WEEK 11

This week, we learned about visual design. It is also known as interface design or presentation design.

Things need to plan on how your courseware will look.

1. Colours
2. Fonts or styles screens.
3. Graphis and multimedia
4. Arrange all these elements into an attractive layout

Elements of user interface.

1. Background (colours or images)
2. Foreground (content and links – titles,heading, sub headings, body text, illustrations, captions)
3. Others (text, images, buttons, navigation bars, animation, video,etc)

Critical tasks of visual design

v  Define the visual theme and style

v  Design a system of screen layouts

v  Create the structural elements of each screen

v  Create the control elements

v  Intergrate the media elements

v  Create prototype

Typography

1. Keep it simple

-        Limit number of fonts per screen and per courseware.

-        Use the same fonts consistently.

2. Make good font choices

-       Sans serif or serif

-       Commonly installed fonts

-       Mood

-       Readability

Lastly, we were given 3 articles and discuss it in our group.

  

ARTICLE 1 – Types of course ware testing.

There are 2 types of course ware testing.

1. Functionality testing (unit, integration, compatibility)

-        Functionality testing (testing the programming features)

-       Unit testing (when programmers test their own code)

-       Integration testing (when the various modules are combined and running together)

-       Compatibility testing (testing the courseware on the various kinds of user hardware and software configuration)

2. Usability testing

-       Quality attribute that assesses how easy user interface are to use.

-       5 quality components

a)    Learnability

b)    Efficiency

c)    Memorability

d)    Errors

e)    Satisfaction

ARTICLE 2 – Courseware testing approach.

1. Self testing  (individual test their own product)
2. Peer review (to get colleagues to test our  product)
3. Concept testing (focus groups) – try out the main project ideas on selected groups of people representative.
4. Field trials – the courseware is tested with the users

ARTICLE 3– Courseware testing stages.

There are 2 stages for the courseware to be testing before publish.

1. Alpha testing (developmental testing)

-       Conducted when the prototype is ready.

-       Take inputs and generate outputs.

-       Not fully functional.

-       Tested inside the organization.

2. Beta testing

-       After alpha testing

-       Form of external user.

-       Beta version software are released to limited audience.