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Content Critique
Name of team
Date

Our aims
By the end of this session we should have:
 Established some rules for conducting a
content critique
 Carried out a content critique on a
document
 Seen the benefits in action

Outline
Running a crit
Let’s go
Review
What is a crit?

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Sarah Winters

What is a crit?
A ‘crit’ is a content critique. It’s where a
group of people get together to
comment on a piece of content that’s
been drafted by one or more of the
people in the group.
We can make it what we want
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1:Talk about the content, not the person
Not: Why didn't you do this!
Try: Would X work for the reader?
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2: Be honest, but be kind.
Use constructive criticism only
Not: That's not very good!
Try: Have you considered X?
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3: No-one needs to defend a position
We are a team, and we need to work
together for the reader. We are all
working and learning together.
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Stage Group Timing Notes
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Whole
group
2 min
Presenter explains the content and
suggests what they want us to focus
on for the crit
2
Breakout
rooms of
2-3
10 min
Team read and discuss content and
prepare feedback in small groups
3
Whole
group
15 min
Team offer feedback on content.
Content Designer focuses on
feedback. Sean or another member
of team makes notes to give to
content designer later.
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What we’ll focus on
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Not about typos: It’s more about whether:
 the content adds any value
 it stems from an evidenced user need
 it contains any fluff that can be scrapped
 it’s gone beyond the acceptance criteria it was
designed to meet
 there are major issues (crits aren’t about praising
the best bits)

Please provide feedback on
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
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Aims
By the end of this session we should have:
 Established some rules for conducting a
content critique
 Carried out a content critique on a
document
 Seen the benefits in action

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