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Keeping Food Safe
IDT 530, Spring 2014
Cameron Ware
Keeping Food Safe – Cameron Ware
Section One: Pre-planning
Introduction
Keeping Food Safe is a computer based instruction which will teach learners how
to properly select a location for food storage as well as utilize the proper method for that
specific location. This will be a somewhat interactive lesson utilizing many graphics,
audio narration, and simulation.
Making a Case for Computer-Based Instruction
This topic was ultimately chosen to test this kind of instruction in a computer
based format. Typically these topics would be covered in a more traditional classroom
setting but with more colleges and universities looking for new physical activities for
their students to engage in access to this lesson in a more individualized setting could
prove to be beneficial. There would not have to be an allotted time for a group of
students to meet with an instructor. Students could complete this lesson on their own
and ask any follow up questions individually when they have the opportunity.
Ideally if the method for this lesson proves to be successful then more lessons
could be developed targeting other aspects of hiking or camping. Thus allowing those
students who are interested to gain much of the background or basic information on
their own so when the group comes together the focus can be on fine tuning their skills
(in a classroom environment) and final preparations for the trip.
The learners who would be participating in this lesson are initially undergraduate
college students. This is an activity which is not mandatory for all students to participate
in so those who would choose to do this would already have a certain level of interest in
the end goal. Although the interest may be present the incoming knowledge level could
vary dramatically. More details about the learners will be provided later in the learner
analysis portion of this document.
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Type of Computer-Based Instruction
Keeping Food Safe will present two tutorial elements to present the basic
knowledge to the learners. One tutorial will address selecting the correct location for
food storage. The other will address how to properly store the food in the given location.
There will be assessment items following each tutorial to assist the learner with
knowledge retention.
Following the tutorial parts will be a simulation exercise which will take the
learner through the entire process of properly storing their food on an outing. The
learner will have to select the best location and method in a given scenario. The learner
will go through multiple scenarios in order to reinforce what was learned. This exercise
will act as the summative assessment for this lesson although the true summative
assessment will be a practical assessment once the student goes on the trip and has to
do this in an actual live setting.
Delivery Considerations
This lesson is designed to be viewed on a personal computer via the internet.

Although possible due the smaller screen size of portable devices such as tablets or
smart phones it would not be optimal to view this lesson on such a device due to the
graphic detail that might be required for some parts of the lesson. As such this lesson is
being designed for a screen resolution of 1024x768.
The lesson would be server based and assessed via a URL provided to the
student. Thus there should not be loading or lagging issues since there will be no video
or animation as a part of this lesson.
Media Considerations
Graphics
Keeping Food Safe will utilize a variety of graphics depicting the different
locations and storage methods/containers. All graphics will be in .png or .jpg format.
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Audio
Keeping Food Safe will many use audio in the form of voice over narration. Only
on a couple of screens will there be any background music. No music or other
extraneous audio will be used as to not detract from the information being presented.
Any audio files will be in an .mp3 format.
Video
There are not video or animation elements for this lesson.
Fonts
Title and slide heading – size 55, font Myriad Hebrew, the text will be yellow on a brown
background
Sub-title– size 24, font Myriad Pro, usually black but sometimes size 45, green
Presentation text – size 22, font Myriad Pro, color black
Color Palates and System Colors
The primary colors of the interface will be the colors of the background image, so
browns for the tree trunks and greens where there are leaves. The area of the screen
will be significantly lightened so as to not interfere with the material being presented but
will still have a grey hue. Most on screen text in this area will be black, any text that is
not black will be a darker green so it is still easily read.
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Section Two: Design
Goal of Instruction
The goal of this instruction is that: Given a wooded, campsite like area properly
identify the best location to safely store food and utilize the proper method given such
location.
Objectives
The objective of this training are:
1.0 Given a wooded, campsite like scene the leaner will be able to correctly identify
the best location in that scene to properly store food in order to keep it safe from
animals.
1.1 Upon determining a tree is the most suitable storage location the learner will be
able to correctly identify the proper location on the tree.
1.2 Upon determining that a ground storage location will be best suited the learner
will be able to correctly identify ground location in relation to the sleeping area.
2.0 Given a location to store food select the proper method to store that food to keep
it safe from animals.
2.1 The learner will be able to properly identify the proper bag type container that
would be best suited for the given location.
2.2 The learner will be able to properly identify the proper time a metal container
would be available for use.
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Task Analysis
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Learner Analysis
Learners will be college students who want to go hiking and/or camping in an
area where animals might be. They can be from any background but probably more
men than women. It is suspected the majority will be late teen to early twenties students
who may have a little hiking or camping experience but are now wanting to venture into
different areas or maybe do overnight trips. Who exactly the learner is going to be is
ultimately yet to be determined.
Strengths
Characteristics Description ID Implication
Learners want to safely If going camping or out Learners will be interested
store their food on a hike it is desirable to in the material and
have a good time and motivated to learn in order
maintain your food supply to keep their food safe
Weaknesses
Learners are novices in The learners would be There is a lot of information
regards to these types of preparing for their first to remember and sort
outdoor activities activity of this kind through. This information
must be presented in a
manner to be memorable
Another subject matter Learners are college Importance of the
students who are in the information must be
midst of learning a vast stressed so it is
amount of information in remembered but in relation
their classes to the activity
Assessment Items
There will be formative and summative assessment items used for this lesson.
The formative assessment items will be following each tutorial section to reinforce what
material has been presented. The summative assessment would ultimately be a hands
on exercise that would evaluate the effectiveness of the training. The student would
have to show the ability they can correctly enact the learned information in a real time
actual event. However, there will also be an exercise following the completion of the
tutorials which would serve as summative assessment type of role. It is not intended to
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be evaluated and scored so would not be a true assessment but does required the
student to work through different scenarios to show they understand the information and
can evaluate a given situation and make the correct decision. All of the scenarios must
be completed in order to finish the lesson.
The formative assessment questions will be designed to assess objectives 1.1,

