Length: 25 pages
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Task
Prepare a detailed design document for the user interface for your project. Your design document should be based on your Project Requirements and Scope document and your Project Design proposal. Your design document should include the following sections, as a minimum:

1. Design overview;
2. Project scope;
3. Business and User requirements;
4. Key assumptions;
5. Design process to be used;
6. Interface Design, including the following sections with justification for use:
• All screen layouts;
• All components identified, with justification for their use;
• Workflow diagrams for major tasks (if required);
• Use of colour, frames and sections;
• Help and user assistance functions;
• Use of icons;
• User task navigation;

7. Usability testing and evaluation, including the following sections with justification for use:
• Evaluation aims;
• Evaluation methodology;
• Test audience selection and ethical considerations;
• Evaluation experiments;
• Analysis methodology and procedures.

This is the final design for your project so all the sections in the document should be complete in all detail.

Rationale
This assignment assesses a student's ability to:
• Critically examine and interpret the principles of design that are applicable to the design of an interface;
• Critically examine and evaluate a user interface design to determine if it meets a given set of requirements;
• Interpret, analyse and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface design improvements;
Marking criteria
Question HD DI CR PS FL
Design Overview Comprehensive overview that clearly articulates the objectives & success criteria Very detailed overview that articulates the objectives & success criteria Thorough overview that conveys the objectives & success criteria Adequate overview that gives a good idea of the objectives & success criteria Inadequate or incomplete overview that does not convey or does not have the objectives & success criteria
Project Scope Comprehensive and clear statement of project scope Detailed statement of project scope Thorough statement of project scope Adequate statement of project scope Inadequate or incomplete statement of project scope
Requirements Comprehensive and clear statement of project requirements Detailed and clear statement of project requirements Thorough statement of project requirements Adequate statement of project requirements Inadequate or incomplete statement of project requirements
Assumptions Comprehensive and clear explanation of assumptions Detailed and clear explanation of assumptions Thorough explanation of assumptions Adequate explanation of assumptions Inadequate or incomplete explanation of assumptions
Design Process Comprehensive and clear statement of design process Detailed and clear statement of design process Thorough statement of design process Adequate statement of design process Inadequate or incomplete statement of design process
Interface Design Comprehensive and clear UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with excellent justification for use Detailed UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with clear justification for use Good UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with some justification for use Adequate UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with justification for use Poor or inadequate UI design and/or drawings, few components identified with little or no justification for use
Usability Testing Comprehensive and clear evaluation plan with comprehensive aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Detailed evaluation plan with well detailed aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Thorough evaluation plan with good aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Adequate evaluation plan with adequate aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Incomplete or inadequate evaluation plan with inadequate aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis
Presentation, Spelling & Grammar
Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar
Referencing Up to 5 marks will be deducted for not providing / following the proper APA style of referencing.
Note that the guide for APA referencing is provided in the Resource section of the ITC504 Interact site
Presentation
Include your and subject details with your answer in a MS Word document. Your design document should not exceed ~25 pages in length, excluding references. You will need to reference all literature, applications and websites using the APA 6th edition referencing style.