Assignment title: Information


• Task You are to create a blog on the subject Interact site that addresses the following two (2) related areas: Firstly, research the usability principles that can be used to evaluate user interfaces and compare two sets of heuristic rules; You may consider the following existing heuristics: 1. Norman’s Usability guidelines (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics ), 2. Tognazzini’s Principles of Interaction Design (http://asktog.com/atc/principles-of-interaction-design ), 3. Schneiderman’s golden rules (http://www.designprinciplesftw.com/collections/shneidermans-eight-golden-rules-of-interface-design ), or 4. Selway’s Ten Principles of Simplicity (http://www.designprinciplesftw.com/collections/ten-principles-of-simplicity ). Secondly, you are to find a museum web site. First go to different pages of the web site that provides various details. Then, without proceeding fully through to payment, attempt to purchase tickets online to visit the museum in a future date. Use one set of the usability principles you chose for the first part of this assignment, to evaluate the customer experience of booking a room on this site. Rationale This assignment covers the following learning outcomes for this subject: o Be able to list and explain the importance of the Principles of Design in HCI; o Be able to explain the importance of Usability in interface design; o Be able to list and apply the major Usability guidelines to an interface design o Be able to create a design for an interface using the Principles of Design; Marking criteria o Research and determine a set of heuristic usability principles, justifying the choice made - 40 marks o Appropriately apply the chosen usability principles to the evaluation of booking a room through an online portal - 60 marks o Deduct marks for poor spelling and grammar - up to -5 marks o Deduct marks for incorrect or no APA referencing - up to -5 marks Question HD DI CR PS FL Research and compare two sets of heuristic rules Comprehensive comparison of heuristic that includes the major usability principles and an excellent discussion of the similarities and the differences Detailed comparison that includes the majority of the rules in each set of usability principles with many similarities and the differences Thorough comparison that includes the majority of the rules in each set of usability principles with most similarities and the differences Adequate comparison that includes the majority of the rules in each set of usability principles with some similarities and the differences Incomplete or irrelevant comparison that includes the majority of the rules in each set of usability principles Use the usability heuristic to evaluate an online movie hire site Comprehensive assessment that covers all aspects of the UX involved in the task. Detailed assessment that covers most aspects of the UX involved in the task. Thorough assessment that covers many aspects of the UX involved in the task. Adequate assessment that covers the UX involved in the task Incomplete or irrelevant assessment that ignores or does not comment on much of the UX involved in the task Presentation, spelling and grammar (-5 marks) Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar Presentation Submit your assignment in MS Word format. Requirements Online submission via Turnitin is required for this assignment.