Project Proposal
Personas, Goals, and Task Analysis
Scenarios, Competitive Analysis, and Initial Design
Low-fi Prototyping & Usability Testing
Assignment 5:
First Interactive Prototype


 

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Task 1:

Sarah is at the beginning of the Spring semester, and she's just decided which classes to take. She hasen't been able to find one particular book, GUI Bloopers, at the campus bookstores, so she decides to use BESS to purchase it from another SIMS student. After she's finished contacting a student who is selling the book, she realizes that she can make some quick money by selling a book from last semester, Modern Information Retrieval via BESS.

 

A:Sarah starts at Home.

B:Using the pull-down widget, Sarah goes to the Class View.
She then clicks on the link for the appropriate class, which takes her to the Class View for 213
Once on the 213 Class View, she clicks on the title of the book in the option box.
OR
Sarah clicks on "Find Books" button and goes to Buy Main
She then clicks on the title of GUI Bloopers in the option box.

C.She is now in the Buy Book View for GUI Bloopers.
Sarah views the copies of the book that are available and decides on the book she wants. She clicks on the button for the seller she wants to buy from.

D.She now is on the Buy Form page. She enters her personal information and then clicks on the "Send Offer" button.

E.Sarah now sees the Buy Confirm page.

F.She knows she wants to sell Modern Information Retrieval, so she clicks on the Home link on the bottom of the confirmation page (she can also click on the Home tab at the top of the page).
This takes her to the home page, where she clicks on the "Sell a Book" button.
She sees the Login page, so she chooses the radiobutton that says "Create New Account."
She is taken to the New Account Page, where she enters her personal information.
Next, she sees the confirm page, and she chooses the link to "Sell Books."
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She knows she wants to sell Modern Information Retrieval, so she clicks on the "Sell Books" link.
She sees the Login page, so she chooses the radiobutton that says "Create New Account."
She is taken to the New Account Page, where she enters her personal information.
Next, she sees the confirm page, and she chooses the link to "Sell Books."

G.She is now on the Sell Main page. She chooses the title of the book she wants to sell from the option box.

H.She now sees the Sell Book View, where she enters the information about her copy of Modern Information Retrieval.

I.Next, she sees a copy of the Sell Confirm screen, which lets her know that her book will be posted soon. Now she chooses the "Logout" link on the bottom of the page.

J.She sees a "Logout" screen.

 

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