Assessment item 3

Designing a user interface

Value:25%

Due date:24-May-2015

Return date:14-Jun-2015

Submission method options

EASTS (online)

Task

You will need to design an interface to a system.

You will need to justify every item that you choose to put into this design. The concept it relates to must be clearly identified and explained. You may wish to draw reference from appropriate literature.

Among the many concepts you may consider are:

• colour and sections
• layout of the screen
• “help function” or assistance pages
• order in which the information is presented
• use of icons
• use of input device (eg. keyboard or specific keys)
• overall layout
• standards employed

You may wish to refer to Schneidermann’s Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design as a guide. But, you may use some other set of guidelines or standards, if you wish.

All diagrams, screen layouts, etc., should be drawn using the Pencil application and imported into the design document. Design drawings are NOT to be submitted separately.

Assignment Submission
The following conditions must be adhered to for this assignment:

• This assignment must be completed using the ITC204_Project_Design template that is located in the Interact 2 ITC204 Content Collection;
• All design drawings must be:
• Placed in the appropriate location in the Design document,
• Include an appropriate caption;
• The document is to be saved in Word format as a single file which includes all design drawings;
• Assignments are not to be submitted with separate design drawings in separate files using a zip format;
• All assignments are to be submitted electronically as a single file through EASTS.

Case Scenario & Instructions

A state museum wants to provide information about their collections in a multimedia format within the museum. The museum has two types of collection; the permanent one that is on display at the museum at all times and a temporary collection that is on display for several months only.

The museum curators would like to station information kiosks all over the museum to provide information on individual items on all collections. The provided information must include the name of the item, the history and a description of the item. The information must be provided in text as well as in a multimedia recording.

Visitors must be able to browse through the entire collection using the information kiosk. They should be able to search for a particular item and locate the item within the museum. The information kiosk should be able to direct the visitor from the current location to the location of the required item on display.

The information kiosks must also provide information about the locations of facilities and services within the museum such as the toilets, parking, food stores and museum shops. The information kiosks must be able to show on a map the current location and the shortest route to the required service.

You have been commissioned to design the information kiosk for the museum. The museum curators want to provide their visitors with the ability to browse the collections, locate the collections, and locate the facilities and services within the museum. Information on the individual items of the collections should also be provided.

The information kiosks should be usable by all types of visitors, from the young students to the older visitors. Some of the visitors may have limited understanding of English; therefore the provided instructions and information should be easy to understand.

Your design focus is on providing the application screen design and layout function for the information kiosk. You do not have to worry about the database and network facilities of the kiosks.

You may make any other assumptions not stated here but you must state them in your Key Assumptions in your Project Brief. You will need to provide drawings of the interface design for your chosen system. Drawings must clearly show all components of your design and each component must be clearly labeled. Do not use any existing Museum name, trademarks or pictures.

The following is out of scope for this project:

• Electrical and technical specifications of the kiosk;

 

Rationale

This assignment covers the following objectives for this subject:

• be able to list and explain the importance of the principles of design in relation to the design of an interface;
• be able to evaluate an interface to determine its effective usability and identify enhancements for improvement;
• be able to design a user interface to meet a given set of requirements;
• be able to design a set of appropriate usability tests for a given interface;
• be able to interpret and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface improvements.

Marking criteria

Criteria	Marks
Design overview	10
Business & User Requirements	05
Key Assumptions	05
Interface Design Quality of design Component use Ease of navigation Justification for use	40
Design justification Design related to user requirements Design related back to principles & guidelines References to academic/practitioner literature to support argument	25
Appropriateness of Design - How the design meets user requirements	15
Total	100
Deduct marks for poor presentation, spelling and grammar	-5
Deduct marks for poor or no referencing to APA standard	-5

 

Question	HD	D	C	P	F
Executive Summary	Comprehensive description of the major points of the design	Detailed description of the major points of the design	Thorough description of the major points of the design	Adequate description of the major points of the design	Incomplete or irrelevant description of the major points of the design
Business & User Requirements	Comprehensive list of the design requirements	Detailed list of the design requirements	Thorough list of the design requirements	Adequate list of the design requirements	Incomplete or irrelevant list of the design requirements
Key Assumptions	Comprehensive and well considered list of assumptions	Detailed and considered list of assumptions	Thorough list of assumptions	Adequate list of assumptions	Missing, incomplete or irrelevant list of assumptions
Design concept & drawings	Excellent UI design & drawings with all components identified and excellent justification for use. Full set of references.	Clear UI design & drawings with most components identified and clear justification for use. Set of references.	Good UI design & drawings with many components identified and some justification for use. Some references.	Adequate UI design & drawings with some components identified and some justification for use. Few references.	Poor or inadequate UI design & drawings with few components identified and little or no justification for use. No references.
Design justification	Clear statement of design related to user requirements. Clear statement of design related to design principles. Full set of references.	Detailed statement of design related to user requirements. Detailed statement of design related to design principles. References	Thorough statement of design related to user requirements. Thorough statement of design related to design principles. References	Adequate statement of design related to user requirements. Adequate statement of design related to design principles. References	Incomplete or irrelevant statement of design related to user requirements. No references
Design appropriateness	Comprehensive discussion of UI design with clear illustration of how the design will improve the UX. References	Detailed discussion of UI design with some illustration of how the designwill improve the UX. References	Thorough discussion of UI design with detailed discussion of how the design will improve the UX. References	Adequate discussion of UI design with some discussion of how the design will improve the UX. No references	Incomplete or inadequate discussion of UI design with no clear illustration of how the design will improve the UX
Presentation, grammar and spelling (-5 marks)	Marks will be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar mistakes. Note please follow the given report format in Subject Outline for this assessment
APA referencing (-5 marks)	Marks will be deducted for not providing / following the proper APA style referencing. Note that the guide for APA referencing is provided in the Resource section of Interact site.

 

 

 

 

• 788576_1_assessment-204.docx
• Project Design 
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• <insert Project Design Title here>
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• Design Manager: <insert your name here>
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• Table of Contents
• Design Overview 3
• Business and User Requirements 3
• Key Assumptions 3
• Interface Design 3
• Design Justification 3
• References 3
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• Design Overview
• <This section should give a brief overview of your design, its aims and how you propose to meet them. You should be looking at 3-4 paragraphs here. This section is best written AFTER you have completed the rest of the document. Remove this text when you have completed the section.>
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• Business and User Requirements
• <List all the business and user requirements that you have identified. This can be done in point form.>
• Key Assumptions
• <List your key assumptions here.>
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• Interface Design
• < Here you need to have the following sections on your Interface Design:
• All screen layouts in wireframe format;
• All components clearly identified;
• The use of colour in different frames and sections must be identified;
• All help and user assistance functions must be identified;
• The use of icons;
• User task navigation.
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• You will need to provide full details for each section including wireframes, screen shots or any other details required so that the reader can clearly understand the design. Each component must be labelled and there should be a brief discussion of the justification for use. This must be referenced to the literature. >
• Design Justification
• < You will need to discuss how your design meets your user requirements and objectives. This can be done as a list, a table or even a requirements matrix. I’d suggest a table in the document as it’s much cleaner and easier to control. You should also reference your design back to the principles of design and support that with references.>
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• References
• <Here you need to list all the references that you have used to support your design and its justification.>