You are to complete one piece of intensive course work for the module HCI which is worth 50% of the module overall marks !he incourse work is to "e completed as a piece of cooperative and colla"orative group work You need to work in a team of # mem"ers$ or in exceptional cases$ cases$ mem"ers You are re&uire re&uired d to create create an interactive interactive application application using an authoring tool of 'our choice (o note that the purpose of this assignment FOCUSES on on the user interface and what goes into the entire design process that will give it a certain look and feel A full' functional s'stem is NOT e)pected e)pected to "e produced However$ some limited functionalit' *such as dumm' output+ is e)pected in order to demonstrate the a"ilit' of the s'stem (ata"ase "ackend is not necessar'
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The Learning Outcomes
!his assignment is to test students achievements of the following/ 1 Appreciate a range of human population capa"ilities and differences that impinge on interface design and use (Human Factors) - how awareness of fundamental issues of human computer interaction and cost2 effective assessments of usa"ilit' Appl' common techni&ues in HCI to Plan$ Investigate$ 3odel$ s'nthesise and evaluate a small2scale protot'pe (Usailit! Engineering "ifec!cle) # Criticall' review human and "usiness 4ustifications for s'stem usa"ilit' First Stage At the initial stage of this pro4ect$ the team mem"ers are to meet together and "rainstorm for this pro4ect As a team$ 'ou are re&uired to su"mit 'our proposal$ which includes the following re&uirements/ 1 You need to draw a scheme of work (#or$load matri%) that shows how and when 'our team will perform the usa"ilit' engineering activities *as identified on page of this document+
- Your plan (&antt Chart) should include details of the tasks *including meetings+ that will "e involved and what delivera"les 'ou will produce as the usa"ilit' pro4ect proceeds$ including the final report itself You are advised to include some spare time in 'our plan for unforeseen events eg one or more team mem"ers "eing a"sent for short periods Deliverable: You will be expected to ‘walk through’ / discuss your plan with your lecturer during week 3 of the module You will need to make a 10-minute appointment to do this normally during one of the usual timetabled slots!
Your proposal should include: Title Introduction – of the application that you are going to develop. Objective – of the application roblem !tatement !olution "onclusion nce this proposal is approved then 'ou and 'our team can move on to the second stage of the pro4ect where design$ implementation$ documentation and presentation will "e scheduled
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Second Stage
Your team will work through the following usa"ilit' engineering activities/ .ser 6e&uirement .ser Profiling7takeholder anal'sis • !ask anal'sis • .sa"ilit' 8oals and Competitive Anal'sis Identif'ing usa"ilit' principles used in the s'stem • Competitive Anal'sis • Protot'pe and 9alkthrough Parallel designs • tor'"oarding and description of each screen purpose and strateg' "ehind its • design !esting of (esign :ormative evaluation • Impact to the design • 8eneral Implementation • :inal presentation7documentation • 6eferences • Complete documentation must "e produced to contain all the activities that the development team went through in producing the s'stem Complete and detailed research is re&uired for each activit' As this is a group assignment, it is expected that the usability engineering activities are to be carried out together as a team ach member must demonstrate !nowledge and ability to explain each activity and the "usti#ications o# any decision made$ Each memer will e responsile for documenting one chosen usailit! engineering section' N*U+"",
!hroughout the development c'cle$ the team is re&uired to discuss the progress of the pro4ect ever' two weeks (ocumentation of the discussions is to "e included as part of the su"mission together with a detailed workload matri) to show the participation of all group mem"ers !he workload matri) is to be signed o## "' each team mem"er
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!he following are the marks that are to "e awarded to each team mem"er for the work done "' the entire group )roup %ar!s &*+( Overall achievement o# the learning outcome: -0 .nderstanding of the overall HCI consideration in the pro4ect !he following are the marks that are to "e awarded to each team mem"er for the work done for their respective section -ser .ro#iling 0esearch and 0e#erences: .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 1ritical Discussion and Application o# -ser 0e2uirements: !o include the selection of data gathering methods the actual user profiling process performed the impact of user profiling results task anal'sis -sability )oals and 1ompetitive Analysis 0esearch and 0e#erences: .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 1ritical Discussion and Application: !o include the selection of design principles the selection of usa"ilit' goals competitive anal'sis .rototype and 3al!through 0esearch and 0e#erences: .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 1ritical Discussion and Application: !o include stor'"oarding each screen purpose and strateg' "ehind its design peer to peer evaluation *parallel design+$ participator' design and their impact on the design Testing o# Design 0esearch and 0e#erences: .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 1ritical Discussion and Application: !o include discussion on formative testing performed discussion on the impact of the results to the final protot'pe
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%ar!ing scheme #or the team o# three &4( 3arks will "e accorded to the team mem"ers for all work carried out in their respective section !he following are the marks that are to "e awarded to each team mem"er for the work done "' the entire group )roup Testing o# Design :ormative !esting Overall achievement o# the learning outcome: .nderstanding of the overall HCI consideration for the pro4ect
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!he following are the marks that are to "e awarded to each team mem"er for the work done for their respective section -ser .ro#iling %ar!s &5+( 0esearch and 0e#erences: -0 .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 1ritical Discussion and Application o# -ser 0e2uirements: 50 !o include the selection of data gathering methods the actual user profiling process performed the impact of user profiling results task anal'sis • • • •
-sability )oals and 1ompetitive Analysis %ar!s &5+( 0esearch and 0e#erences: -0 .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 50 1ritical Discussion and Application: !o include the selection of design principles the selection of usa"ilit' goals competitive anal'sis • • •
.rototype and 3al!through %ar!s &5+( 0esearch and 0e#erences: -0 .se of research to support decision making *appropriate use of citations and references+ 1ritical Discussion and Application: 50 !o include stor'"oarding each screen purpose and strateg' "ehind its design peer to peer evaluation *parallel design+$ participator' design and their impact on the design • • •