1.2, 2.1, and 2.2. These questions will be multiple choice in nature and will relate to the
material which was just previously presented. The final exercise will assess both
objective 1.0 and 2.0. Again this will be an exercise the learner has to work through
putting together all the material presented during the lesson.
Interface Metaphor
Since the ultimate goal of this lesson is to provide the student with the tools to go
on a hiking or camping trip and to be able to safely store their food the interface will
mimic this kind of environment. The backgrounds will be different scenes the learner
might actually encounter when they are on their hiking or camping trip.
Screen Design Principles
Light and Screen Design
This lesson is designed to be in the environment. Thus the lighting will be coming
from the top of the screen as mimic being overhead. The lighting may shift from the left
or right depending on how the light is in the background image. Buttons will be in the
theme of the lesson. As to have minimal effect on how the buttons interact with the
background there will minimal differences between the active or up and press or down
versions of the buttons. The only difference will be a slight change in color. The pressed
version will become darker.
Background and Borders
As stated above the background will be various outdoor scenes in order to put
the learner as much into the environment as possible. What I will call my “main” screen
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will be trail going through the woods with a tree along the left side and along the bottom.
The information presentation screens will have a significant portion dimmer to allow the
presentation of the information.
A Place for Everything
This tree frame will remain on every screen to provide consistency throughout
the lesson. The trees will act as a frame for the screen and this is where any buttons
(navigation, help, etc.) will be. The buttons will appear in the same location on any
screen they are present on, although every button may not be available on every
screen.
Text and Readability
Any on screen text is meant to highlight what the narration is saying (when
applicable). It is meant to be simple, clear and will be consistent throughout the lesson.
As described earlier the text font will be black or something dark to contrast the light
background it will be set against.
Treatment
Background/designer notes
This training project will be a mix of cognitive and behavioral approaches due to
the material being presented. The material itself will be presented using more cognitive
approaches but successfully completing the end goal will require a behavioral approach.
This project will consist of five units: introduction, selecting the correct container,
selecting the correct location, practice exercise (simulation), and closing
credits/remarks.
Description of project
The program will open with a forest scene with wildlife sounds fading in. The
trees in the middle of the screen will part and the title will begin to appear zooming in
from within the forest (working title is “Keeping your food safe”). Centered toward the
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bottom portion of the screen a button then appears captioned as “begin your journey”,
enticing the learner to continue.
Once clicked the screen fades into what will be the screen format for the
remainder of the lesson. This screen will consist of a standing tree on the left, a fallen
tree across the bottom and a forest canopy across the top with sky/light peeking
through. The open/center area will look like a rock path going through the forest. This
first screen will load with instructions displayed in the center asking the user to hoover
over each button and learn what each one will do. There will be a home button toward
the top on the left side (picture of a tent), an exit button on the bottom right (picture of a
car), the forward and back buttons will be centered along the bottom (will be foot/boot
prints) and there will be volume control on the bottom left. This will be the standard
layout unless otherwise stated.
After an appropriate amount of time (exact time?) the instructions will transition
into a request for the user to select the next button. Once selected the music will fade
out and the lesson objectives will be displayed. Voice-over narration will begin
explaining each objective. The end of the narration will ask the user to continue when
ready. When the user continues the sound of footsteps walking through the forest (think
