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Assignment
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CSCI-588: Specification
and Design of User Interface Software |
Fall 2004 |
| 3A:
Interaction (Dialogue) Styles (Due: 6.30 pm. PDT, September
21, 2004) |
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you evaluate your project's interaction styles, use Shneiderman's
discussion on dialogue styles. In particular, see the class
notes referenced below. You are taking this table and modifying
it for your project, filling in the elements in the table
based on team agreement. You should evaluate based on the
user psychology, knowledge and experience, and job and characteristics
of your project. You have to present the evaluation in a
tabular form. Also, explain the reason for choosing or not
choosing certain dialogue style(s) for your project's UI.
You have to figure out what the user psychology, knowledge
and experience, and job and characteristics of your project
are and explain why. Review DEN class website handout entitled
“Diagloue Styles”. |
v =
completed satisfactorily. You are heading down the right
path. Dialogue Style Summary pages are photocopied right
out of the notes and edited with your project information
v- means resubmit this homework due to errors or incompleteness.
v+ = all factors which will affect your decisions on the
dialogue style(s) for your system are covered and explained
clearly. It is clear that you possess an understanding of
the inter-relationship of both Assignments #3A and #3B. In
general, v+ homework includes some written explanation to
clarify the decision made. |
| COURSE
NOTES referral: See Pages 2-167 to 2-172 |
| 3B:
User Characterization Analysis (Due: 6.30 pm. PDT, September
21, 2004) |
| You
are asked to perform a user characterization. See class notes,
referenced below. You have to identify the following: user
characteristics, user tasks, user workload, and user environmental
considerations. Much of your analysis was already performed
while completing Part 1. Also, complete and/or modify the "User
Profile Checklist" (handout on DEN website with the
same name) for your project. |
v =
both parts are completed satisfactorily. You are heading
down the right path. User Profile Checklist page are photocopied
right out of the notes and edited with your project information
v- means resubmit this homework due to errors or incompleteness.
v+ = All possible user characteristics (who is the user),
user tasks (what tasks the user performs), user workload
(for example life-critical systems vs. casual browsing and
information gathering sessions), and user environmental considerations
are analyzed and listed. Example environmental considerations
are: working environment for your project system, for instance,
in a car, handheld computer, standing at the ATM, sitting
at home, working alone or with others, etc). It is clear
that you possess an understanding of the inter-relationship
of both Assignments #3A and #3B. In general, v+ homework
includes some written explanation to clarify the decision
made. |
| COURSE
NOTES referral: See Pages 3-24 to 3-28. |
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