Week 2 Lab
The Week 2 lab covered human factors in HCI. Several example scenarios were defined, in which the human factors relatable to those examples were identified as a team.
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Week 3 Lab
Week 3's Lab contained several activities that applied theoretical frameworks such as the GOMS model, mental models and norman's interaction model.
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Week 4 Lab
Week 4's Lab covered several activities applied theoritical frameworks. Activity theory, distributed conition, embodied interaction and interaction design. These frameworks were then discussed further to evaluate the connections between each framework.
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Week 5 Lab
This lab contained activities that applied usability tools towards a scenario. Personas, card sorting, task analysis, use cases, surveys were applied, in which each tool's relationship was further discussed.
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Week 6 Lab
This workshop covered usability design guidelines for design decisions. This revolves around text, colour, images, sound and layout.
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Week 7 Lab
This workshop covered design tools towards a travel planner application. The prototype outline was discussed, followed by the fidelity level. It was assumed that it would be of high fidelity due to the high functionality requirement in the prototype.
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Week 8 Lab
This workshop involved design processes and user centered design. The design tools were applied towards the in-house library system scenario.
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Week 9 Lab
This workshop's activities included evaluation and test planning. The activity was for a hypothetical scenario for the Pokemon Go app.
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Week 10 Lab
This workshop covered accessibility for several scenarios. Accessibility for my own phone usage was tested, in which feedback was given on what could be improved, what problems existed.
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Reflection on Labs
The workshops have been useful in understanding HCI theories, frameworks, design tools and guidelines, evaluation and testing and these concepts have been useful in implementing the assignment. Although challenging, carrying out the workshop with team members has given me insight towards the expectations of project work and what to expect in industry.