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SWE 432: Design and Implementation of Software for the Web Assignment — Fall 2014 |
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For this homework, I really want you to work with one partner.
You may work alone,
but you will learn more from this exercise if you collaborate.
If you work with a partner,
submit the same report and put both names on the report.
Post your homework assignment on BOTH class websites before class starts on the due date.
We will conduct a user task test
similar to the usability tasks Nielsen talks about in his book.
Specifically, we will perform three tasks on the
GMU Bookstore website.
The three tasks are:
If you work with a partner, take turns doing the tasks. One person should attempt to perform the task, while the other person watches and takes detailed notes. If you work alone, you must do all three tasks and take notes yourself. Note: You do not have to spend money. You can stop before submitting personal information, including your credit card number.
Write a report with a section for each task. Start by stating whether the user was successful or not. Then give assessments for each of the five criteria using the evaluation checklist (Note: incorporate only one checklist as an overall evaluation). Provide a short narrative justifying your priority ranking and evaluation. Comment on specific things that made the task harder or easier. Close with specific recommendations for improving the UI.
Your reports should be 2 - 3 pages in length; please make them direct, to the point, and always justify your assessment.
This assignment is supposed to be fun and I expect it to take about 1 to 2 hours to evaluate and write up the report.
Submit your report by making a link to it on your website.
If you work with a partner,
put both of your names on the report.
Both team members must submit a link on their websites.
As before,
you can put the report up as an HTML file or formatted as PDF.
No word processor files. No handwriting.
If you choose to use a word processor, you can save it to a file as PDF.
If you use MS Word, PDF files can be created if you have Adobe Writer
and several free tools
(for example CutePDF).
Your file should have the name
yourfirstname-initial
followed by yourlastname-assignment3
(for instance, UPraphamontripong-assignment3.html
or UPraphamontripong-assignment3.pdf).
Making your report available to me is your responsibility; if I cannot access your file then you will not get credit. Be sure to test access to your file before the due date.
The grading for this assignment will be as follows:
[Total: 20 points]
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