exam 2 playground evaluation

Principles 1

Equitable Use

•The design is useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities

•This means everyone uses in the same way, regardless of abilities. 

Principle 2

Flexibility in Use

•The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities

•Provides choice, accommodates right or left handedness, facilitates accuracy and precision, and adapts to the users pace

Principle 3

Simple and Intuitive Use

• Use of the design is easy to understanding, regardless of experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level

Principle 4

Perceptible Information

•The design communicates necessary information effectively to the user, regardless of ambient conditions or the users’ sensory abilities

Principle 5

Tolerance for Error

• The design minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended actions

  • Provide warnings of hazards and errors, provide fail safe features, discourage unconscious action in tasks that require vigilance

Principle 6

Low Physical Effort

• The design can be used efficiently and comfortably and with a minimum of fatigue

Principle 7

Size and Space for Approach and Use

• Appropriate size and space is provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use regardless of user’s body size, posture, or mobility