What Fruits and Vegetables are Safe or Toxic to Dogs Instructional Program
Project Description:
This course was designed to instruct students and learners on what is safe and toxic for dogs. This course will teach the most common fruits and vegetables that are safe or toxic along with small pieces of information regarding fruit or vegetables. This course will guide users through safe fruits, toxic fruits, safe vegetables, and toxic vegetables. This course is interactive by allowing learners to answer questions and choose which topic they wish to access. This course is designed to be interactive and informative as well as expressing the importance of healthy food choices for your dog.
Purpose and Need:
The purpose of this instructional course is to provide individuals the knowledge of what fruits and vegetables are safe and toxic for their dog. This information is important as it concerns the health and safety of a dog. This skill is important for new dog owners, long-time dog owners, children, people interested in health and food safety, or watching a dog for a friend or family member. The need for this skill is to keep dogs safe from fruits or vegetables that can harm or hurt them. The need for what is safe or toxic for dogs is important for keeping a dog healthy and happy for their entire life.
Intended Audience:
The target audience for this instructional project, Which fruits and vegetables are safe or toxic to dogs, would be any individual 8-80 years old on average. The age range for this course would be anyone who can read and comprehend the importance of safe and toxic foods. This also includes any individual who is managing dogs’ food, able to feed dogs food without adult supervision, or anyone who owns a dog.
Instructional Framework:
I followed the ADDIE instructional framework model. This program allowed me to research, design, develop, and receive feedback on this program. ADDIE is an instructional framework that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. This framework model allowed me to design my instructional program with engaging and interactive elements along with providing essential information regarding food safety for dogs. Due to this model, I was able to provide an empathetic, informative, engaging, and interactive instructional program that teaches learners what fruit and vegetable is safe or toxic to dogs.
Analysis:
For the analysis stage of the ADDIE model, I planned the instructional need, target audience, and goals for this project. I determined the need to be knowledge of what fruits and vegetables are safe or toxic to dogs. For the goals of the project, I want learners to be able to identify what fruits are safe and toxic along with what vegetables are safe and toxic to dogs. Learners will be able to recall this information and recall this information the next time they go to feed a dog a fruit or vegetable.
Design:
For the design stage of the ADDIE model, I planned how I wished the program to look and function. I also wanted the fruit and vegetable pages to be clean, simple, and convey the information clearly to the learner. Graphics were a big importance for this program as I wanted everything to be colorful and bright but also aid to the intrinsic and emotional state of the learner with a cute dog avatar. I wanted the function of the program to be simple and easy to navigate. I did not want learners to get stuck or not know the next step in the program. I decided on short quizzes at the end of each section and then one final test at the end.
Development:
For the development stage of the ADDIE model, I started the prototype process in Figma. I wanted to create live buttons and quizzes that navigated the learner through the sections. I started with the graphics and created all of the graphics by hand in the iPad application Procreate and then imported them into Illustrator to vectorize them. After the graphics were done, I imported the vector illustrations into Figma and started on the design of the program. I started with the front page moving to each fruit and vegetable section and finally the test. I decided on a neutral color palette to not distract from the fruits. I also added the dog illustration to each page. After all of the information was added, illustrations scaled and in place, and the quizzes and tests all set up, I programed each button and interaction.
Implementation:
For the implementation stage of the ADDIE model, I presented the program to three learners, one of the volunteer learners being a certified vet. For quality and accuracy, I wanted a vet to look over the information to make sure everything was correct and portrayed accurately. I received feedback from these users on the effectiveness, accuracy, and functionality of the program.
Evaluation:
For the evaluation stage of the ADDIE model, I evaluated if the learning goals were met and addressed feedback. The volunteer learners met the learning goals, and they provided feedback. I then applied this feedback to the program.
Technology Integration:
The technology that was implemented and used during this project were a computer, the internet, iPad application Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, and Figma. The computer and internet were used for research, planning, and preparing for the project. I used an iPad and the application Procreate to roughly sketch out the fruits, vegetables, and dog variations. I then pulled the bitmap files into Adobe Illustrator to vectorize each fruit, vegetable, and dog variants. After the files were vectorized I imported them into Figma and added them to the framework of the program. I used Figma to map out the content, create the pages, and then assign the buttons and movement to each page and element.
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