Thursday, 15 October

Week 8: Usability Testing 1/3

Re: Trust in Websites

Mid-term Reflections?

Are you seeing the world of design differently? 

Questions on the Mid-term Exam

 Review of where to find information on Canvas (and blog)

Note: Many people misunderstood mapping in Project 2 -- mapping is not a flowchart.

“Mapping” is a relationship between controls and their movements or effects. Good mapping design leads to greater ease of use. The key concept behind it is similarity of layout, behavior, or meaning. Similarity makes the control-effect relationship predictable, and therefore easy to use.

How are your Usability Tests coming along?

Overall questions?

Mentor Haodan Tan to Present

Evaluating Webpage Design

Re: Trunk Test

Evaluating Webpage Effectiveness

Usability Testing, inc. the 5 second test: https://usabilityhub.com/

Evaluating Mobile App Design

"Reverse-engineer" to Wireframes 

Prototyping Tool: https://popapp.in

Mobile Trends to Analyze (from Mobile Book of Trends 2014 (in Canvas Projects 3 Assignments):

• Typography
• Flat Design + Simplicity
• Gestural Interfaces
• etc. 

What are the elements -- what is the design language -- of the app you've chosen to study?

Modeling how to think about a mobile interface:

Group meeting time

Homework for Tuesday, 20 October:

Prepare for Mid-term Exam

Homework for Wednesday, 21 October at 11:59 pm:

Complete and submit Project 3.1 -- read and follow the brief carefully. Ensure that all elements of the project are included.