I thought this week was pretty helpful in auditing the current interface. We were asked to take all the various navigation mechanisms and compile them into one sheet with a simple description about what each component does. This is helpful as I start to refine the overall navigation of the entire site and think about subtle improvements.
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User Experience 2 – Week 6
This week we updated/created our information architecture. I don’t have OmniGraffle on this computer, so I’ll have to export a pdf later and upload it here. Work is really busy…
User Experience 2 – Week 5
This week was about mind mapping. I’m so busy with work I’ll have to post my mind map later.
User Experience 2 – Week 4
Updated and cleaned out my Content Inventory. This spreadsheet has been SO helpful in the creation of my project. I know that whenever I need to find something, or locate a source, I can just check this file. The challenge is keeping it updated and relevant a when my thesis keeps changing. This version may very well be the last major overhaul since I’m nearing the end of my program.
User Experience 2 – Week 3
This week I worked on creating some clear Use Cases and User Scenarios. A couple of my use cases weren’t considered “use cases” to Annie (the instructor), but I tend to disagree. We also had to come up with a list of user requirements for our thesis project. Lastly, we worked on analyzing our competition and what sort of user requirements were used to develop that site/app.
Use Cases and Scenarios User Requirements teaterMark_m3_topic_3_1
User Experience 2 – Week 2
This week centered around creating a requirements analysis. This includes: Problem Identification and Definition, User Profiles, and Competitive Analysis. I’ve worked on this before, but this was a great opportunity to update the contents from previous semesters. I also found some more competition to analyze.
User Experience 2 – Week 1
I’m back online, since I’m working full time at Lyft now. I was unable to get into a class on campus that fit my schedule, so the next best option was to attend school online again. I started the program online and moved to San Francisco because I disliked the online classes so much. It’s a major let down to be forced back online. Oh well, I’l make do.
A lot of the work in the first week of any Group Directed Study class is about presenting where we are up to this point. This week I was asked to create an executive summary of my project that includes: Overall Project Concept, Target Audience & Next Steps. The two discussion topics include:
- Topic 1.1: Describe the interactive user experience of your current project plan. Are there some areas that should be more interactive?
- Topic 1.2: Describe the domain area level of expertise for your project and define how well you know this area. Do you need to do a lot more research?
Project Assessment Assignment 1.2 Discussion 1.1 Discussion 1.2
Responsive Web – Week 15 – Presentations
See week 15 of Visual Design for the presentation.
Visual Design – Week 15
This is the presentation used for both of my classes. I’m nearing the end of my career here at AAU, and this is a pretty clear indicator of where I currently am in the program and what my final presentation would look like if I presented today. I forgot to update the date, but the presentation is updated.
Responsive Web – Week 14 – New Page & Added Navigation
This last week I focused on navigating the site as well as continuing to build new pages. For a long time my site has been somewhat of a guessing game as to where to go next and what flow is correct. The way I solved this issue is by adding a small orange button with an arrow in it that points to the way a user should go next. The user can either click that directly or use a swipe gesture to move forward. This has been planned for a while, but it’s only been recently that I felt it was necessary to help guide the users—before now, there wasn’t much of a story for the user to follow. I also worked on my navigation animations and styled the main nav so that you can see the text over white backgrounds. For a while the side page navigation just floated over everything and was rather hard to see on light/white backgrounds. I fixed this by adding a green background.
Lastly, I worked on a few pages (“Corporate Pollution,” and “Yearly Livestock”). I also created the page, “Average family Savings.” I removed a title section from the pages, “Benefits of Urban Farming”, and “Types of Urban Farms.”
Latest version: http://goo.gl/Xrl6b4