The Materials Analysis is a brief Google Document (~500 words) that explicates how the features of your map target an audience, suit a specific online venue, and accomplish a purpose. This document should have three parts: introduction, body, conclusion. An effective structure for the Materials Analysis is outlined below:

1. Introduction: Introduce your topic by providing relevant background information about the current situation. In other words, show the reader what existing issue your map addresses. You will have to identify the specific online venue the map could fit, the audience it targets, and what it seeks to achieve. The introduction is generally one or two paragraphs.
   
   
2. Body: In the body, you should identify specific, concrete features of the map and explain how they help it fit a specific online venue, target an audience, and achieve a purpose. The body should constitute the bulk of your Materials Analysis.
   
   
3. Conclusion: Briefly reiterate what your map accomplishes and key ways that its features do this. The conclusion generally is no longer than a solid paragraph.
   
   

Remember that an analysis does not use first person; it should not talk about you nor your design process. The Materials Analysis is like a legal case. It should establish an argument to prove in the introduction. It should then present its evidence in the body. Lastly, it should make its closing argument in the conclusion.

Once you have completed your Materials Analysis, you will submit it to me electronically using the form below. Once your Google Doc is ready for submission, make certain that its "Share" setting is set to "Public on the web," and then enter the document's URL in the form below. Feel free to contact me with specific questions.