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**Dec 13, 2010** Hi Michele, Attached please find Virti-Cue's Presentation Design document. Below are links to our mock-up in Mockingbird and our group Wiki, which contains our communication log.Enjoy the holidays!The Virti-Cue Team: Chris, Jeannette, Robin, & Vanita Mock-up link: https://gomockingbird.com/mockingbird/index.html?project=a91xcs9#a91xcs9/lFcMr Wiki link: http://presentationdesign.wikispaces.com/ Virti-Cue Presentation Design Final.doc 1420K View Download **Dec 13, 2010** Hi Jeannette, Chris, & Vanita, No one has pointed out any more editing, so I think we are good to go. I need to submit the paper, mock-up link, and wiki link ... Right? That’s all I can think of. Hope your days go well. **Dec 13, 2010** Hi Robin and team, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Is there anything else needing to be fixed, completed or otherwise? I have to leave for my Dad’s in about 45 minutes...I don’t want to miss any duties for you guys.Let me know <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Jeannette <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**Dec 12, 2010** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Hi everyone, Thanks for your editing, Jeannette. Yes, Vanita, I agree – we can save the monkey for later :-). I included your quote, Jeannette – sounds good. I think we are good – except, did anyone see anything that was missed in terms of the summary of our testing and/or the implications of that information for our design?   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Thanks for checking. I haven’t read the latest in hard copy yet, but will do that before the night is over. Unless I hear otherwise, I will send to Michele in the morning sometime. I will include a link to the mock-up and the wiki at the end of the paper – think that’s okay? Or, do you think I should just put them in the email? Perhaps both would be best! Is there anything else we need to include?   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Okay, talk to you soon. I’ll cc you all when I send it it.    <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Robin <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**Dec 12, 2010** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Hello all, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The final draft looks good. I had a question, do you think we should talk about the Survey Monkey Questionnaire that we plan to conduct after our product is launcehd, or should we save that for next term -on completion of the product - as our evaluation procedure <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> While I am writing, I think it makes more sense to leave it for now as we did not use it for our 'user testing' Never mind, just a thought...  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Thanks <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Vg <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**Dec 12, 2010** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Hi all. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Robin, I had a wee couple of edits, but also added a quote that I thought served as a good segue...at close of Presentation Design’s opening paragraph. Take it out if it’s useless. It’s another Norman book- I put it in the references. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Okay, I’m going to have another look through. Is there any area that you would like more content at all? Or refs? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Thanks ...it’s looking great <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Jeannette <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**Dec 12, 2010** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Hi everyone, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I’ve attached the document with the latest changes – found the ‘green’, Jeannette, thanks. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Please have a look and note any changes that you would like made. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I think we are okay explaining the ‘back’ button with the linearity of the mock-up environment – thanks for clarifying, Jeannette. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">We are about 3 lines over 12 pages – so this should be okay. I’ll wait for feedback, then have another read with changes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">later <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> this evening & hopefully send out the final copy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Thanks everyone, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Robin

Dec 12, 2010 > Hi Jeannette (and Chris & Vanita), >> No problem – we suspected that family demands were dominating your time. I am just waiting for Chris to send the conclusion, then I will put it all together. If you get a chance, you could read through and see if you agree with the summary and implications of our usability testing – I don’t think anyone else has done so yet and it would be good to have more than one point of view – no doubt there will be things that I have missed. >> On the other hand, if you do not have time, that is fine. Take care of yourself and your family and do the things you need to do to be well. >> I’ll send the completed version once I pull it together. >> Take care, >> > >> Hello all, >> I’ve gone through the rubric and based on the criteria made a few changes – which are now posted. >> I think that we still need to: >> Thanks. Anything else anyone can think of? >> Robin P.s. I’m attaching a Word version of the document to date. If easier, make your changes in this document and send back to me – I will compile it. If you do so, please make changes in a different colour font, or use the ‘insert comment’ function in Word. Thanks. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**December 11, 2010 3:03 PM** As I look through the rubric I see it says we should use at least 10 references... So I foubd 1 morethat perhaps could also be incorporated in the conclusion, and if not thre, then perhaps elswhere: Robin > <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: normal;">﻿﻿﻿﻿**December 12, 2010 12:22 AM** > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;">I've added in a conclusion and made some edits inpink. Thanks to all-it's really coming together! have a good night > <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; white-space: pre;">Chris > ﻿﻿﻿﻿**December 11, 2010 6:34 PM** > ﻿ Hi Robin, > I have added the"Nelson reference towards the end, however since it was in the Preece, et, al book p.16. I am wondering how should I reference it?? >
 * all read the document and see if the points included regarding usability testing reflect what we observed and include all important points
 * comment on the ‘back’ button issue – I did not observe what happened so cannot comment on it – there is a bold sentence in the doc that says input needed from group – something about the ‘back’ button should lead directly to home, which it does, hence my confusion.
 * look at the interpretation of the usability testing – do you agree? What else do you think the information that we gathered suggests for future designs? Have the important points been covered?
 * ensure reference list is complete – Vanita, you referenced an author that I have no information on – can you please provide? All we have is “Nelson, 1980”
 * we can add in the checklist and questionnaire in appendices at the end.

