Final Project Presentation [video]

 

 

Finally we done our last presentation for HCI. Hope you all enjoy our presentation today. Thanks to Pn. Azrina,who teach us so much within this 12 weeks. We are glad that our presentation is fulfill what you want. Besides, thanks to our classmates who give us opinions and feedbacks. We appreciate it. In short, thank you everyone!!

Good luck in your presentation. ^^

Allocation of Presentation Part

HCI project presentation outline:

>> Yoon May
* Introduction
* Objectives
* Scope- target user group
* Problem identified –
   - Problem interface
   - Lit review
   - Quotes from user/news/magazines

>> Kim Loong
* Users requirement/Analysis
   - Technique used and why?
   - Analysis – graf, quotes, etc
* Design
   - Early draft – metaphor, component design.
   - Evaluation involved – techniques, why?
   - Alternative design

>> Siew Woei
* Final design
- Design principles , guidelines and component used
- Lesson learnt from the project process(based on methodology used).
* Conclusion

Stay tuned for our presentation on 9th May 2013. ^^

Presentation of Topic 7 & 8 [Video]

Presentation of Topic 7 & 8

 

Finally we finished our first presentation. For those who didn't attend today's class and missed our group presentation, you can have a look on this video. We are welcoming any feedback. :)

 

Chapter Recap: Chapter 01

It is the beginning of the mid semester break. We will be doing short recaps of what we have learned during the past 7 weeks in order to make sure that we don't forget! For now, let's start with chapter one!

Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction.

Definition

a) HCI refers to the design and implementation of computer system that people interacts with
b) HCI is the study of all aspects of how users interact with a computer system.

1. Usability is made up for 5 components

• Learnability   - How steep is the learning curve
• Efficiency      - How good the system is at achieving its goal
• Memorability - How easily can user remember the control after a period of dormancy
• Errors            - What is the probability for a mistake to happen
• Satisfaction    - How do the users react to it affectively. 

2. Good UI is composed of 4 main elements

• Reliable and secure
• Design standardization
• Achieve intended task and performance
• Minimal training time

3. Fit Model

A fit between task specification, user skill and computer power will result in increase in performance

4. Human resource

Also refers to the user activity in performing a task. It comprises: 

• Cognitive resources
• Physical resources
• Affective resources

5. Task, Semantic, Syntactic and Lexical (TSSL) Model.

It is made up for 4 levels involved in performing a task, from defining the task itself until the way to perform it.

• Task - Defines the goal to be achieved (e.g. choosing a book from shelf)
• Semantic - Defines the object involved and its operation (e.g. book as object and looking as operation)
• Syntactic - Defines the rule that combines the semantic (e.g. look for the book by looking at the title of the books on the shelf, one by one.)
• Lexical - Defines how the syntactic level is done physically (e.g. Move to bookshelf, look at the books row by row and the picking the book out with hand)

Design Issue and Solution

This is the summary of our report on assignment 1. It will briefly touch the design issue and the solutions proposed. Further details can be found in the report itself.

Two interfaces selected are tangible and shareable interface.

Figure 1: Tangible Interface

Design issue(s) faced : 

Safety :
1. Materials to be used to make the snake
2. How to safely hide the power supply

Affordance:
1. How to attract the infant to the shape

Solution:

Safety:
1. Use soft materials like cottons and cloths.
2. Use a 5 cm mat with soft inner to conceal the wiring

Affordance:
1. Use light and sound with the shape to attract infant

Figure 2: Shareable Interface

Design issue(s) faced:

Feedback:
1. How to keep players interested after finishing a game

Safety:
1. How to ensure that the shooting ball does not hit the players
2. How to position players to minimize the probability of getting hurt.

Solution:

Feedback
1. Keep a score system to allow players to continually challenge each other

Safety:
1. Elevate the sides of the game table and limit the power of the shooting gun and use heavier materials to prevent the shooting ball from bouncing
2. The snake players should be allowed to control the snake remotely and not stand right in front of the shooting gun to reduce probability of injury.

Personal Information Management

Personal Information Management or PIM for short, is an application that is used to store, retrieve, organize and maintain personal information including mails, calender activities, websites and appointments. Simply put, it is an application that allows user to keep track of daily tasks that needs to be completed.

Our group decided to work on a PIM application called EssentialPIM Android which is an extension to the desktop version EssentialPIM application. This application can sync calender, to-do-list and notes with the desktop version of EssentialPIM and can also be used to sync with Google calender.

The interface used is a simple 4 icon-based interface that allows user to conveniently update their required tasks and keep it in sync with the desktop EssentialPIM.

Below are two screenshots showing the interface of the application:

The main interface of EssentialPIM which includes a few tasks and PC sync feature

The calender task allows you to add appointments and keep track of your personal information

A short introduction

The first post on this blog dedicated to HCI (SIM 3202 Group 1 2012/2013). We decided to work on the topic Personal Information Management (PIM) with University students as our targeted group.

Our group members are as follow :

Tan Kim Loong (164021)
Kuala Lumpur born

Gooi Siew Woei (161897)
Bukit Mertajam born











Chin Yoon May (161796)
Balik Pulau, Penang born