CMPE 131/231 and PSYC 131/223:
Human-Computer Interaction
The Project
What is the project about?
Developing a conceptual design for the task/problem, implementing a series of prototypes, and evaluating design - with user involvement throughout the design process. Please beware that this project is worth 50-60% of the course mark, so the project has to have the level of complexity that merits 50-60% of your time and effort as a group.Submission method
Unless specified otherwise, by email, due at 23:55 Friday of that week (my email's timestamp). CC all members.Project Timeline
Weeks:1. Choose team mates – 3-4 (contact me if you cannot find anybody to work together or if you wish to have a team with different size - including a team of one).
2. Project proposal – project description, target audience, why it is interesting. Here is an example of the project proposal.
4. User requirement report due. Here is a document describing what should be included in the requirements report.
5. Low-fidelity prototype due. This consists of 3 items: a storyboard of the interface, a hierarchical task diagram for all of the tasks supported by the system, and a hierarchical representation of all of the functions that your system supports (for this I would strongly suggest that you do a card sorting exercise with your users)
8. High fidelity prototype and evaluation report due. Here is a document describing what should be included in this report.
And finally, Week 10:
For all: Reports due in paper format (please give me all of your sketches/scrap paper, etc).
Undergraduate project report
Graduate project report.
Project presentation in class on Tuesday Week 10
Presentation logistics: 15 minutes, focusing on:- Why such system, what are the limitations of current system/practice that the system addresses.
- Requirement method and summary
- Iterative design (lo-fi, hi-fi, with evaluations in between)
- Demonstration of the final prototype