Project #1 – Create an
interface for a product then conduct a user study that compares mouse vs.
keyboard performance on some task
Webpage
due: Monday, September 13th, 2010 (before class)
Final
report due: Friday, September 17th, 2010 (before class)
Objectives:
Your
company wants to make a new software product. Your job is to design the
graphical user interface (GUI) and evaluate performance using two interfaces.
SAMPLE
screenshot (you need to come up with your own interface, everything is up to
you to design)
Undergraduate
students:
The
company is building software to control the following:
1.
Your
computer’s CD player (include at least: Previous Track, Rewind, Play, Pause,
Fast Forward, Next Track, Stop)
2.
Alarm
clock (the alarm can make an alarm melody or turn on CD) (include at least:
Alarm Off/On, Change Hour, Change Minute)
Graduate students:
The
company is building software to control the following:
1.
Your
computer’s CD player (include at least: Previous Track, Rewind, Play, Pause,
Fast Forward, Next Track, Stop, Volume +, Volume -)
2.
Your
computer’s AM-FM radio (assume a built in radio receiver. Include at least:
Seek +, Seek -, Tune +, Tune -, Volume +, Volume -, Presets 1-6, Set Preset
1-6).
3.
Alarm
clock (the alarm can play an alarm melody or turn on CD) (include at least:
Alarm Off/On, Change Hour, Change Minute)
Project notes:
·
Your
interface should provide the basic and normal functions of each component of
the product. (For example, play, rewind, fast forward, stop and record would be
some basic functions for the CD player).
·
Your
program does not need to actually control a real CD player or actual play an
alarm (though you can do this if you want)
·
You
do not have to use NetBeans IDE.
By
Monday, September 13th, 2010 (before class), email the TA (only) Diego Rivera
<djrg@cise.ufl.edu> the link to your webpage. You will get an email at midnight with links
to everyone else’s webpage. You will
have two days to go through and conduct everyone else’s task. If you are LATE, you will be docked 10 points
from your project grade per day late and are not guaranteed you’ll have enough
users of your webpage.
By
Friday, September 17th, 2010, submit your report via the online
class management system.
Report – maximum 2
pages, single space, Times New Roman/Arial, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins. (not adhering = -10 points)
Other Grading
Interface
Completeness of device interface – 20
points
Appropriateness of tasks – 5 points
Properly track time and errors – 5
points
Participate in everyone else’s tasks –
10 points