Activity 11.2: Creating anInitialUser
Interface Design
In this activity, you will create aninitialdesign of a user interface. The design
will be a low fidelity visual representation.
First, you will draw the userinterface on paper.
Next, you will design feedback and user assistance for the interface.
Finally, you will participate in a class discussion about the userinterface
designs.
Objectives
After completing this activity, you will be able to:
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Create aninitialdesign of a user interface.
Before You Begin
This activity includes both small group tasks and class discussion.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this activity.
Materials
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Flip chart
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Markers
Time to complete this activity: 25 minutes followed by a 15 minute
discussion.
Delivery Tip
Keep students aware of the
amount of activity time
remaining so that they can
pace themselves.
After the allocated time has
elapsed, facilitate the class
discussion.
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Exercise 1: Designing a UserInterface (15 minutes)
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Create the design of the userinterface for time reporting by the
consultant
1. Review the Ferguson and Bardell, Inc. case study, focusing on the section
titled "Time Sheet System."
2. Consider the activity of time reporting as performed by the consultant.
3. Design a userinterface for that activity.
Incorporate terminology, concepts, and metaphors that are familiar to the
consultant.
Delivery Tip
The instructions are
deliberately somewhat
vague so that students can
explore original ways of
designing the UI. Encourage
student to "think outside the
box" when considering the
UI.
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Exercise 2: Design Feedback and User Assistance (10 minutes)
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Refine the design by adding feedback and user assistance
1. Review the design you created in Exercise 1.
2. Identify how the system will provide feedback to the user.
Write this on the user interfacedesign and identify the controls that will
provide the feedback.
3. Identify how user assistance will be implemented.
Write this on the user interfacedesign and identify the controls that will
provide the feedback.
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Activity 11. 2: Creating an Initial User
Interface Design
In this activity, you will create an initial design of a user interface. The design
will. Activity 11. 2: Creating an Initial User Interface Design
Exercise 1: Designing a User Interface (15 minutes)
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Create the design of the user interface