Project 1: Submit Project Plan
Purpose
Your goal is to create a design for a software interface.
You will experience the scope of the design process from
brainstorming ideas and gathering information about users’ needs to
storyboarding, prototyping, and finally, testing and refining your
product.
As you work on the software interface, you will demonstrate
your ability to apply fundamental Human-Computer Interaction
principles to interface analysis, design, and implementation. You
will be responsible for delivering project components to your
professor at several points during the course.
Action Items
You will need to decide on an idea for an interface. It could be
a web site, a mobile app, an appliance touch screen, etc. Don’t
make your idea too broad. Focus on something that solves a problem
or fills a need. Another approach is to take an interface that is
very poor and reimagine it. Your project idea needs to be
sufficiently complex to show your ability to design multiple
screens and interaction flows as the user carries out a small
number of tasks.
1) Brainstorm ideas. You might want to use a free, online
mind-mapping tool like SpiderScribe or Mindomo. Here are some
questions you might want to consider to focus your brainstorming:
a) Think of a service you or your friends use. What’s the
biggest avoidable hassle (inconvenience) customers must endure?
b) What happens in your daily routine that is complex or
confusing? How could you simplify it?
c) Think of a domain that interests you: shopping, elementary
education, exercise, social media, etc. What possibilities are
there to do something new or better? What might be redesigned for
newer or different technologies like smart phones or gaming
platforms?
2) Narrow your choices down to the best 2 or three ideas.
Pick Your Idea and Begin to Think About Your Potential Users
1) Submit your idea to your professor for approval.
2) Format your submission using the following sections:
a) The Problem
b) Why It’s Interesting
c) Main Users Affected
d) Current Solutions
e) Shortcomings and Strengths of Current Solutions
f) Main Goals of Your Project
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Project 2: Review of Literature
Purpose
Your goal is to create a design for a software interface.
You will experience the scope of the design process from
brainstorming ideas and gathering information about users’ needs to
storyboarding, prototyping, and finally, testing and refining your
product.
As you work on the software interface, you will demonstrate
your ability to apply fundamental Human-Computer Interaction
principles to interface analysis, design, and implementation. You
will be responsible for delivering project components to your
professor at several points during the course.
Action Items
You will need to decide on an idea for an interface. It could be
a web site, a mobile app, an appliance touch screen, etc. Don’t
make your idea too broad. Focus on something that solves a problem
or fills a need. Another approach is to take an interface that is
very poor and reimagine it. Your project idea needs to be
sufficiently complex to show your ability to design multiple
screens and interaction flows as the user carries out a small
number of tasks.
1) Brainstorm ideas. You might want to use a free, online
mind-mapping tool like SpiderScribe or Mindomo. Here are some
questions you might want to consider to focus your brainstorming:
a) Think of a service you or your friends use. What’s the
biggest avoidable hassle (inconvenience) customers must endure?
b) What happens in your daily routine that is complex or
confusing? How could you simplify it?
c) Think of a domain that interests you: shopping, elementary
education, exercise, social media, etc. What possibilities are
there to do something new or better? What might be redesigned for
newer or different technologies like smart phones or gaming
platforms?
2) Narrow your choices down to the best 2 or three ideas.
Pick Your Idea and Begin to Think About Your Potential Users
1) Submit your idea to your professor for approval.
2) Format your submission using the following sections:
a) The Problem
b) Why It’s Interesting
c) Main Users Affected
d) Current Solutions
e) Shortcomings and Strengths of Current Solutions
f) Main Goals of Your Project
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