Assignment 05b: Designer's Response

Assignment Description Due on Value
01 user analysis 06 Feb 10%
02 task analysis 25 Feb 10%
03 your rationale for the design decisions made 06 Mar 20%
04 prototype and system description 10 Apr 20%
05a usability inspection of a design developed by one of your classmates 17 Apr 10%
05b response to a usability inspection of your design 22 Apr 05%
06 planning a usability test of your own design 06 May 15%
participation in class and online daily 10%

The next phase of the assignment is for you, as a designer, to respond to the evaluation of your design.

As the designer, consider each of the five major points made in the evaluation.

  • If the point describes a strength of the design, comment on whether you will need to compromise other aspects of the design to maintain the noted strength.
  • If the point describes a weakness or problem, comment on some alternative design options and whether you would implement them.

Your response will be stronger if you draw on relevant principles of design, specific guidelines, or research findings published in the literature.

This portion of the assignment should be completed by the end of the day on Monday, 22 Apr 2013. Both the evaluation and the designer's response should be turned in on or before that day. It is the responsibility of the designer to make sure that both portions of the assignment are turned in.

This assignment will be evaluated based on the selection of topics/points evaluated (i.e., whether they were the most important strengths/weaknesses of the design), the use of appropriate literature in discussing the strengths/weaknesses and how the weaknesses might be minimized, the reasoning used in discussing the strengths/weaknesses and how the weaknesses might be minimized, and the constructiveness of the tone used in providing criticism. In addition, the quality of the designer's response will be evaluated in terms of its use of appropriate literature/evidence, reasoning, and tone.

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