HCI (CITS3201) Lab Class 5

Week 8 (22nd April 2009)

Interaction Design Process

 

Objectives

In this practical you will put into practice ideas on the process of interaction design which you met in lectures and chapter 9 of your text book.  Specifically, the objective is to enable you to reflect on the  process of design and the way that a user-centered approach could be applied.

 

The exercises below are based on activities in your text book SRP http://www.id-book.com/index.php

 

 

Allocated Time

3-3:45pm Wednesday 22nd April in CS Lab 2.01 (supervised)

OR anytime, anywhere

 

TodayÕs lab can be performed alone or in small groups.  You will need access to the Internet outside UWA.

 

Task 1

 

 Imagine that you want to design a travel planner for yourself. You might use this system to plan your route, check visa requirements, book flights or train tickets, investigate the facilities at your destination, and so on. Assume that the system is destined to run on a desktop system for the purpose of this activity.

 

á     Make a list of the user experience and usability goals for the system.

 

á     Outline the initial screen or two for this system, showing its main functionality and its general look and feel.

 

á     Having produced an outline now spend about 5 minutes reflecting on how you went about tackling this activity. What did you do first? Did you have any particular artifacts or experience to base your design on? What process did you go through?

 

á     Are there any elements that you believe are truly innovative?

 

á     Now consider the usability criteria again. Tell us exactly what you would measure to determine the quality and performance of the system against these criteria.

 

á     Try to do the same thing for user experience goals: is it satisfying, enjoyable, motivating, rewarding, etc ?

 

Task 2

 

Assume that you are involved in developing a new e-commerce site for selling garden plants. Suggest ways of applying the user-centered principles in this task.

 

Task 3

Who do you think are the stakeholders for the check-out system of a large supermarket?

 

 

 

UWA CITS 3201  semester 1, 2009