05.Developing the user profile(s)
Read this to prepare for class discussion
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Universal principles of design
Personas, 182
Mental Model, 154 -
Head, A. J. (2003).
Personas: setting the stage for building usable information sites.
Online, 27(4), 14-21. -
from Sharp, Rogers, & Preece,
Chapter 10, Establishing requirements- User characteristics, 360-361
Optional readings which may come up in class discussions
PERSONAS
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Hudson, W. (November 01, 2013).
User stories don't help users: Introducing persona stories.
Interactions, 20, 6, 50-53. -
Pruitt, J., & Adlin, T. (2006).
The Persona Lifecycle: Keeping People in Mind throughout Product Design ,
Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann. [HF5415.15 .P79 2006]
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Mulder, S., & Yaar, Z. (2006).
The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web ,
Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann. [HF5415.1265 .M85 2007]
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Kuniavsky, M., Goodman, E., & Moed, A. (2012).
User profiles.
In Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research , Waltham, MA: Morgan Kaufmann., 482-501. [QA76.9.H85 K86 2003]
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Courage, C., & Baxter, K. (2005).
Step 2: Personas.
In Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Requirements Methods, Tools, and Techniques , San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, 47-52. [QA76.9.H85 C69 2005
or as e-book]
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Useful, but not available online
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Wodtke, C. (2003).
How to create personas.
In Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web , New Riders Press, 165-178. [TK5105.888 .W637 2003]
SOURCES OF DATA ON INTERNET USERS
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Roper Center Public Opinion Archives
iPoll databank -
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
Current Population Reports: Computer and Internet Use in the United States
Publications about Internet Access and Usagee - ClickZ Stats
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Surveying the Digital Future: A Longitudinal International Study of the Individual and Social Effects of PC/Internet Technology
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Center for a Digital Future, Annenberg School, University of Southern California. - Pew Internet & American Life Project
Some ideas of projects from the past
applications for smart phones or tablets
- 3D X-RAY Analysis App
- Big Weather Data
- Diamond Heels Compendium Portal
- Kindle Recipe Program
- Korean Food Recipe Application
- managing one's Facebook friends
- personal timelines
- piano picker app
- Travel Guide App
database interfaces
- IPDB
- Marketing Management System Design for a Bookstore
- Prescription Drug Summarization System For Consumers
intranets
- Cross-Domain Content Sharing Manager
- Electronic Nursing Documentation
- Heart Center Observation Area Intranet Page
- Morrison Community website
- SILS Help Desk Equipment Loan System
- Staff Interface
- SyG support ticket system
- UNC map application
- UNC Med Systems High Level Measurement Web View
kiosk
- Mapping Manning
website
- Baltimore Music Map
- BEC website
- BOOKSABOUT
- Business Information Website for Perquimans County
- Carolinas Chapter of ASIS&T Web Site
- DCAPE Web Interface
- Deals and Coupons Sharing Website
- Group Fitness Pages
- Home of RTP Chinese
- ILSSA website
- Online Shopping Product Search Website
- Resource and Engagement Management Tool website
- Resources for Casual Gamers
- Sierra Club Web Interface
- THE MUSEUM
- Transformative Organizing Website
- UNC Library Gateway Site
- UNC Used Book Website
- website for a senior citizens' activity club
websites for actual users
- Connect the Dots - for UNC Admissions
- DataNet Federation Consortium
- SIBUC website