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Prototyping the InquiryTool
Design of prototype for a PDA Flash-based application
that supports collaboration within data visualization
activities. This work involved design of student activities
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| NLS Competency 3 - Design of NLS applications
or components of an application |
Description: Developing the InquiryTool I followed
a process of iterative refinement to design a functional prototype.
Before I created the first design prototypes I tried to gain
as much information as possible of the context in that the inquiry
tool can be used. The InquiryTool is used in a science center
by students who want to learn more about plant growth and life
on a space station and on a remote planet. In the beginning
of the development process I had many meetings with students
and teachers from an optional context for the InquiryTool: the
CASA space station in Columbia. I made interviews and videos
to find out more what the main features of the InquiryTool should
be. Also I talked to greenhouse experts that work at the University
of Missouri-Columbia to analyze activities and cognitive processes
of greenhouse workers. From these experiences I developed activity
scenarios, use cases and a role model. Feeding of from the knowledge
I gained in talking to subject matter experts, I created first
mock up's and by designing low and later high fidelity mock
up's. A usability test concluded the development of the first
functional prototype of the InquiryTool.
I created a work plan that includes the sequence, which represents
the artifacts being created, followed by a working schedule.
An overview of all created artifacts in this class and a review
of the prototyping process can be found at the end of the work
plan page: Work
plan
Course: Q410 Interface Design 2
Teacher:
Jim
Laffey
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