Posted: February 2nd, 2015

Part 1 HCI Design Project: Interface Design Description

Part 1 HCI Design Project: Interface Design Description
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Project description
Overview
In this assignment, you will create an abstract that sufficiently describes your proposed human-computer interface design project. Your abstract must be descriptive enough to allow your professor to determine whether it will work for the project. If your proposal appears to be insufficient or too ambitious, your professor will work with you to bring the proposal into alignment with the intent of the project.

Action Items
1.Identify a project that you will carry out over the course of this class. It may be an enhancement to an existing user interface or a completely new tool. However, it needs to be sufficiently complex to show your ability to design both multiple screens and interaction flows as the user carries out a small number of tasks.
2.Write a 100-word abstract (a concise, informative description) of the software interface project you propose to complete for the HCI Design Project.
3.Submit your assignment for analysis to
4.Review your Originality Report.
6.When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.
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Part 1
HCI Design Project: Interface Design Description

Overview
In this assignment, you will create an abstract that sufficiently describes your proposed human-computer interface design project. Your abstract must be descriptive enough to allow your professor to determine whether it will work for the project. If your proposal appears to be insufficient or too ambitious, your professor will work with you to bring the proposal into alignment with the intent of the project.

Action Items
1. Identify a project that you will carry out over the course of this class. It may be an enhancement to an existing user interface or a completely new tool. However, it needs to be sufficiently complex to show your ability to design both multiple screens and interaction flows as the user carries out a small number of tasks.
2. Write a 100-word abstract (a concise, informative description) of the software interface project you propose to complete for the HCI Design Project.
3. Submit your assignment for analysis to
4. Review your Originality Report.
5. Make appropriate changes to your paper and re-submit it to Turnitin.com.
6. When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.
Part 2
HCI Project: Requirements Specification

Overview
For this assignment, you will create a Software Requirements Specification for the HCI Design Project. The goal of this assignment is for you to describe the software interface that you are developing. The description must contain sufficient information so that a designer could design the software and a developer could code the intended program. You may use the Project Requirements template, or one from your own workplace, if it is available.

Action Items
7. Create a software requirements specification for the software interface that you are developing. Be certain to fill in each part of the template that is relevant to your project. For those sections that are not relevant, please indicate “N/A” as your response. (will attach template)
8. Use properly formatted in-text citations and a reference list to accurately cite the sources of information that you use to write your assignment. Failure to use proper citations and references is plagiarism and could result in a charge of academic dishonesty. (See APA Resources for Students.)
9. Submit your assignment for analysis to TurnItIn.com.
10. View your Originality Report.
11. Make appropriate changes to your paper and re-submit it to Turnitin.com.
12. When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.

Grading Criteria
• Requirements are sufficient to support creation of a complete Software Design Specification. You have included content appropriate to all sections or noted that a given section is not applicable when it is not needed in your application. (0-75 points)
• Points will be deducted for spelling and/or grammatical errors
Part 3
HCI Project: Presentation Factors

Purpose
To assess your ability to incorporate appropriate presentation factors (i.e., facets of interaction) into a human-computer interface design.

Overview
For this assignment, you will prepare a presentation in which you describe how presentation factors have been/will be applied to your HCI Design Project.

Action Items
13. Prepare a ten-minute PowerPoint presentation (no more than 5-8 slides, including the title slide) in which you describe how you are addressing presentation factors (i.e., facets of interaction) in your HCI Design Project.
14. Be sure to include the following:
Define what is meant by the term “presentation factors” as applied to your project.
Assess the importance you have placed on presentation factors, such as use of color, interface components, icons, text, speech and hearing, and touch and movement.
Also defend your choice regarding other factors used in determining the design of the project. Possible other factors include: development costs, maintainability, functionality, and reliability in the final design.
Determine what means are available to assess presentation factors in your project.
15. Use properly formatted in-text citations and a reference list to accurately cite the sources of information that you use to write your assignment. Failure to use proper citations and references is plagiarism and could result in a charge of academic dishonesty. (See APA Resources for Students.)

