Participant 1     Think-Aloud Protocol Participant-1-TAP Usability Testing Data Sheet Participant-1-UT-data-sheet Usability Testing Data Sheet (SUS-Record) Participant-1-UT-scale-consent Pre Usability Test Question First, what’s your occupation? What do you do all day?  Estimator Roughly how many hours a week altogether—just a rough estimate— would you say you spend using the Internet, including Web browsing and […]

Design and Prototyping I began creating mockups by selecting my favourite wireframe for each task and creating assets on illustrator and then moving to Figma and creating a new frame for each step of the UI.   At this stage, I began considering some of the visuals of the UI such as the frame the […]

Before creating my final mockup’s for the app I made a visual style which I have followed throughout the development of the app prototype. Above I have highlighted how I created my brand and the reasons for my decisions. I have also provided a breakdown of my colour palette and typography choices. The information included […]

As I was struggling to obtain primary research in the form of an interview with charities that deal with the problems relating to homelessness I decided to release a survey as well to get some feedback on peoples feelings towards giving, giving to the homeless and whether or not they carry cash or more specifically […]

Inspiration After having decided to move forward with my concept of creating a game about moving to Mars that would teach children about elements I wanted to create a strong brand indicative of a game. I used a range of influences to help me with this. I wanted to consider current game brands that children […]

This week we received a talk about Co-Founders an entrepreneurship programme. Co-Founders is a start-up programme that helps candidates to build teams and develop a product that customers really want. The programme is aimed at people with ideas for products and services that have high growth potential. There are generally three different types of applicants: […]

To begin my wireframing process began by creating 18 wireframes focusing on the cover slide and a variety of slides including images, icons and how to present multiple points on each slide. I am very please with these outcomes as I feel they give a braod variety of approaches to select from when creating my […]

I have identified the below problem. Problem: The homeless are now losing their only source of income as our society goes moves towards more cashless transactions. I now need to verify through research that this is a problem that others have noted and is having a large impact on the homeless. Cashless society and its […]

I discovered how helpful it could be to make a list of problems/opportunities during my preparation for design tasks and decided to include this step in my process. In a post by Enrique Hinzpeter, How to solve a Design Task, step by step this step is encouraged after the completion of user personas. I have […]

This week we looked at how to verify whether your ideas are good or not. A great way to start this process is by completing a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis is a cost-effective tool that allows you to quickly identify and see the risks relating to a project. (See diagram included in this weeks […]