CPSC 481

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CPSC 481

• Tutorial 1

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Contact Information

• Cheng Guo
• Interaction Lab (MS 6th Floor, 680)
• (ilab) 403.210.9499
• cheguo_at_cpsc.ucalgary.ca
• pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/cheguo

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Groups

• Student will work in groups of three for the
  assignments
• If friction develops between group members,
  inform TA or professor immediately. Only in
  extreme circumstances, student contributions will
  be grades separately.
• Groups may change their group membership between
  assignments with the permission of the course
  instructor.
• Cross-lab groups will be allowed only if no other
  arrangement is possible

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Group Contribution Form

• Short form Long form
• James suggests that only have one person work on
  a portion of the project.
• http//pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/tamj/481/groupEvalu
  ations.html

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Grading and due dates

• Must pass the assignment to pass the course
• Writings are expected to be professional in
  appearance, grammar, and writing style.
• Excellent program structure and documentation is
  expected (A3)
• Late assignments will not be accepted without
  medical documentation
• Talk with TA about your grade if not satisfied
• Marking is hard

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Assignments

• Assignment 1 Task Centered Design and
  Prototyping (13)
• Date Feb 8, 400 PM
• A hands-on exercise on applying task-centered
  system design methods and low fidelity
  prototyping methods to the design of a particular
  system
• Deliverables a well-structured design portfolio
  as well as presentations in tutorials.

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Assignments

• Assignment 2 Evaluation through usability
  studies (12)
• Use qualitative evaluation methods to unearth
  problems in a major software system.
• Deliverables A report that discusses the methods
  employed, that highlights the general faults of
  the system, and that suggests recommendations for
  improvements

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Assignments

• Assignment 3 Iterative design project (25)
• The group will continue Assignment 1 through the
  rest of an interface design cycle
• Deliverables Prototype redesigns, System
  implementation, Summaries of evaluations and
  design critiques, and a demonstration of a robust
  working system.

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5 Minutes Break

• To form a group of three
• Contact Sheet

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Assignment 1 introduction

• Assignment 1 breakdown
• This week
• 1) Background Information
• 2) Requirements (eg. User tasks)
• Next week
• 3)Prototypes (paper scratch)
• 4)Walk through evaluation

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Presentation

• 1st Presentation Step 1 2 (Identification and
  requirements)
• Date Next Friday (Jan 26)
• 2nd Presentation Step 3 4 (Prototyping and
  walk-through)
• Date Oct 6
• Method PowerPoint, Projector or white board

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Design Ideas

• http//pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/tamj/481/assignment
  s/task_centered/design_ideas.html

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Format of the Portfolio

• 1 3-ring binder
• Indexed and labelled section separators
• Cover of binder includes project title and
  student names
• Inside cover includes names and email address of
  all group members
• 1st page a table of contents
• 2nd page the grading sheet
• 3rd page starts with the contribution forms
• We will not grade poorly organized or messy
  portfolios.

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Example Walk-through

• Library System

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Next Week

• Presentation
• Example walk-through for step 3 4
• Start working on your portfolio NOW!