Your Design Description provides a specific explanation of a design concept related to the website you are analyzing for your Recommendation Report.
Check These Sources
From Technical Communication:
- Analyzing the Writing Situation for Descriptions, on pp. 561–563
- Focus on Process: Descriptions, on p. 562
- Indicating Clearly the Nature and Scope of the Description, on p. 563
- Introducing the Description, on p. 563
- Providing Appropriate Detail, on pp. 563–565
- GUIDELINES: Providing Appropriate Detail in Descriptions, on pp. 565–566.
- Ending The Description With A Brief Conclusion , on p. 566
Length
The length of your description depends upon the concept that you explain and the examples that you include. Aim for a one-page technical description, including the screenshots and images you choose. You can compose more than one page. Use as much space as you need.
Checklist Requirements
You are focusing on describing a design concept that relates to the analysis of your website and the related recommendations. Your Best Draft Submission should meet the criteria below:
Your Design Description should . . .
- Indicate the nature and scope of the description clearly (p. 563).
- Introduce the description by answering the following questions (all from p. 564), as appropriate:
- What is the design concept?
- How does the design concept work?
- What is the function of the design concept?
- Provide detailed information (pp. 563–566).
- Include screenshots or images from the website to illustrate the design concept.
- Conclude by summarizing the major points of the design concept (p. 566).