Week 7 - Understanding and Envisionment

Question 1

What are the different formats that could appear on a questionnaire?

Answer 1

1. Check Boxes and Ranges (e.g. gender and age)

2. Rating scales - Likert Scales, Semantic differential scales, Smileyometer.

Question 2

What should be conisdered when implementing a Likert Scale Design.

Answer 2

1. Gather a pool of short statements.
2. Decide on the scale: how many points?
3. Select items for the final questionnaire and make them as clear as possible.
4. Discussion: How many points to use.

Question 3

Name 3 Characteristics of a persona.

Answer 3

1. Capture User Characteristics.
2. Not real people, but synthesised from real user characteristics.
3. Should not be idealised.

Question 4

What is a ‘Scenario’

Answer 4

An informal narrative story, simple, ‘natural’, personal, not generalisable.

Question 5

What are the principles of ‘Interactive Design’

Answer 5

1. Establsihing Requirements
2. Produce Designs of interactive systems which satisfy those requirements.
3. Produce an interactive version of design.
4. Evaluating.