ITC504 | WORKING PROTOTYPE | USER INTERFACE

Task

Overview

Your assignment is to develop the final design for the Local Farm Shop Mobile App. The team will be required to submit a working prototype in presentation mode.

The Local Farm Shop case study is located in Interact Resources. You need to read this case study before starting this assessment item.

Team Setup
This assignment is the last of the team assignments for this subject. The rationale for using a team approach is that most IT design and development studios work in teams of between 2-5 designers/developers for each design problem.

Team Member Responsibilities
Each team member will be assessed on:

• • The final design presented by the team;
  • The individual contributions that they have made to the design. This will be shown by the entries that they have made in the Team Forum.

Team members should note that:

• • A total of 30% of the total marks for this assignment are for individual contributions. These include:
  • Reasoning behind the design decisions for the submitted design (20%), and
  • Discussion on how to implement the usability recommendations. (10%)
  • A team member without any individual contributions in the Team Forum will be regarded as having not contributed to the design. This will result in either reduced marks or no marks being awarded to that team member for this assignment.

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Team Tasks

1. Create the final design for the Mobile App. This design must:
2. Meet all the requirements laid out in the case study; (10 marks)
3. Include all pages required for the final implementation of the design; (10 marks)
4. Include all screen components for each page; (10 marks)
5. Include all navigation components; (10 marks)
6. Include all the improvements recommended by the usability evaluation. (10 marks)

2. Create a click-through prototype of your design using Balsamiq Mockups Links in presentation mode . When the links in your presentation mode mockup are working correctly, then export your presentation to PDF  This PDF file is what you will submit for assessment. (20 marks)

3. Indicate in your team forum, the reasoning behind your design decisions. This reasoning must demonstrate input from each member of the team. In your team forum, select all the messages that relate to this topic, then press the Collect button; click File and select Print. Print these messages to a PDF file. (20 marks)

4. Indicate in your team forum how the usability recommendations were implemented and the reasoning behind the method of implementation. In your team forum, select all the messages that relate to this topic, then press the Collect button; click File and select Print. Print these messages to a PDF file. (10 marks).

Important Note

Your team design will be assessed for usability as part of the final evaluation of this assignment. Your team should ensure that:

• • All wireframes are as complete as possible;
  • The team forum is updated and as complete as possible;
  • The wireframes are correctly linked, and the links have been tested prior to submission.

Rationale

This assessment aligns with the following learning outcomes of this subject:

• • be able to identify and explain the importance of the principles of design in relation to the design of an interface;
  • be able to evaluate an interface to determine its effective usability and identify enhancements for improvement;
  • be able to design a user interface to meet a given set of requirements;
  • be able to design a set of appropriate usability tests for a given interface;
  • be able to interpret and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface improvements.

Marking criteria

Question	HD	DI	CR	PS	FL
Final design meets requirements (10 marks)	Comprehensive design concept that meets all business requirements	Thorough design concept that meets most business requirements	Good design concept that meets many business requirements	A design concept that meets some business requirements	A design concept that does not meet the business requirements
Final design includes all necessary pages (10 marks)	Comprehensive design concept that  includes all necessary pagesto meet all business requirements	Thorough design concept that includes pagesto meet most business requirements	Good design concept that includes pagesto meet many business requirements	A design concept that includes pagesto meet some business requirements	A design concept that does not includes pagesto meet the business requirements
Final design includes all components for each page (10 marks)	Comprehensive design concept where each page has all the components to work correctly	Thorough design concept where each page has most of the components to work correctly	Good design concept where each page has many of the components to work correctly	A design concept where each page has some of the components to work correctly	A design concept where each page does not have all the components to work correctly
Final design includes all navigation components (10 marks)	Comprehensive design concept that enables easy navigation throughout the system	Thorough design concept that that enables good navigation throughout the system	Good design concept that that enables navigation throughout the system	A design concept that that enables some navigation throughout the system	A design concept that does not enable navigation throughout the system
Final design includes all usability recommendations (10 marks)	Comprehensive design concept where all usability advice has been implemented and tested	Thorough design concept where all usability advice has been implemented	Good design concept where most usability advice has been implemented	A design concept where some usability advice has been implemented	A design concept where no usability advice has been implemented
Create click-through prototype (20 marks)	Complete walk-through prototype that demonstrates all functionality	Thorough walk-through prototype that demonstrates most functionality	Good walk-through prototype that demonstrates much of the functionality	A walk-through prototype that demonstrates some functionality	Walk-through prototype that does not work or does not demonstrate functionality
Interaction on design decisions forum (10 marks)	Frequently initiates and leads discussions; always involved in thorough discussion of the topic and issues	Often initiates discussions; often involved in thorough discussion of the topic and issues	Good evidence of working with peers & engaging with discussion topics	Some evidence of responding to questions or topics on the discussion forum.	No evidence of interaction on forums.
Interaction on usability forum (10 marks)	Proactively initiates and facilitates discussion, explicitly using appropriate strategies and tools.	Often initiates discussions and always involved in thorough discussion of the topic and issues .	Good evidence of working with peers & engaging with discussion topics	Some evidence of responding to questions or topics on the discussion forum.	No evidence of interaction on forums.

Presentation

The discussions on design reasoning and usability recommendations are to be presented in a two separate PDF documents. These documents are to be loaded into the Turnitin.
The click-through prototype is to be loaded into the Turnitin.
Designs that are not presented in click through PDF format will not be marked.
Online submission via Turnitin is required for this assignment. Details will be provided by your subject lecturer.