UX Review
(Difference between revisions)
(Created page with "__NOTOC__ {| border="1" |- |'''Title''' || User Experience Review |- |'''Overview''' || High level description of what the student will do |- |'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' |...") |
|||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
|'''Title''' || User Experience Review | |'''Title''' || User Experience Review | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |'''Overview''' || | + | |'''Overview''' || Students will interact with an existing open source software project, review the user experience, sketch mock-ups of how to make the software work and flow better, and document ideas for betterment of the software. Optionally: instructor can initiate contact with the open source project leaders to determine which parts of the software they would like feedback on. Then, the students can focus on those areas and contribute the best write-ups back to the open source project community. |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' || | + | |'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' || Prior to attempting this activity, students need to know |
| + | * How to draw a mock-up of a user interace using a simple drawing tool (such as LucidChart, draw.io, etc.) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |'''Learning Objectives''' || | + | |'''Learning Objectives''' || After completing this activity, students should |
| + | * Be able to describe what is meant by the term "user experience", why it is important, and specific challenges faced by open source software | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Background: === | === Background: === | ||
| − | + | Background reading material includes: | |
| + | |||
| + | * "The future of open source is a better user experience", by Nick Yeates, http://opensource.com/life/15/3/user-experience-open-source-future | ||
Are there other activities the student should have done first? | Are there other activities the student should have done first? | ||
Revision as of 21:00, 27 May 2015
| Title | User Experience Review |
| Overview | Students will interact with an existing open source software project, review the user experience, sketch mock-ups of how to make the software work and flow better, and document ideas for betterment of the software. Optionally: instructor can initiate contact with the open source project leaders to determine which parts of the software they would like feedback on. Then, the students can focus on those areas and contribute the best write-ups back to the open source project community. |
| Prerequisite Knowledge | Prior to attempting this activity, students need to know
|
| Learning Objectives | After completing this activity, students should
|
Background:
Background reading material includes:
- "The future of open source is a better user experience", by Nick Yeates, http://opensource.com/life/15/3/user-experience-open-source-future
Are there other activities the student should have done first?
What is the rational for this activity?
Include helpful hints to faculty here.
Directions:
What should the student do?
Deliverables:
What will the student hand in?
Assessment:
How will the activity be graded?
How will learning will be measured?
Include sample assessment questions/rubrics.
Comments:
What should the instructor know before using this activity?
What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?
Additional Information:
| Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit | What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf knowledge area and units does this activity cover? |
| Topic | What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf |
| Level of Difficulty | Is this activity easy, medium or challenging? |
| Estimated Time to Completion | How long should it take for the student to complete the activity? |
| Materials/Environment | What does the student need? Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.? |
| Author | Who wrote this activity? |
| Source | Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource. |
| License | Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) |
Suggestions for the Open Source Project:
Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
