Year: 2021

Usability Testing This week was all about usability testing and the importance of doing it throughout the design process. What is a usability test? Usability testing is when you get people to use your website or app to test the functioning of the interface. You will look at their behaviour and how they interact with…Continue Reading IXD301: Week 9 Reflect

Pitching and Presenting This week we learnt about how to pitch something well, what to avoid and what is important. This is to help us prepare for our pitch in week 12. Daniel started off the class asking for volunteers and I was one of them. We were asked to stand in front of the…Continue Reading IXD302: Week 9 Reflect

Site Map A sitemap is the outline of your website or app. It creates a visual of how users can navigate through the site and get to where they want to go. It is a good way to organise content and see how each page is connected. Why are they important? Gives your website purpose…Continue Reading IXD301: Elements Project Site Map

Now that I have an idea for my project and I have researched my users, it was now time to create user personas. As my app is aimed at children, I think it’s essential I make at least one representing my target age group. However, I also want to have one representing a parent. I…Continue Reading IXD301: My User Personas

User Research for my elements project Before I create user personas for my elements project, it is important for me to get to know real potential users. Through research, I found that doing surveys was one of the most effective ways to quickly gain the information I needed from a wider audience. “Survey Swap” I…Continue Reading IXD301: User Research – Surveys

What are user scenarios? They are a description of why users have come to the website, app, etc. It will include their specific goals and the journey they take to reach them.   Why are they important? It is an important aspect of getting to know your user and their specific goals, only then can…Continue Reading IXD301: User Scenarios Research

Sketches The top two sketches show a potential layout for the home screen. This app will be played on an iPad as this is the device the target audience uses the most. At first, I wasn’t sure whether the app should be vertical or horizontal. However, I think vertical may work best for this app…Continue Reading IXD301: Elements Project Sketches & Wireframes

Ideation I started by creating a mind map to get all my ideas down. I found this useful as it allowed me to be creative with my ideas and took away the pressure of making every idea good. Here are my initial ideas: I knew I wanted to create an app for children, teaching them…Continue Reading IXD301: Elements Project Ideation

What are user personas? User personas are short documents that include information about a typical user. This is used to represent a wider range of users, making it more likely for their needs to be met. This means you can design for specific users and know their exact goals and needs. They are commonly used…Continue Reading IXD301: User Persona Research

Content Strategy “Content strategy focuses on the planning, creation, delivery and governance of content” We learnt that when creating content, its important to ask yourself these questions: What are you trying to improve? Who are you trying to improve it for? How do you ensure you are successful at improving the right thing for the…Continue Reading IXD301: Week 8 Reflect