> Secondly I have highlighted the section where group members feedback was needed to explain the 'back' button function and backed it up with a reference. >

> I am taking a look at the rubric again and shall revert back if there's any thing we have missed. >

> I checked the 'Implications-section' from our feedback summary from the wiki, I think we have covered all the points. We have stated our observations, what we liked, can /shall not be implemented with our reasons and referenced it too! > Yes Robin, I agree with you we can add the questionnaire and checklist towards the end and maybe the Survey Monkey Questionnaire could be mentioned in the conclusion as our future plans once we are ready to launch our product!! Wow! It sounds so personal and real! > Please find attached a copy of 'highlighted edits'. > Thanks, > Talk to you later. > vg > ﻿﻿﻿﻿**December 11, 2010 3:44 PM** >> Hello all, >> I’ve gone through the rubric and based on the criteria made a few changes – which are now posted. >> I think that we still need to: >> Thanks. Anything else anyone can think of? > Robin P.s. I’m attaching a Word version of the document to date. If easier, make your changes in this document and send back to me – I will compile it. If you do so, please make changes in a different colour font, or use the ‘insert comment’ function in Word. Thanks. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**December 11, 2010 3:03 PM** As I look through the rubric I see it says we should use at least 10 references... So I foubd 1 morethat perhaps could also be incorporated in the conclusion, and if not thre, then perhaps elswhere: The overall goal of our usability testing was to “inform design by gathering data from which to identify and rectify usability deficiencies” (Rubin & Chisnell, 2008, p. 22). We will use the information gathered from our usability testing to ensure the creation of a product that is “useful to and valued by the target audience”, “easy to learn”, effective and efficient in helping people do what they want to do, and is “satisfying (and possibly even delightful) to use” (Rubin & Chisnell, 2008, p. 22).
 * all read the document and see if the points included regarding usability testing reflect what we observed and include all important points
 * comment on the ‘back’ button issue – I did not observe what happened so cannot comment on it – there is a bold sentence in the doc that says input needed from group – something about the ‘back’ button should lead directly to home, which it does, hence my confusion.
 * look at the interpretation of the usability testing – do you agree? What else do you think the information that we gathered suggests for future designs? Have the important points been covered?
 * ensure reference list is complete – Vanita, you referenced an author that I have no information on – can you please provide? All we have is “Nelson, 1980”
 * we can add in the checklist and questionnaire in appendices at the end.

> Book: > >> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi Chris and all, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was looking through my new Norman Book, //Living with Complexity//, and found the following information that perhaps can be incorporated into the conclusion: Although we acknowledge that the underlying structure of our application is complex, this complexity is necessary to incorporate the functions that we believe will best meet the needs of our target users. It is our hope that although complex, the structure and functioning of our application will not be //complicated// or confusing, but rather exhibit an “appropriate complexity” (Norman, 2011, p. 30). As Norman (2011) explains, “complexity is part of the world, but it shouldn’t be puzzling” (p.4), and “some complexity is desirable; when things are too simple they are also viewed as dull and uneventful” (p. 13). >> Feel free to use/or not/change or chop. >> Robin >>
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>> **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">December 11, 2010 12:53 PM ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Thanks for updating the log, Vanita. I’m not sure why you are encountering problems with the wiki – things have been fine when I’ve made changes. If you’d like, you can send the information in a Word document to me and I can post for you ... Perhaps save a trip to the library. >> Have a good day, >> Robin >> Interesting! Glad I waited! R <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">December 11, 2010 10:13 AM ** Thanks Chris. I just pulled out the rubric so will spend some time going over it and the doc as it is. Have a good day - getting caught up in the pre-Christmas frenzy? Enjoy your time with your kids. :-) <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> >> Robin

> > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">December 10, 2010 3:13 PM ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Vanita, > In one of your write-ups you referenced Nelson, 1980 – do you have the full reference for our reference list? > Thanks for checking, > Robin > > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10-12-10 12:27 PM, "vanita gupta" <vanitaji@gmail.com> wrote: ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 56.25pt; tabstops: 56.25pt;">Thanks <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Vanita > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hello all, > Thank you Robin and Chris for your hard work. I will update the communication log on the wiki tonight. I am at school now... > > > > **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Robin Halbert <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrot **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">e:  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi everyone,  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Robin Halbert to me, Christopher, jeannettejacks. _ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hi everyone, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Jeannette ... Is all okay? You’ve been awfully quiet today. I’ve been thinking of you and hoping that things aren’t too stressful. > > > I’ve posted what we have so far on the home page of our wiki. Please take a look and see what you think. We need to go on to the ‘implications for design’ section and then write a conclusion. I put a note in red near the bottom of the page with more points. Please take a look. Hope everyone had a good night. References need to be pulled together too – I don’t have all of the books that are noted, but I’ll try to pull together what I do have. > Robin > P.s. I can work on this again tomorrow if you have suggestions :-) ... Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. > > > **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">December 10, **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **3:50 PM** > > I made a few changes since posting the doc on the home page – mostly minor editing. > I started the ‘Usability Testing: Design Implications’ section – take a look and see if you agree, add/delete where you see fit – it’s a start to get us going. > Will you please make changes in a different colour font? Wiki is not retaining the formatting and it will make it easier to make changes in the Word document that I am keeping up to date. > We will need to write a conclusion to the Presentation Design section ... Anyone feel up to it? > Thanks for having a look. > Hope all is well. > > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ** **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Dec 9, 2010. ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi all. I hammered out the summary. I'm at work and our internet filtering doesn't play nice with Wikispaces, so I can't post it into our wiki. Here it is below. Robin, would you cut and paste this into our wiki? > Thanks, > Chris > Employing Mockingbird software as a prototype platform, Virti-cue users were asked to complete a series of tasks aimed at functionality and intuitiveness. Choosing from three main icons on the home page, users traced a number of pathways to complete each task. Users selected a story from the local device or cloud architecture, edited an existing story, and created a new story incorporating video, audio and text. > Observations were recorded in a checklist format documenting user reactions and experiences pertaining to functionality and intuitiveness. A talk aloud process also generated valuable feedback on the user experience. When the testing phase was complete, users were asked to complete a short response form with open-ended questions requesting additional feedback. > While we were pleased with the breadth and overall quality of responses we received, we encountered a number of shortfalls in our methodology. First, the linearity of Mockingbird made it difficult to replicate the authentic user experience we had intended with this product. Second, the checklist format was difficult to navigate and a free-flowing documentation style was substituted in its place. Third, some users expressed they were uncomfortable with the talk aloud process. We tried to ease their discomfort with an explanation and rationale of the process, however, it was not something users were particularly at ease with. Last, we felt users would have benefitted from a completed exemplar to demonstrate the end product and what we were asking users to work toward. > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Robin Halbert <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks Chris! > Now that I look more carefully at the intro’s I see that Vanita went further into reporting results ... I’m working on it now, so will incorporate the 2 intros as well as the summary info on what users told us into one doc. > Isn’t Internet great?? > Have a good night, > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On 10-12-09 6:38 PM, "Christopher Blais" <crblais1@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I will summarize how we tested, limitations and what we tested on the Usability Testing What Did We Learn page > Cheers, > Chris > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Robin Halbert <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrote: ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hello my Virti-Cue friends, > I am finished the ‘Kowch ouch’ paper, as well as my paper that is due Friday, so am moving on to Virti-Cue. I am planning to take the information from our usability testing and summarize it, noting commonalities, issues, etc. Please let me know if someone else has already taken this on. If I don’t hear from you I’ll assume no one has and I’ll proceed – I’m going to start tonight anyway, seeing as I’m giving the last Kowch class a pass. If someone else has already taken it on, then perhaps we can compare the two and take the best of both. > Next step then, as I see it, is to analyze the information and determine what it means for our design. I’ll post what I come up with when I’m finished. If you haven’t already taken a look at our ‘process’ page, please do so and add any ideas as to what went well, what we would change, and so on (on the ‘Usability testing: What did we learn’ page). > If someone feels up to it, they could ... Hmmm, now isn’t that interesting – I can’t remember!! Yikes! > Oh well, it seems to me that we now have two introductions – the one that Chris did and the one that Vanita did. I haven’t put them side by side to compare, but perhaps that’s what I was thinking about in the sentence above ... Someone could take the two intros and combine them, using the best from both. > Okay, that’s all I can think of. I’ll try to have the summary posted sometime tonight – if you get a chance, take a look and add your thoughts regarding what we should pay attention to, what we’ve perhaps already dealt with, and any changes we think we’ll make. > Thanks! I have tomorrow open, except for a lunch out, so will continue to work on things then. Please let me know if you see any omissions or things that we should be including. We also need to include the survey log ... That is another job for someone to do – update the page in the wiki. > Hope everyone is doing well. Hope the class went well, Vanita & Jeannette ... Sigh. > Talk to you soon, > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Dec 9, 2010. ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You bet, Chris. Thanks for doing this so speedily ... I keep getting sidetracked, but I do have a working document on the go. Good Morning team, _ > Time for you to go home, Chris. Enjoy the evening. > Robin > > **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On 10-12-08 7:44 AM, "vanita gupta" <vanitaji@gmail.com <http://vanitaji@gmail.com> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><http://vanitaji@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have started an introduction on user testing and summarized the observation. > Please find attached a copy of the same. > I have also put it in the wiki.Please feel free to add/edit/modify. > Thanks, Have a great day! > Vanita > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Jeannette Jackson <jeannettejackson@shaw.ca> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hey Robin! > I hadn’t noticed the participant number! Duh! > I had printed out a pile already. Will I be able to change the number in the header if I go back in to print them again? > Jeannette > _ > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On 10-12-05 6:20 PM, "Robin Halbert" <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ditto ... Thanks Chris. I had a look as well and think it looks good. > Robin > P.s. Thanks for bringing the test sheets, Jeannette – do you have them all? I can print out ones for each of the participants if you like – just let me know. (I think the header has the participant number in it.) > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On 10-12-05 5:16 PM, "Jeannette Jackson" <jeannettejackson@shaw.ca> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks Chris, > The Intro to the Presentation section looks good...thanks for that. I had a quick look at the link you sent- interesting! > I guess we’ll convene tomorrow and discuss how the remainder is to be pulled together. > I’ll bring the test sheets of course! > Bye for now > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On 10-12-05 4:38 PM, "Christopher Blais" <crblais1@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi all. I've posted the introduction on our wiki. Check it out and let me know if it captures our intent. I've referenced chapters 7 and 14 of Preece liberally. > Cheers, > Chris > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">December 5, 2010, ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi everyone. I had a conversation with my brother in law about our project, thinking ahead to next semester. To bring our prototype to life, he recommends we use a free open source web application content management system called Joomla with a component plugin called TP. This will allow us to develop our product for multiple platforms, such as Blackberry, iphone, ipad, and other brands of smartphones. Check out the link below: > http://www.joomla.org/ > Also, I'll have the introduction posted to our wiki later today > Have a happy Sunday everyone! > Chris > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 29 ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Vanita, Robin, and Chris, > Thanks for all of the work on the Interaction Design section Vanita. > I’ll read through and add my thoughts if needed, okay? > I have the sheets from Robin and myself ready for today. > See you later and we’ll discuss further > Jeannette > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 29, 2010. ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks Jeannette > Regards, > Vanita > > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 28, 2010. ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hello all, _ > I have added some points from Preece, Rogers & Sharp on our wiki,on 'How to observe users.... thought it might be useful for tomorrow's class! Check it out. > Thanks, > Vanita > > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:05 PM, vanita gupta <vanitaji@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hello all, > Kindly find attached the summary for Interaction Design. > I am posting the same on our wiki as well. Please feel free to edit/modify. > P.S. I am sending two Documents. , One of them is 4 pages (with a shorter user- case summary), > The other document which I was working on earlier is slightly longer .( It says -detailed, ). > I’m attaching both the documents, just in case in case we want to add... > Thanks, > See you tomorrow. > Regards, > Vanita > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 28, 2010. ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks, Vanita. I’ll take a look tonight and tomorrow as I’m on the road as well. I will try to post something by Tuesday night (hopefully – I need to work on this within Word to align information and interaction design documents.) Okay, everyone? > Thanks, > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 28, 2010. ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I need a bit more time as well - been working on my web design rationale and final reading response. Getting close to the end! > Cheers, > Chris > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Robin Halbert <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks, Vanita. I’ll take a look tonight and tomorrow as I’m on the road as well. I will try to post something by Tuesday night (hopefully – I need to work on this within Word to align information and interaction design documents.) Okay, everyone? _ > Thanks, > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 24, 2010. ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi my Virti-Cue friends, **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 25, 2010. ** > Don’t know how familiar you are with APA 6, but I ran across a website from a U of C prof that nicely lays out some examples. I’m posting the link below for your reference. I’m quite familiar with 6, yet found the site useful to quickly access an example, rather than going to apastyle.org or checking the book. (I also learned a few things from the e.g.’s ) > Happy frosty Wednesday! > Robin > Link:http://www.cboulter.com/APA6th.html > _ > > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Robin > Thanks a ton. This is indeed a great source. I appreciate your gesture. Thank you > I will not be able to attend Kowch's class tonight as I have to attend Open House @E.P. Scarlett and Centennial school tonight. ( my son will be going to grade 10 next year so parents are invited tonight to check out some schools...My husband is in the U.S so I'll have to attend.. > Shall connect later. > Regards > Vanita > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On 10-11-23 11:01 AM, "Robin Halbert" <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrote: ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Bad news ... Mockingbird won’t launch – hopefully it’s a temporary situation and will soon resolve. > I really don’t want to go to ‘Plan B’ (whatever that is!!) > Robin- Stay warm! > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 23, 2010. ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I’m sure the “Gods” will intervene! > I’ll start thinking what a plan ‘B’ might look like!!! > Warmth be with you > Jeannette > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 23, 2010. ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">MOCKINGBIRD IS BACK!!! > PHEW! > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 23,2010. ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Don’t ‘Mock” the ‘Gods’ you see! > Jeannette, with sigh of relief > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 23, 2010 ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Wow! That's good > Vg > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Robin Halbert <rlhalbert@gmail.com> wrote: ** _ > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hey Virti-Cue team! We rock! > Check out the feedback on our > Interaction Design in your U of C email ... > WOW! > Robin > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 22, 2010 ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">lol. Nice work everyone! _ > Chris > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 22, 2010 ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Fantastic News...thanks to all of you for your work, ideas, and innovative thinking! > Jeannette > > **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nov 22, 2010 ** > <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hey all, > Congratulations!! Good job everyone! > We surely are heading the right direction!! > See you > Vanita. > > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 56.25pt; tabstops: 56.25pt;">Thanks >