Grading Criteria
Organization & Design (50 points)
• The information is well-organized and clearly presented. (0-10 points)
• The main focus of the presentation is concisely stated within 8-10 min. (0-10 points)
• The presentation contains relevant and effective visuals. (0-10 points)
• The opening slide is effective. (0-10 points)
• The closing slides is effective. (0-10 points)
Content (50 points)
• The presentation defines the term “presentation factors” as applied to your project. (0-10 points)
• The presentation discusses the importance you placed on presentation factors. (0-10 points)
• The presentation includes a defense of your choices regarding other factors used in determining the design of the project. (0-10 points)
• The presentation describes means available for assessing presentation factors in your project. (0-10 points)
• Proper citations are included. (0-10 points)
Points will be deducted for spelling and/or grammatical errors– please proofread before submitting!
Part 4
HCI Project: Design Specification
Purpose
To assess your ability to:
16. adjust the design and implementation of a human-computer interface to account for known human performance capabilities.
17. adjust the design and implementation of a human-computer interface to account for known complexity issues in user interfaces.
18. apply theoretical methodologies and empirical results in designing human-computer interfaces.
19. apply various human-computer interface design approaches and critically evaluate them.
20. adjust the design and implementation of a human-computer interface to account for known interaction styles.

Overview
For this assignment, you will create a Software Design Specification for your HCI Design Project. The goal of this assignment is for you to specify a design for the software interface you are developing, as you described in P2: Requirements Specification. The description must contain sufficient information so that a developer could code the intended program. You may use the Software Design Specification template, or one from your own workplace, if it is available.

Action Items
• Create a software design specification for the software interface that you are developing. Be certain to fill in each part of the template that is relevant to your project. For those sections that are not relevant, please indicate “N/A” as your response.
• Use properly formatted in-text citations and a reference list to accurately cite the sources of information that you use to write your assignment. Failure to use proper citations and references is plagiarism and could result in a charge of academic dishonesty. Review your Originality Report.
• Make appropriate changes to your paper and re-submit it to Turnitin.com.
• When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.
Part 5
HCI Design Project: Evaluating Presentation Factors
Purpose
To assess your ability to judge the presentation factors of a given human-computer interface using appropriate criteria and standards.

Overview
For this assignment, you will identify presentation factors used in your HCI design project, locate and read articles about those factors, and write a paper that discusses how specific criteria should be applied to evaluate the presentation factors of various technologies.
Action Items
21. Identify one or more presentation factors that you used in your HCI design (e.g. icons, tabbed user interfaces, color).
22. Find three peer-reviewed articles about those presentation factor(s) using the ACM Digital Library to locate articles published in the last five years.
23. Read the articles to determine how the authors selected and implemented the presentation factors chosen. Take notice of how they evaluated the use made of those presentation factors.
24. Write a 5-page (double-spaced) paper based on the scholarly articles, your knowledge based on readings in The Resonant Interface and your own views of presentation factors and how they influence user interfaces.
25. Your paper should address the following questions:
• What criteria should be applied when choosing presentation factors in a user interface?
• What criteria should be applied when measuring the effectiveness of chosen presentation factors?
• Use properly formatted in-text citations and a reference list to accurately cite the sources of information that you use to write your assignment. Failure to use proper citations and references is plagiarism and could result in a charge of academic dishonesty. Review your Originality Report.
• Make appropriate changes to your paper and re-submit it to Turnitin.com.
• When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.

Grading Criteria
• Relevance of HCI is clearly discussed in relation to the technology. (0- 45 points)
• The paper clearly describes the methodology (process, results, findings) used in the selected articles. (0- 45 points)
• Paper is free of spelling/grammatical errors. (0-5 points)
• Paper includes properly formatted in-text citations and a reference page. (0-5 points)
• Points will be deducted for spelling and/or grammatical errors– please proofread before submitting!
Part 6
HCI Design Project: Usability Evaluation Criteria
Purpose
To assess your ability to judge the usability of a given human-computer interface using appropriate criteria and standards.

Overview
For this assignment you will write a paper in which you compare and contrast methods for testing usability.

Action Items
26. Choose one or more methods for testing usability to compare and contrast. You may choose from the following list:
• heuristic evaluation
• cognitive walkthroughs
• usability testing
• use of survey/questionnaire (QUIS, SUS, TAM or other)
• interviews/ethnography
• Use the ACM Digital Library to locate three peer-reviewed articles published within the past 5 years that discuss the evaluation methods you have chosen.
• Read the articles.
• Write a 5-page (double-spaced) APA formatted paper that describes the methodology (process, results, findings) used in the three articles and what you learned from your review of the literature. Be sure to include
• an overview of the topic (~1 page),
• a summary of what was done and what was found in each article (~2 1/2 pages),
• a discussion relating the articles to the usability evaluation (~1/2 page), and
• a conclusion about what you have learned. (~1 pages).

