WEEK 1 - FUNDAMENTALS

Question 1

What is a user?

Answer 1

A user is a person who uses the system.

Question 2

What is an interface?

Answer 2

An interface is the part through which the user interacts with the system.

Question 3

What are some physical interfaces input examples?

Answer 3

knobs, buttons, sliders, levers, tabs, handles, sockets, keys, eyes, ears, nose

Question 4

What are some physical interface output examples?

Answer 4

signs, speakers, screens, plugs, horns, buzzers, bells, paper, charts, globes.

Question 5

What are some virtual interface input examples:

Answer 5

text field, submit & radio buttons, checkbox, slider, pull down, picker, menu.

Question 6

What are some virtual interface output examples:

Answer 6

text field, sound, chart, grid, tree, progress bar, alert, tool tip, cursor.

Question 7

What is information architecture?

Answer 7

Information Architecture is the study of the structure of organized data.

Information is the organization of data usually for the purpose of telling us something. Architecture is the study of structure.

Question 8

What are the six application creation stages?

Answer 8

1. Ideation
2. Strategy
3. Scope
4. Structure
5. Skeleton
6. Surface

Question 9

What is ideation?

Answer 9

Creative time to think of what app to build. Often includes brainstorming and mind maps.

Question 10

What is strategy?

Answer 10

The plan to balance what users needs/wants from the app and the company objectives such as business model, marketing or educational message. Often requires meetings.

Question 11

What is scope?

Answer 11

The various features and functions of the app and how they fit together. Often researched.

Question 12

What is structure?

Answer 12

The organization of the application flow. The order of the screens or app states. Often shown with a hierarchy diagram.

Question 13

What is skeleton?

Answer 13

The arrangement of the navigation and content within a screen or app state. For example, the placement of the menus, buttons, text, images, etc. Shown with a wireframe.

Question 14

What is surface?

Answer 14

The final look of the application with logo, final content and real interface, etc.

Question 15

What are the three types of user surveys?

Answer 15

1. Structured Survey
2. Unstructured Survey
3. Blended Survey

Question 16

What is a structured survey?

Answer 16

A structured survey has discrete (unspecific) answers discrete answers such as YES NO CHOOSE A, B, C, RATE 1-10 TRUE FALSE

The structured questions are easy to tabulate and see preferences.

Question 17

What is an unstructured survey?

Answer 17

An unstructured survey has open-ended questions: What do you like best? Please comment…

Unstructured questions provide opportunity for the user to tell you unexpected information.

Question 18

What is the blended survey?

Answer 18

Some discrete-answer questions and some open-ended questions.

Blended surveys give the best of both so are generally recommended.

Question 19

What is a persona?

Answer 19

Describes an average user. Make up their name, age, gender and education. Include a picture and describe what is happening around the user. What is the background situation that will lead the user to need or want to use your application. 1-2 Paragraphs.

Question 20

What is a goal?

Answer 20

The goal of the user.

Ex.
Elliot wants to play a physical game with his friends using their mobile devices.

Question 21

What is a scenario?

Answer 21

The scenario writes tasks the user does to reach their goal and the outcomes. The outcomes can be either successful or unsuccessful. Or you can write several results for the same goal.