University of Glasgow · Computing Science Honours Project

Explore the three feedback designs

This short guide explains how to explore the interactive Figma concepts. It is a design-preview guide, not a consent form, invitation or approved research protocol.

Research participation is not open through this website. If you have been invited into an authorised research session, follow the separate participant information and consent materials supplied by the researcher. This page does not request or collect any responses.

What you will see

Clarity	Focus Lab	Pathway
Trace a loop using 4, 6, 6 and 8.	Choose code statements for max_two(a,b).	Use a conversation to build the same function.
Blue trace-first interface	Purple evidence-first workbench	Green conversation-first interface

How to explore

Choose a concept from the showcase and open its desktop or mobile Figma flow.
Read the task, then try the available response controls. These designs use structured choices rather than a full Python interpreter.
Check the feedback. Look for what the interface explains about the response and its evidence.
Decide whether to open an optional explanation, or leave it unopened.
Try changing a previous choice, then decide whether to retry, continue or finish.
If a control does not respond, note what you expected. Do not enter personal details or real Moodle credentials.

Questions to consider

What part of answering the activity was easiest to understand?
Did the response-specific feedback explain why an answer was wrong?
Was it obvious how to request or decline help?
Were editing, retrying and finishing clearly different actions?
Did anything feel hard to read, select or navigate?

Important study limitation

Clarity uses a trace task. Focus Lab and Pathway use a bounded function task. Differences in task content, prior knowledge and interface design all affect the experience. The designs are not evidence of measured learning gains.

Access and privacy

This site stores no survey responses or analytics. Figma is a separate service with its own access requirements. Synthetic demonstration videos are scripted reconstructions, not recordings of participants. The University ethics release, final study contacts, secure storage, consent and withdrawal arrangements remain separate prerequisites for research participation.