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GR1: Design

Who We Are

  • Brian Chang
  • Sophia Cui
  • Viksit Arora
  • Sarah Han

Scenario

John is a 68 year old retired doctor and avid gardener. Recently widowed with his wife dead from lung cancer, he wants to disseminate his medical knowledge to help others and keep himself occupied. Having basic knowledge of internet browsing, he logs on to AgedToPerfection and sees a list of medical questions and issues he could help with. He replies to those issues. John sees a live video stream of Paul, a senior who hosting a session for dealing with loss and John tunes in. John really enjoyed Paul’s talk and decides connect directly with Paul.

Individual Design Sketches

Viksit Arora's design 1
Viksit Arora's design 2
Viksit Arora's design 3
Brian Chang's design 1
Brian Chang's design 2
Brian Chang's design 3
Sophia Cui's design 1
Sophia Cui's design 2
Sophia Cui's design 3

Sarah Han's design 1

Sarah Han's design 2

Sarah Han's design 3

Design and Storyboards

Storyboard 1

Analysis:
Learnability:

  • The use of VCR metaphor aids users in learning how to do video chats
  • The side menu bar maintains external consistency with other websites
  • The sophisticated interface may be too complicated and confusing for elderly users

Efficiency:

  • Users can jump to any of the frequently visited categories using the side bars
  • Tabs along the top can be used to quickly jump to different subcategories and allow for sorting

Safety:

  • The somewhat cluttered interface is prone to mis-clicks by the elders
  • Mouse-over effect helps indicate what action would take place when clicked
Storyboard 2

Analysis:
Learnability:

  • Simple/streamlined/minimal approach allows for an easy to learn & use interface
  • Movie reel metaphor cues the users that he/she can scroll to see different events

Efficiency:

  • Expert users may want more options for personalization
  • Potentially the users want to search for an event as opposed to scrolling

Safety:

  • Movie reel header allows for users to easily scroll/click back and forth in case of accidental page selection
  • It's not clear that when clicked on the portrait an "add friend" dialog will pop up. There should be more visual affordances to indicate the "add friend" functionality
Storyboard 3

Analysis:
Learnability:

Efficiency:

Safety:

Analysis for Storyboards

Storyboard 1
Storyboard 2
Storyboard 3
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