crunching leaves and branches) will fade in and a screen with two options will appear.
The options will be for the two different parts of the lesson. The proper container part or
the proper location part. The user will select one of these options which will take them to
the first screen for that lesson. We’ll say the user selected the proper container option.
The next screen will be the beginning of the explanations of what proper storage
containers can be. There will be small pictures of each kind that when selected will be
become larger for easier viewing. There will be multiple screens explaining and showing
the different containers and some that should be avoided. As well as the places the
different containers should be used in. Once the user is through the information there
will be a couple screens with questions about what was just presented. Once an answer
is selected the user will be taken to a response screen providing feedback about
whether that selection was correct or not. After the last feedback screen there will be an
option to continue to the other part of the lesson (whichever was not selected the first
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time). The second part of the lesson will be much like the first, just this time the
information will be about the proper location selection depending on what kind of
situation you are in. There will again be some information screens (with narration) to
explain the different locations that can be used, their advantages and disadvantages
and some locations to avoid. Like the first lesson once all the information is presented
there will be a few questions to review what just presented with feedback screens after
question. After the last feedback screen the user will move on to a scenario based
review exercise. The exercise will be for the user to select an appropriate storage
location and container given a certain scene. The user will first be presented with some
(two or three) scenes to choose from. Once the scene is selected the user will have to
select the kind of container they think would work best in that space and then where
they would put it to keep the contents (their food) safe and untouched by wildlife. There
will not necessarily be an absolute right or wrong but the scene will be designed to
present one storage technique to be a better choice than the other as well as the
placement of the storage container. Once the exercise is complete the user will have
the option to go back and work through the other scenes or to continue on to the end of
the lesson. If they choose to continue they will go back to the screen with the scene
options (not being able to select any they have already done though). If they choose to
continue to the end the next screen will be a review of the objectives of the lesson. The
final screen will congratulate the user on finishing and move the exit button to a more
prominent location on the screen.
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Implementation/Evaluation Report
Evaluation of this lesson will be accomplished by one peer review and two one
on one sessions. The peer review will be completed via the Captivate reviewer tool.
This review will be done to check for accuracy, usability, and completeness. Upon
receiving any comments from the reviewer I will make adjustments or changes as
necessary. If there are substantial changes I will request the peer review be completed
again.
Once the peer review is completed and the lesson will then be seen by three co-
workers. Although maybe a few years older than who the anticipated learner will be,
their incoming level of knowledge should be similar. If possible I will observe then work
through the lesson, being present to facilitate any questions that may come up. I will
also take notes about what these learners are commenting about the lesson.
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Keeping Food Safe

IDT 530, Spring 2014

Section One: Pre-planning

Making a Case for Computer-Based Instruction

Type of Computer-Based Instruction

This lesson is designed to be viewed on a personal computer via the internet.

There are not video or animation elements for this lesson.

Presentation text – size 22, font Myriad Pro, color black

Color Palates and System Colors

Section Two: Design

The objective of this training are:

The formative assessment questions will be designed to assess objectives 1.1,

Screen Design Principles

Light and Screen Design

Background and Borders

A Place for Everything

Text and Readability

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