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">November 21, 2010 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Hi all, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">I added the blue writing on the Summary page! Please take out if not needed! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Jeannette **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nov. 21, 2010 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">There's some fancy new purple writing as well. Have a great day everyone! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Chris **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">- **
 * November 20, 2010**

> > **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hi y’all again, ** > > **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I’ve added some things to the initial summary page...please feel free to remove if not what’s needed. I tried to focus on how we followed the information design ‘first leg’ of the interaction design, with ref’s to Preece and the like. ** > **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Also added here and there throughout the wiki, especially to the task list. ** > > **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Have to go now, so will try and do more tomorrow. ** > > **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I, too, will be ‘Kowching’ my words carefully! Ha Ha! :o) ** > **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Jeannette ** > >

>> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > \ > > > > > > > On 10-11-20 5:59 PM, "Christopher Blais" < crblais1@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> >>> >>> > I'll be reading my Preece tomorrow :) Blog entry #8 done. Yippee! > > >> >> > > >> >>> >>> >>

>> >> >> > <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hello all, > The summary looks great, Robin,so were your comments. Needed a little stress-reliever..the poetry was perfect.... Jeannette, you have too much on your plate right now. I can understand what you are going through right now. Please let me know if you would like me to take over the summary?? or anything else, ... I'm working on Kowch's paper this evening but will surely devote tomorrow for our group project. If you need any help please feel free to let me know. > Thanks, > Vanita >> >> >>

>> >> > <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hello VirtiCue Pals, >

