PhotoCat: Introduction

Assignment 2
Revised Proposal
Persona Explanation
Personas and Goals
Task Analysis
Interview Questions
Interview Summary

Assignment 3
Task Scenarios
Comp. Analysis
Primary Persona
Initial Designs

Assignment 4
Introduction
Prototype
Methods/Measures
Results/Discussion
Appendices

Presentation #1

Assignment 5
Interactive Prototype
Prototype Overview
Screen Shots
Inter. Scenarios
How to Use It

Assignment 6
Heuristic Evaluation

Assignment 7
Outside HE Update
New "Grid View"

Assignment 8
Introduction
Subjects/Methods
Test Measures
Results
Discussion
Experiment Design
Appendices

Presentation #2

Assignment 9
Overview
Personas/Scenarios
Final Design
Design Evolution
Appendices

Interactive Prototype

Work Distribution

SIMS 213, Spring 2005

ASSIGNMENT 4: INTRODUCTION

Introduction
Purpose and Rationale

Introduction

We will be performing lo-fi prototype testing of PhotoCat, a Web-based photo management system. We've created an interactive, paper-based prototype that enables users to visualize and organize their photo collections via a central "bullseye" interface. The prototype combines central elements of the People Petals and TuLiP designs that were developed in Assignment 3. For more about the design, see the Prototype section.

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Purpose and Rationale

Since our bullseye interface represents a major shift away from how people normally manage their photos, we're very interested in seeing how our testing participants initially react to the system and then how they go about using it to complete the task scenarios. We also want to look at how users apply the album and sharing features to work with photos that have special meaning. The PhotoCat interface attempts to fit a lot of information into a relatively small space. After testing, we may want to enhance the features that participants found especially useful and play down the features they didn't use or had a hard time understanding.

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