Grading Criteria
• Relevance of HCI is clearly discussed in relation to the technology. (0- 45 points)
• The paper clearly describes the methodology (process, results, findings) used in the selected articles. (0- 45 points)
• Paper is free of spelling/grammatical errors. (0-5 points)
Paper includes properly formatted in-text citations and a reference page. (0-5 points)

Part 7
HCI Design Project: Usability Evaluation Plan

Purpose
To assess your ability to formulate and apply valid and reliable usability evaluation plans for human-computer interfaces.

Overview
In this assignment, you will create a Usability Evaluation Plan for your HCI Design Project. The goal of this assignment is for you to specify a plan for performing a usability evaluation of the software interface that you are developing. The description must contain sufficient information so that a quality assurance technician could develop a Usability Test Plan Specification that would implement the proposed usability evaluation plan. You may use the Usability Evaluation Plan template or one from your own workplace, if it is available. (will attach)

Action Items
27. Create a usability evaluation plan for the software interface that you are developing. Be certain to fill in each part of the template that is relevant to your project. For those sections that are not relevant, please indicate “N/A” as your response. (will attach)
28. Use properly formatted in-text citations and a reference list to accurately cite the sources of information that you use to write your assignment. Failure to use proper citations and references is plagiarism and could result in a charge of academic dishonesty.
29. View your Originality Report.
30. Make appropriate changes to your paper and re-submit it to Turnitin.com.
31. When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.

Grading Criteria
• Usability evaluation plan is sufficient to support the development of the usability test plan required to complete the usability testing of the program. (0-75 points)
• Points will be deducted for spelling and/or grammatical errors– please proofread before submitting!
Part 8
HCI Design Project: Usability Test Plan

Purpose
To assess your ability to test the implementation of a human-computer interface.

Overview
In this assignment, you will create a Usability Test Plan for your HCI Design Project. The goal of this assignment is for you to specify a Usability Test Plan for implementing the usability evaluation of the software interface that you are developing. The description must contain sufficient information so that a quality assurance technician could run tests, collect the necessary test data, and analyze the test results, as specified in the proposed usability test plan. You may use the Usability Test Plan template, or one from your own workplace, if it is available to you.

Action Items
32. Create a usability test plan for the software interface that you are developing. Be certain to fill in each part of the template that is relevant to your project, and for those sections that are not, please put “N/A” as your response.
33. Use properly formatted in-text citations and a reference list to accurately cite the sources of information that you use to write your assignment. Failure to use proper citations and references is plagiarism and could result in a charge of academic dishonesty.
34. Make appropriate changes to your paper and re-submit it to Turnitin.com.
35. When you are satisfied with the quality of your paper, submit it to your professor as indicated in the Submission Instructions.

Grading Criteria
• Usability test plan is sufficient to support the work of a quality assurance technician to run tests, collect necessary test data, and analyze the test results for the program. (0-100 points)
• Assignments not submitted to turnitin.com will not be accepted.
Part 9
HCI Design Project: Final Paper & Presentation
Overview
In this assignment you will write a paper and create a presentation that will both include all of the elements described below in the Action Items. Be fully prepared to present your project to your professor and peers on the day assigned.

Action Items
Paper
36. Write an APA formatted paper containing all of the elements listed below. The paper should be as long as needed to sufficiently inform a reader of the project and its results. Focus on the following areas that demonstrate the human-computer interface design and implementation knowledge and skills that you have acquired during this course:
• Description of goals and their relevance
• Description of the requirements for the software you developed
• Description of the design you created for the software
• Description of the evaluation plan you developed for showing the usability of the software
• Description of the test plan you developed and results gotten when testing the usability of the software
• Include the following attachments as required by your instructor:
• Screenshots of the human interface for the software; and
• The source code for the software.
Presentation
5. Create a 12-minute (maximum time limit) PowerPoint presentation (no more than 6 – 8 slides, including the title slide) containing all of the elements described in your paper. This will be presented in class either Week 14 or 15.
6. Include a section in the presentation about the lessons you learned as you worked on this project.

Grading Criteria
6. Paper is sufficient to inform a reader of the goals, process and results of the project. (0-50 points)
7. Presentation is sufficient to inform the audience of the goals, process, and results of the project. (0-50 points)
8. Interface developed for this project sufficiently demonstrates a solid understanding, knowledge, and skill base required for the successful design, development, and implementation of a readily usable software interface. (0-100 points)
Part 9