> Thanks for starting our review component section...I will certainly take on the Interaction Design if people want, as all of us can add or delete where necessary. I’ll review as to Preece et al. plus our online resources as well, for this section, Okay? I thought I might begin a formalized evaluation document to include, for the final paper, as to where this project would go next. I assume this would be an added component to our SurveyMonkey. > Thanks also for putting communications onto the page I set up...I was just about to go and collect all the emails, when, voila, there they where! > I’ll still do a check anyway! > I have added some thoughts, and will continue to do so, to our Checklist considerations...we can talk Monday I guess. > Jeannette >> >> >>

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> >>> >>> http://presentationdesign.wikispaces.com/Information+Design+Summary >> >>

>> > > > <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hello all, > The document looks great! Sorry I I didn't write earlier as I was down with fever. Robin really Kowch and OUCH! rhyme very well, I couldn't help bursting into laughter... > I am feeling better now and shall be back on task for Monday. Still reading Preece... > Jeannette, I hope your Dad is feeling better now. It must be quite difficult for you to drive frequently in the snow. Please keep warm and drive safely. > Are you guys coming for Kowch's class tonight?? The weather looks awfull... Today in my school we didn't have any buses running. just 4 students in the class!! > Anyways, have a great day! > Regards, > Vanita >> >>
 * November 18**

>> > > > <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Without having read Preece et al. yet ... (that Kowch paper is dominating my time!! Can’t wait to finish it!) I started a checklist that we can revise to possible use in our testing. I’ll post it in the wiki – please feel free to add/delete elements – I know that I have missed things. >
 * November 18**

> I don’t know if we need to do a full survey, Jeannette – we most likely will be pressed for time. However, we should ask some key questions – such as impressions regarding ease of use, logical layout, etc. after users have completed tasks. >

> I think that your usability docs will be helpful as we pull the final paper together – we will need to insert appropriate references to our texts/experts though. >

> Does this make sense? I’ll also attach the ‘bare bones’ checklist that I started – just to get the cognitive juices flowing (make sure you’ve had your coffee first!). >

> Yes, Jeannette, we were going to read Preece et al., think of specific usability tests to run, then discuss and finalize a plan at our next class (right, Chris & Vanita??). >

> Keep drinking the coffee, but be sure to balance with a little food. ;-) >

> Talk to you soon, >

> Robin >> >> >> >>

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 * On 10-11-17 10:16 AM, "Jeannette Jackson" <** **jeannettejackson@shaw.ca** **> wrote:**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hi all once again,
 * I am pretty well staying at my parents right now...too much going on to deal with otherwise.
 * Thanks for the detailed run downs on everything Robin...I think I get it, but maybe that’s because I have had too much coffee so feel very optimistic!
 * Shall I use those lengthy template articles I sent you to begin an on the spot type survey for our class? Or, is this over the top? I guess it could be an added component to our user feedback notions, whether we have time with the class or not? For our paper perhaps? This could be further research after Vanita’s ?
 * I will read Preece et al. as suggested...are we just waiting to discuss at next meeting?
 * I really am high on coffee!
 * Bye for now... Off to to next appointment!
 * Jeannette

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 * On 10-11-16 10:17 AM, "Robin Halbert" <** **rlhalbert@gmail.com** **> wrote:**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hi Jeannette,
 * Thanks for the info. I hope things go well today and am glad to hear that your dad is well enough to start treatments again.
 * Last night’s class made the process clearer in my mind – I think that we are okay in terms of a prototype – we can use the mock-up to do our user testing, with supplementation for the parts that aren’t ‘active’ yet – such as searching the cloud – which could be done with an additional list of possible search terms. We talked about //what// to test for last night (see my notes), but as I recall, we thought we would have users test the 3 main items on the welcome screen – leaving it pretty open-ended to assess ease of use and possibly ‘fun’ - didn’t know how much fun it would be without the actual content. :-). We left last night saying that we should all check the Preece et al. text and look for ideas on usability testing – what do we want to assess and how? We thought that observation would probably be the best, given our time constraints. (We are partnered with Vivacity for the first part of the Dec. 6 class and AC.DC for the second part – in which our roles will change – half of the time we’ll do the testing, half of the time we’ll be the users. We also talked about testing for the ‘look’ of the screens and look of buttons – inconclusive on this one.
 * Finally, Michele suggested the use of a checklist for observations to take the load off of writing – include things that we would expect to see and not expect to see ... Such as ease of use, confusion (don’t expect this!!), ease of navigation – could have sections for the different areas of the mock-up – such as making a new story, editing, saving, etc. Oh yes, and we did talk about using a survey, but this may be dependent on time. We could devise one that is specific to the usability testing situation – How easy did you find the navigation in the application? Very easy, somewhat easy, somewhat difficult, very difficult .... Etc.
 * Okay, now you know what I know!
 * Bottom line – think about //what// to test for and //how// to test it – we can get ideas from Preece et al. Think about a checklist.
 * We don’t need to submit anything for this component until the final paper – at which time we will include a summary of the first 3 stages, our usability testing, interpretation and analysis of data collected and implications for our design. We can start on some of the final paper stuff soon – i.e. Designating parts to summarize. We could even have a ‘reference checker’ - someone who would gather key points from various usability guidelines/authors that we could use to substantiate the decisions that we have made.
 * Thoughts??
 * Okay, I admit, I am stalling. When I finish this email I need to work on my domain paper for Kowch. Hey, guess what? Kowch and ‘ouch’ rhyme and that’s how I am feeling about that paper – OUCH!! However, my scheduler says it’s coffee time, so what am I to do????
 * We will continue to gather information in the wiki for ease of access – create new pages as necessary.
 * Hope your day goes well – winter tires, 4-wheel drive, whatever it takes.
 * Talk to you soon. I guess I must get to work. Come to think of it, I could probably keep typing this email all day .... But I won’t . Coffee first.
 * Robin

