample work selected

Criteria Website Name: apple Website Name : amazon

• Visually appealing Apple's design blends sleek Amazons interface is simple
lines, minimalism, and high- yet good since it shows
quality materials, creating many items as soon as you
visually appealing products click on website.
that feel modern and
timeless.
• Navigation Yes the navigations work Yes the navigation work are
properly and takes me to the working properly and
page i click on. smoothly and taking me to
the page i click on.
• Coverage Yes as apple is known for its Amazon is the biggest shop
phones and there are many online and has everything
other accessories as well so the coverage is very large so
yes it covers mainly yes you would find your
everything the person would preferred item easily.
want.
• Accessibility Yes apple can be accessed Amazon can also be
from anywhere in the world accessed from everywhere
 and on any device with and every device which has
internet. internet.
• Uniqueness Apple has very high quality Amazon has many different
pictures and a very good company products on their
description. website.
• Originality The entire website feels very Many products on one
smooth and the quality of the website.
products shown is very high.
• Readability Yes it is readable for Yes it is readable and you
everyone as you can change can change your language to
the language to your your preferred one.
preferred one
• Colour scheme Apples color scheme is a mix Amazon has a very basic
of dark and light colors which color scheme of a white
makes it look very good. background.
• Content - helpful, The content is upto date with Amazons content can
meaningful their products. sometimes be fake and the
product isn't what you order.

Website type e.g. BUSINESS WEBSITE e.g. EDUCATIONAL Rating on

WEBSITE a scale of
5

Website Name

Website link

Colour scheme

Images
Content

Hyperlink
working
correctly
 Spelling and
Grammatical
errors

Overall
appearance

Screenshots of the homepage and the other pages of both the websites:

Task A4. Writing a Design Brief By now, you have collected a great deal of data
that requires some analysis and summary in order to be useful and inform your
solution. You have to convert all the research you have done so far into a Design
Brief.

• Introduction to the task

To create a website on a UN SDG goal which i have chosen is number 7 which is
affordable and clean energy. For this i will have to research on the goal using
websites, videos, articles and see the impact locally and globally.

• Description of the target audience

My target audience is going to be PYP 4 the age group is going to be between 8-10
 • Research plan
I will first research on my goal . referring to the un sdg website by the indian
government i will find out about how this goal is being implemented in India and
the issues and measures taken by the Indian government. Then I will also research
about existing websites to draw inspiration regarding color scheme, layout and
presentation of content. Then i will also explore many HTML.

• Required materials
Notepad++, Canva, the browser, websites,videos, Tutorials

• Analysis of existing website

I analysed Apple and Amazon and found that Apple focus a lot more on the website
quality then amazon as the images are way better in quality and much more
detailed on the other hand amazon doesn't focus on their quality at all as their
website interface hasn't changed in a long time and the products are not detailed
and this is risks of getting scammed since anyone can sell on amazon. Also the
content on apple is very reliable and up to date.
• Description of the solution
Creating a website on my UN sdg goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy) So i can
promote awareness about this goal due to the fact that many people are not
informed about the severity of the situation of how pollution is starting to
negatively affect our daily lives so this website offers an in depth analysis on the
functioning of SDG 7
• Product design specification
Creating a visually appealing website with centers around the promotion of
alternative forms of energy.

• Conclusion
My task will be to create a website on the SDG goal 7 (Affordable and clean
energy)
For this I first am going to Research using the UN sdg goal 7 website which is by
the indian government after which i will start making my website which is going to
be 5-6 pages as i want to put as much information as i can, after this i will go
present the website to pyp-5 in my school.

