Final Presentation
From CS 160 Fall 2010
Due: Dec 3rd 6pm 50 Points
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Overview
In this assignment you will incorporate the feedback from your pilot usability study to produce the next iteration of your interface design. You will then prepare:
- a short presentation (5 minutes)
- a poster that describes your project
- a live demonstration of your project
Using Pilot Test Results
You should use the results and conclusions of your Pilot Usability Test along with any feedback we (or your classmates) gave you on your earlier prototypes. You should fix as many of the problems found as you can, prioritized by UI severity. This is also your last chance to implement as much missing functionality as you can. Some wizard-of-oz functionality is still permissible, but you should have a good reason for it. At this point a user should be able to interact with the system naturally and any wizard-of-oz should be fairly transparent. The user should be able to use the UI to do more than just step through three rote tasks.
Please talk with us if you have questions or thoughts about the overall scope of your project. You don't have to implement everything, but there should be enough working parts of your project that we can get an overall sense for how well the interface works.
Presentations (20 pts)
On Dec 6th you will give a live presentation and show a poster of your project (time and place TBD). The time for presentations is 5 minutes, but we will keep questions down to 2-3 minutes. The members of your group who did not present last time should present this time, but all members should be available for questions.
- Guideline: 10 slides maximum.
- Cover motivation (who wants to use your interface and why?), and some set of representative tasks (doesnt have to be your original set, you can use others if you have new functionality). Then describe what has changed since your interactive prototype. Give a demonstration of the final interface.
Poster and Demonstration Session (30 pts)
Right after presentations, you will demonstrate your interface to the teaching staff in a poster+demo session. You will design the poster; we will print it for you.
Poster
- You must prepare a poster as either a single PDF or PowerPoint slide that will print in a 30"x40" format (either horizontal or vertical).
- If you use Powerpoint:
- You can start with this template: File:CS160 Poster (40x30) SP10 V.pptx.zip. It is only a starting point - you have to decide on the final design and content of your poster.
- Do not use any custom (non-standard) fonts in PowerPoint - we will not be able to install them on the machine we print from. Here is a list of Safe Fonts.
- The poster should contain the following main headings:
- Problem: what you addressed
- Target User group: summarize the user group
- Solution: describe your solution
- Design evolution: show some diagrams indicating how the design changed.
- Final prototype: what it does and what was missing.
- The poster should contain images that illustrate your interface.
- You must submit your poster file by Friday, Dec 3, 6pm so we can print your poster. Upload the file to the wiki. If we do not have your file by Friday 6pm you will have to print it yourself at a copy center of your choice. We will not cover the cost.
Demonstration
- Please make sure that your interface is in working order and ready to go for the demo. If your interface requires showing interactions between multiple users, bring multiple devices. (You can bring one device and a laptop with a simulator if you don't have access to multiple devices). If it requires some data in a database to be useful, make sure you enter enough data.
- Practice a demo "pitch" with your friends - you should find a balance between demonstrating some functionality of your interface and letting visitors and judges try the application first-hand.
Submission
Uploading Images
To upload images to the wiki, first create a link for the image of the form [[Image:image_name.jpg]] (replacing image_name.jpg with a unique image name for use by the server). This will create a link you can follow that will then allow you to upload the image. Alternatively, you can use the "Upload file" link in the toolbox to upload the image first, and then subsequently create a link to it on your wiki page.
Add Link to Your Group's Page
Edit your group's page to add a link to a new wiki page for this assignment. The wiki syntax should look like this:
[[FinalPresentation-Group:ExampleGroup-FirstNameLastName|Final Presentation (FirstName LastName)]]
Again replace ExampleGroup with your group's name and FirstNameLastName with your name. Look at Group:ExampleGroup for an example. Then click on the link and enter the information about your assignment. Be sure to clearly address everything mentioned in the writing guidelines above. Writeups for all group members should be posted here.
Add Link to Your Finished Assignment
One you are finished editing the page, add a link to it here with your group name as the title link. The wiki syntax will look like this: *[[FinalPresentation-Group:ExampleGroup|Group:ExampleGroup]]. Hit the edit button for this section to see how I created the link for the ExampleGroup.
