Your goal is to create a design for a software interface. You will experience the scope of the design process from brainstorming ideas and gathering information about users needs to storyboarding, prototyping, and finally, testing and refining your product. As you work on the software interface, you will demonstrate your ability to apply fundamental Human-Computer Interaction principles to interface analysis, design, and implementation. You will be responsible for delivering project components to your professor in two phases. This is phase-1 which you have to finish by February 25. In phase-2 you will continue the same project and submit final report by March 25.

Deliverables

This project should follow the main steps of the phase-1 and Phase-2. Details description and diagrams should be included in each phase.

3 Marks

Learning Outcome(s):

LO1: Define the interaction design process, and describe different types of design rules that support the usability

Phase-1:

You will need to decide on an idea for an interface. It could be a web site, a mobile app, an appliance touch screen, etc. Dont make your idea too broad. Focus on something that solves a problem or fills a need.

Another approach is to take an interface that is very poor and reimagine it. Your project idea needs to be sufficiently complex to show your ability to design multiple screens and interaction flows as the user carries out a small number of tasks. For that you need to do the following:

1. Brainstorm ideas. You might want to use a free, online mind-mapping tool like SpiderScribe or Mindomo, Coggle etc (Optional). Here are some questions you might want to consider to focus your brainstorming:
   1. Think of a service you or your friends use. Whats the biggest avoidable hassle (inconvenience) customers must endure?
   2. What happens in your daily routine that is complex or confusing? How could you simplify it?
   3. Think of a domain that interests you: shopping, elementary education, exercise, social media, etc. What possibilities are there to do something new or better? What might be redesigned for newer or different technologies like smart phones or gaming platforms?
2. Narrow your choices down to one idea.

3. Phase-1 Report

Write a brief description of the problem, including the following main points:

1. The Problem
2. Why Its Interesting
3. Main Users Affected
4. The guidelines and principles violated by the problem
5. Current Solutions (if any)
6. Make a list of the needs/goals/tasks you observed (at least 10). Group and organize this list as appropriate.
7. A brief literature review of at least two literature resources related to your idea. The resources can include peer reviewed journal and conference papers, books, product manuals and product websites. All resources must be cited in APA style.