Criterion B: Developing Ideas

Task B1: List the requirements (Design Specifications) that are needed to design
the solution. Create a sitemap of the website.
Example :

A– The aethetics
AESTHETICS –
COLOUR,
STYLE

C–
CONSUMER -
LARGE GROUP
OF PEOPLE

INDIVIDUAL

YOUNG
PEOPLE

F – FUNCTION

M–
MATERIALS/
SOFTWARE

Task B2: Include rough drafts of work done. Take feedback from the target
audience/peer/adult/designer artiste to justify whether the choice of layout and
design communicate the information to the user and are aesthetically appealing.
Include screenshots of the rough draft of the homepage and the other two
pages. Minimum three drafts of the homepage, first page and second page.
Design 1 ( First draft on paper)

Name of Feedback Rate on a scale of

the Person 5
and work
profile

Design 2

Name of Feedback Rate on a scale

the of 5
Person
and work
profile

Design 3 ( Third draft done using Wix/Weebly/Canva)

Name Feedback Rate on a

of the scale of 5
Person
and
work
profile
Task B3: Justify the Selected Design ( Which Draft have you chosen or combined
ideas/designs of two?)
Are all three drafts satisfying the specifications? Which draft have you
chosen to be the final one?

Design Comparison
1 Satisfies the design specifications due to
Partially satisfies the design specifications due to
Does not satisfy the design specifications due to
2 Satisfies the design specifications due to -
Partially satisfies the design specifications due to
Does not satisfy the design specifications due to
3 Satisfies the design specifications due to -
Partially satisfies the design specifications due to
Does not satisfy the design specifications due to
Task B 4: develop accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams and outline
requirements for the creation of the chosen solution

Criterion C: Creating the Solution

Task C1: Plan for Creation. Day-wise work done.
Sr. Task to be done How will you do it ? Planned Date
No to accomplish
the task
1

9
10

11

Task C2 Demonstrate excellent technical skills while making the

product.

• In this strand you have to show evidence of you working on your

project, and explain in substantial detail the main aspects of what you
did, how you did it and with what you did it. The best way to do this is
through annotating pictures/snippets of your work, to show that you
understand the different nuances of what you are doing/have done

Task C4: Final product. Discuss the changes made while creating the solution.
• Begin with listing the major changes that you made to the plan, the plans
that did not concern time, but the actual solution itself. (for example, if you
were planning to make a laptop application but changed it mid-way to a
mobile-only application.). Also, mention the reason why you made this
change, and how much time it cost you by making it.
• Next mention minor changes to the plan. The changes in the time that it
took you to execute a step in the plan or the date that you did it. For these,
you can simply list how much longer or shorter it took you to do the step,
why it did, and how it affected the solution overall.

Include screenshots of the final work here : ( Home page,

first page, second page and if you have created more….)
Upload all the codes in a folder in Google Drive and share
the link to the folder here.

Criterion D: Evaluating
Task D1: Outline a few testing methods to measure the success of the project.
This strand prompts you to test your success through different methods.
• The easiest methods are by designing surveys that ask the target
audience if different success aspects were met by your solution. This can
be done through Google Forms and shown in a table like the one below:

Task D2: Discuss the improvements in the design work.

• Similar to the previous strand you can use feedback you got from surveys
or interviews from the first strand in order to clearly state and support the
improvements your solution needs.
• You can use a table like this to present the improvements in a clear and
concise manner:

Specific Aspect What needs to be improved ?

Design
Content

Purpose of the Website

Navigation
Colour scheme

Task D3: What have you learned about your performance and how would you
improve your performance on the next project? (Be specific)
Task D4: Personalized ATL Reflection Table
In this table you will record meaningful learning experiences that you
underwent in your classes. Write details and examples of your learning
experience.

ATL ATL cluster Describe your learning with an example

category

Research • Information
literacy
skills
• Finding,
interpretin
g, judging
and
creating
information
-
• Access
information
to be
informed
and inform
others

• Thinking •
• Creative thinking
skills.
• Generating novel
ideas and
considering new
perspectives-
• Create original
works and
ideas; use
existing works
and ideas in
new ways

Learner Reflective, Open-

profile - minded
You may use this checklist to take feedback from the target audience and
varied groups. Refer to D1

Criteria 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Layout and The website The website The website has The website has The website
Organization has a clear and has a clear an organized a basic layout, has a cluttered
visually layout with layout, but some but content may or
pleasing layout mostly logical content may be be placed disorganized
with logical organization of placed inconsistently. layout with
organization of content. inconsistently. content placed
content. randomly.

