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Friday, April 1 User Testing Results Usability and the Web Personalization Privacy Recommender Systems Topics for Coverage Looking Forward 1 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 User Testing Results Class Experiences with User Testing What worked What didn’t 2 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Usability and the Web Is this any different? No Yes How? User expectations What is/isn’t under control 3 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 A Survey of Resources … www.usableweb.com (somewhat outdated) www.usability.gov http://www.useit.com http://www.uie.com/ http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/ chi-web mailing list 4 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 A little history and insight why did the web supplant gopher? on the history of electronic addressing the ages of the web pages and sites links and directories search 5 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Some Major Differences Focus on Information Architecture Browser Issues Usage-Gathering Opportunities Making Sense of Log Data Non-Task-Centered Applications 6 Small Device Issues Marketing and Browsing SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Technology Differences Animation / Video / Audio Javascript, Flash, … Plug-ins and Players Style Sheets and Rendering Forms and Navigation Elements Demographics 7 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Use Strategy Differences Search vs. Browse Find vs. Compare Focus vs. Parallel Activities Scanning vs. Reading Text 8 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Topics for April 15th Usability and Product Lifecycle Information Visualization Groupware / CSCW Social Computing / On-Line Community UI Development Tools … 9 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead Saturday, April 9th – Exam Designed as a two hour exam – start at 8:30???? Open Book; write or type on your laptop • laptop users must turn in floppy or e-mail by end of class (be sure to name file with YOUR name) You will receive printouts of screens from a real website or application • the printouts only cover part – your answers must be based on the print-out, not live exploration 10 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead The Exam, cont. Questions will cover activities you’ve done in the project, and discussion questions related to those activities. Answer efficiently; mark up prototype; use bullet lists 11 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead Final Change List – April 15th 12 Remember: all changes made since initial submitted prototype, plus all changes desired or major ones considered and rejected. Table with headings: “issue,” “change,” “status,” “comments.” SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead Saturday, April 23rd Project Presentations • 15 minutes per group • goal is to communicate the interesting parts of the design, both the result and the design evolution • don’t simply report on process—everyone followed the same process! 13 Submission of Final Prototype SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead April 23rd Group Evaluation Due • What grade do we deserve as a group? • Why? • How did we work together qualitatively • how was the work divided up? • did we work together, separately, a mix? • how did we coordinate? 14 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead April 23rd Assessment of Individual Contributions • collective if possible, individual otherwise • qualitative description of each person’s role or contribution • numeric (percentage) assessment of each individual’s contribution to the project’s success • not merely a measure of effort, but of effective contribution • not a direct assignment of grade credit, but a guide 15 SEng 5115 April 1, 2005 Looking Ahead April 23rd Individual Lessons Learned Essay • what did you learn in this class? • or, what didn’t you learn in this class that you feel you should have? • graded independent of content; only looking for evidence of some effort 16 We’ll plan to finish grading on or about April 30th SEng 5115 April 1, 2005