UX Review

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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 How to draw a mock-up of a user interace using a simple drawing tool (such as LucidChart, draw.io, etc.)
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 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
Possible humanatarian open source projects are listed at this site: http://www.socialcoding4good.org/

Are there other activities the student should have done first?

What is the rational for this activity?

Helpful hints for faculty:

Might be helpful for students to conduct a FOSS Field Trip type activity, such as OS_Project_Comparison_Activity, to learn more about this or other open source projects before working with it
This activity can be enhanced by having the instructor develop a relationship with members of a specific open source community. This would allow opportunities such as
- Having a conference call with open source community manager to answer student questions about the project
- Having a conference call with users of the open source project that describes how they use it and what issues they have with the software
- Having the opportunity of suggestions getting accepted back into the community

What should the student do?

What will the student hand in?

How will the activity be graded?

How will learning will be measured?

Include sample assessment questions/rubrics.

What should the instructor know before using this activity?

What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?

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 an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.