Tuesday, 6 October

Week 7: User-Interface Design Analysis 2/2

Note:

Shu-Chuan's section is now Ceci Gutknecht's section
crgutkne@umail.iu.edu


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Review Potential Quiz Questions

Why is user-research important?

User-research is important because the user’s world is dynamic and complex and to understand it requires knowledge of user behavior and the strategic use of research and development methods that are most likely to result in satisfying their expectations.

What are the two basic questions of an interactive design process? Describe the nature and importance of each.

Who will use it? Answer this question requires the use of demographic descriptors, such as age range, ethnicity, gender and income level. At the early stage, it is important to narrow the field to ‘primary users’ so it could provide a much better focus for the development team. 

What will it do? It is useful for thinking about the user’s main aim in using the system and system requirements for user to achieve the aim.

What are four of the ways of learning about users and the context in which designing takes place? Please set out the characteristics of each.

The four ways are: surveys, interviews and focus groups, field studies, and generative approaches. 

Survey: it is easy to gather and collate quantitative and qualitative data. 

Interviews and focus groups: One to one interviews help you to understand a sample of individuals in more detail. Focus groups have the dynamics within the group and such dynamics may bring up topics for discussion that would not arise in an interview situation. 

Field studies: the purpose of observing users in the ‘field’ is to challenge any assumptions that the designer may already have about the user group and their context. 

Generative approaches: designers can use the artifacts that generated by users to probe feelings about relevant experiences.

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How are your Project 2s progressing?

Interim work presentations

Review Brief

Group Work Time

Homework for 11:59 pm on Wednesday, 7 October

Submit Group Project through Canvas -- only 1 PDF per group needs to be submitted

Submit personal reflection and group member evaluations through separate Assignment