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Project Evaluation
Secondary Persona Marshall is a senior at University of Washington and will be graduating in May 2012. He is a double major; His first major is HCI at the Information Science Department and his second is Music. After he graduates he wants to pursue Digital Art as a career. He is planning to take up a few HCI projects. He visits DUB website to Know of the current and past projects and the research interests of professors. He's also interested in the courses that HCI professors take. Marshall Goody Current student Personae
Goal 1: To find the link to the HCI Website Task 1: Find the correct link to the HCI Department from a Search Engine (Google, Bing) Task 2: Find the correct link to the HCI Department from the University’s website Goal 2: Find HCI’s Research Projects Task 1: Explore the current projects Task 2: Explore projects that have been done in the past by the department Task 3: Explore research papers/publications if any Goal 3: Find courses related to HCI Task 1: Find the link to the HCI courses Task 2: Read the course descriptions Task 3:Find the faculty taking the course Marshall Goody Current Student Goals & Tasks – Current Student
Goal 4: To find the HCI Facultyinformation Task 1: Find the list of Faculty in the department Task 2: Find their research interests Task 3: Find the projects they are currently running Task 4: Find if they are currently looking to hire graduate students Task 5. Find contact information Goal 5: To find students enrolled in the HCI program Task 1: Find the list of current students at the HCI lab Task 2: Find their research interests and the projects they’re working on Task 3: Find their contact information Goal 6: To find the jobs in HCI Task 1: What are the job opportunities available to HCI students Task 2: What are the jobs held by Former HCI Students Task 3: Apply for jobs Goals & Tasks – Current Student
Goal 7: To get information about events and seminars happening in the department Task 1: Look for upcoming events organized by the department Goals & Tasks – Current Student
Top Successes • Consistency in design and content of the pages • Some pages display good categorization and hierarchy of information Top 5 Issues • 1of 7 user goals failed and 3 of 7 them were partially successful • Poor scent of information that hamper’s navigation between pages • Insufficient information on some of the pages (active/inactive projects, past projects etc) • Some pages display poorly categorized links with no information on where the links lead • Left side navigation bar creates confusion as it remains static while the page content changes Executive Summary
Top Successes • Has clear summary of Faculty research interests Top 5 Issues • 3 of 7 user goals failed and 2of 7 partially successful • Insufficient and un-updated information on the page • Poor Scent of information that hampers navigation • Links are mismatched: Some professor’s links lead to erroneous pages • Inconsistency in appearance and detail of information presented Executive Summary