Midterm group assignment

After choosing which site to review, your group will create a small site. Pick one of the following two options: Analyze the site of the Brazos Higher Education Services or the application interface for a traq wireless product )

All groups will be required to publish pages that contain the following:

1. Header information (course, group members, assigned tasks)
2. User persona descriptions (detailed)
3. Listing of task scenarios for each persona
4. Results of scenario testing
5. List of recommendations which must include references to material read for class
6. Redesign at least one page completely, create a visio document with the model for your design and use an image editing program to show the changes you would make (Photoshop is on the machines in the lab). Include this in your documentation under recommendations for improvement
7. Formal documentation of results and recommendations for the website authors (with a minimum of 5 screenshots), this may include appendix information

Each member of the group will be asked to assess their work as well as the contributions of the other members. Formal presentations will take place on 10.22.03.

Due 12.3.03

Redesign an Existing GUI or Design Your Own GUI

You may either work in groups (of no more than 3) or individually. All individuals will be required to deliver the following items and a working prototype GUI. Groups will also be required to deliver the following, presented in one package. The only additional requirement for group work will be an evaluation of the members.

1. If you are redesigning and analyzing rather than creating the GUI, you must provide explanatory material and screenshots of the current design (analysis and 5 screenshots)
2. Address goals of UI and identify the style of the interaction
   • The primary goals of the product (what are you trying to do?)
   • The nature of your audience (who is your target?)
   • Potential implementation issues (how will you reach them?)
3. Formal description of users/participants
4. Storyboards (these can be rough outlines done in visio or even on paper, if you do not have a soft copy, please scan it in)
5. Formal requirements/Standards (if your product has industry standards or protocols that it must follow)
6. Use cases
7. Case and walkthrough results
8. Formal documentation of the process and a working prototype in either a Flash, HTML or Director format. Other formats subject to approval

One option is from a company called Journyx. They would like their Journyx UI compared to their competitor's (Replicon). Both companies offer trial versions of the product. You would need to have the technical skill to install and run the application.

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