Navigation The website The website The website has The website has The website
has intuitive has navigation navigation menus navigation lacks clear
and easy-to- menus that are that are menus that are navigation
use navigation mostly intuitive somewhat confusing and menus,
menus that and easy to intuitive, but may make it difficult making it
allow users to use, with cause occasional to navigate difficult to
easily navigate minimal confusion. between pages. navigate
between confusion. between
pages. pages.

Visual Appeal The website is The website is The website has The website The website
visually visually some visual lacks visual lacks visual
appealing, with appealing, with appeal, but there appeal, with appeal, with
consistent use mostly may be inconsistent use poor use of
of colour, font, consistent use inconsistencies in of colour, font, or colour, font, or
and images of colour, font, the use of colour, images. images.
that enhance and images. font, or images.
the overall
design.

Content The website The website The website The website The website
effectively presents presents content presents content lacks clear
Presentation presents content with with some clear with unclear headings,
content with mostly clear headings and headings and paragraphs,
clear headings, headings, paragraphs but paragraphs and and
paragraphs, paragraphs, may lack lacks consistent appropriate
and and consistent use of use of use of
appropriate use appropriate multimedia multimedia multimedia
of multimedia use of elements. elements. elements.
elements (e.g., multimedia
images, videos, elements.
audio).

Total score

Task Specific clarification

Criterion A – Inquiring and analysing
• Explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem.

• How will you do your research? Primary and secondary

• Analyse a range of existing products.

• Develop a detailed design brief:

• Concisely summarize the useful and relevant information in your own words.

Achieve Level descriptor

ment
level

∙ states the need for a solution to a problem for a specified

1-2 client/target audience;
∙ develops a basic design brief, which states the findings of
 ∙ outlines the need for a solution to a problem for a specified c
The student:

∙ outlines a research plan, which identifies primary and seco

3-4 develop a solution to the problem, with some guidance;

∙ analyses one existing product that inspires a solution to the

∙ develops a design brief, which outlines the analysis of relev

∙ explains the need for a solution to a problem for a specified

The student:

∙ constructs a research plan, which identifies and prioritizes

∙ analyses a range of existing products that inspire a solution

5-6 research needed to develop a solution to the problem, with so

∙ develops a design brief, which explains the analysis of relev

∙ explains and justifies the need for a solution to a problem fo

The student:
 7-8

Criterion B – Developing ideas

• Develop design specifications.
• Develop a range of feasible design ideas.
• Present the chosen design and justify its selection.
• Develop accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams.

Achievemen
t level Level descriptor

∙ lists some basic design specifications for the de

The student:

∙ presents one design, which can be interpreted b

1-2

∙ creates incomplete planning drawings/diagrams.

∙ lists some design specifications, which relate to t

The student:

∙ presents a few feasible designs, using an approp

3-4 the design of a solution;

∙ justifies the selection of the chosen design with r

annotation, which can be interpreted by others;
 ∙ develops design specifications, which outline the
The student:

the design of a

∙ develops a range of feasible design ideas, using

solution;
5-6
∙ presents the chosen design and justifies its sele
medium(s) and annotation, which can be interpreted

the design specification;

The student:

∙ develops detailed design specifications, which

explain the success criteria for the design of a

∙ develops a range of feasible design ideas,

solution based on the analysis of the research;

using an appropriate medium(s) and detailed

annotation, which can be correctly interpreted by

∙ presents the chosen design and justifies fully

others;

and critically its selection with detailed reference

∙ develops accurate and detailed planning

to the design specification;

drawings/diagrams and outlines

7-8 requirements for the creation of the chosen
solution.
Criterion C – Creating the Solution
• Construct a logical plan: efficient use of time and resources!
• Demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution.
• You must follow the plan.
• You fully justify changes.
• You present the solution as a whole.

