today we got a task asking us to make a video to include letters of your name with music

i opened up windows movie maker,the went onto google and searched for letters that were in mine name,i then added those pictures of letters to windows movie maker, then i had to look for a song to put into with it to make it more intersting and less boring.

Review And Assesment Week(Christmas)

For the review and assessment week we had to make a storyboard for a company making washing powder.we had 2 weeks to do the assessment and hand it in ,in the official college manner .

Orange Inc 1/12/11

For this task we had to make a questionnaire for a mobile company,we had to ask people questions about their mobile phone and what they prefer in an mobile phone and how much they would pay for a phone.

Testing

This is what happens when you do not log out of your blog !!!

Task 1/12/11

We got a task on an a4 page with pictures of a Dairy milk bar,herald and Dunboyne gym.
we had to do up a cycle that associates with those products

e.g   Dairy milk- Farmers,Machines,Packaging people,Advertisements,employees

these are the people that associate with the product and all do some work to produce the product.

User Centred design

UCD focuses on:

Usability goals

User characterise

Environment

Tasks

Workflow

Usability goals

                Effective to use

                Efficient to use

`               Safe to use

                Have good utility

                Easy to learn

                Easy to remember to use

User Characteristics

Gender

Age

Disabilities

Left/right handed

Height

               

Environment

Where will the product be used

Indoors/outdoors

Personal use

Office

Tasks

Tasks they perform and tasks they would like to perform

Example workflow

                User encounters problem with software on their computer.

                Tell tutor

Tell Martin

Email helpdesk

Send someone out

Check the computer

 Fix it

Send an invoice to martin

Martin gets in contact with teacher

Teachers get back to student

Tesco.ie

Tesco website. Customer picks shopping

Tesco staff gets shopping

Delivery driver

Customer

Tesco Warehouse

The order comes through on the computer.

A member of staff will receive the order on computer.

Staffs gets the order

Loaded into the truck

Delivered to your home .

Should Provide Answers

What is important to users the tasks users do,the order they do then and the frequency.

users work environment

problems and constraints that affect users 

users expectations

output required

how can the design facilite users to achieve goals

Video Promo

In class we had to choose a favourite song and create a video using windows movie maker,the pictures had to match the lyrics of the song.i found this task very fun and easy to do,although it is very awkward getting all the pictures as the internet in college is very slow.