>> >> >> >>>>> Hi team!
 * On 10-11-16 10:00 AM, "Jeannette Jackson" <** **jeannettejackson@shaw.ca** **> wrote:**

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>> >> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks Vanita. I’ve included your suggestions in the document. To make additions easier, I created a new Wiki for our Presentation Design:
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">http://presentationdesign.wikispaces.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I’ve sent you all invitations. Let me know if you have trouble accessing.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I’ve sent you all invitations. Let me know if you have trouble accessing.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I’ve sent you all invitations. Let me know if you have trouble accessing.


 * Robin




 * On 10-11-15 1:01 PM, "vanita gupta" < vanitaji@gmail.com > wrote:

>> **( rubric?? Or should we use our survey questions??)**



>>> >>> November 15, 2010 >>> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Sounds like a good idea, Chris. I have no idea how it would be programmed though. (That’s the part that is causing me anxiety – I really don’t know how we can approximate an executable, functional prototype any closer than we have already – here’s hoping someone else has an idea or that Michele enlightens us tonight). >>>

>>> Then again, we could save this idea for future iterations and consider it as ‘user feedback’ that leads us to make changes in our design. >>>

>>> Have a good day everyone. >>>

>>> See you tonight. >>>

>>> P.S. I’ve attached a word document with the instructions typed out from our course outline – I’ve included the next two stages. For some reason, I need to have the directions/instructions in a form that I am able to manipulate — feel free to use if it helps you or just trash it (I’ll never know!!). >>>

>>> Robin

>>> >>> >>> >>> > >> > On 10-11-12 11:13 AM, "Christopher Blais" < crblais1@gmail.com > wrote: > > > >>> >>> Shelly Godlien, one of our CSSI (Communication Sensory Socialization Integration) teachers, is researching material for us pertaining to sensory issues in Asperger's students. One of the things she mentioned is a shift toward personalization and integrating authentic visual content for these learners. Shelly also mentioned there are studies on certain colour choices for autistic learners. ie red is more distracting.

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<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Hi all and thanks again, Chris.

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>> Considering that we have stated that the application is primarily going to be used by adults, with the involvement of children, do you think that we need to include auditory information in the design of the application? >>

>> I wonder if we will have met the auditory needs of children with ASD with the incorporation of text and auditory feedback on each video clip/image? As well, there is the opportunity to replay a ‘page’ in a script, thus negating (or at least balancing) the transitory nature of the auditory output. >>

>> As to your question regarding advice for parents in creating social stories – that could be incorporated into a website support forum – what do you think? Something like ‘Tips and Tricks for Creating an Effective Social Story’ - I sure hope we don’t have to have all of this done by the end of term :-) >>

>> Great ideas, Chris, keep ‘em rolling! >>

>> Robin

> > >

On 10-11-12 10:48 AM, "Christopher Blais" < crblais1@gmail.com > wrote: > > >> Hi all. Here's another article with some info on auditory stimulation. ie what kinds of auditory prompts might we want to include in our design? Would we include error message sounds if the user tries to click on an icon without completing what they need to? What would we advise for parents creating the social stories in terms of pacing of speech, repetition within the scripts? >> >>

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