Achievement
level Level Level Descriptor Task specific clarification

The student:
1-2 ∙ i. demonstrates minimal technical skills when
making the solution.
∙ii. creates the solution, which functions poorly
• You have designed the website which
displays very little technical skills.
and is presented in an incomplete form. • The design of the book jacket is incomplete
The student:
∙ i. lists each step in the plan that contains some
details, resulting in peers having difficulty following
• You have listed some details of the plan in
the plan to create the solution.
∙ ii. demonstrates satisfactory technical skills
completing the website and hence it is
difficult following the plan.
3-4 when making the solution. • You have designed the website which
displays very satisfactory technical skills.
iii. creates the solution, which partially
• The design of the website is just adequate.
functions and is adequately presented.
∙ iv. outlines changes made to the chosen
• You have outlined the changes need to be
made to the website design.
design or plan when making the solution.

The student:
∙ i. constructs a plan, which considers time and • You have listed the plan in completing the
resources, sufficient for peers to able to follow to website along with the time and resources
create the solution and hence it is easy for peers to follow the
∙ii. demonstrates competent technical skills
plan.
• You have designed the website which
5-6 when making the solution.
∙ iii. creates the solution, which functions as
displays competent technical skills.
• The design of the website is according to
 intended and is presented appropriately.
∙ iv. outlines changes made to the chosen
design or plan when making the solution.

The student:
∙ i. outlines a logical plan, which considers the
• You have listed the plan to complete the
book jacket considering efficient use of the
7-8 efficient use of resources and time, sufficient for time and resources and hence it is easy for
peers to be able to follow to create the solution.
∙ ii. demonstrates excellent technical skills when
peers to follow the plan.
• You have designed the website which
making the solution. displays excellent technical skills.
∙ iii. follows the plan to create the solution, which
• The design of the website is according to
the needs of the client and is well presented.
functions as intended and is presented • You have described the changes made to
appropriately.
∙ iv. describes changes made to the chosen
the design of the website and the plan to
complete the task.
design and plan when making the solution.

Criterion D - Evaluating
• Design detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate data.
• Evaluate the success of the solution against the design specifications.
• Explain how the solution could be improved.
• Explain the impact of the solution on the client/target audience.

Achievement
level Level descriptor Task specific clarification

The student:
1-2 ∙ designs a testing method, which is used to • You have listed one method to
 test the success of the solution.
• You have stated the success of
the solution.
The student:
∙ designs a relevant testing method, which
• You have listed relevant testing
methods to test the success of
generates data, to measure the success of the the solution.
3-4
solution; • You have stated the success of
∙ outlines the success of the solution against the
the solution against the design
specification.
design specification based on • You have stated how the
relevant product testing; website design could have been
∙ outlines how the solution could be improved;
improved.

∙ outlines the impact of the solution on the

• You have stated the impact of
the website on the client.
client/target audience.

The student: • You have listed relevant testing

∙ designs relevant testing methods, which
methods which generate data to
test the success of the solution.
generate data, to measure the success of the • You have explained the success
5-6 solution;
∙ explains the success of the solution against the
of the solution against the design
specification.
design specification based on relevant product • You have described how the
testing; website design could have been
∙ describes how the solution could be improved;
improved.

∙ explains the impact of the solution on the

• You have explained the impact of
the website on the client.
client/target audience, with guidance.
• You have listed detailed and
The student: relevant testing methods which
∙ designs detailed and relevant testing
generate data to test the success
7-8 of the solution.
methods, which generate data, to measure the • You have critically explained the
success of the solution;
∙ critically evaluates the success of the solution
success of the solution against
the design specification.
against the design specification based on • You have explained how the
authentic product testing; website design could have been
∙ explains how the solution could be improved;
improved.

∙ explains the impact of the product on the

• You have explained the impact of
the website on the client.
client/target audience.