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Please select two websites that provide a similar service Name of websites evaluated Abstract A short summary of what took place in this project Description of the websites inspected • Describe the two (2) websites that were inspected as a part of this project

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Please select two websites that provide a similar service Name of websites evaluated Abstract A short summary of what took place in this project Description of the websites inspected • Describe the two (2) websites that were inspected as a part of this project. • Who developed the website(s), and what is the purpose of this website? • What are some typical tasks that are performed on these sites? • How are these sites similar and how do they differ? • Please include screen shots of the website(s) being inspected. Typical Users • What would be the typical users for each of these websites? • Address their age, computing experience, computing environment, and education level. Cognitive Walkthrough • Select a task that is performed similarly on each site and answer the following questions for each site: 1. Will the user try to achieve the right effect? 2. Will the user notice that the correct action is available? 3. Will the user associate the correct action with the effect to be achieved? 4. If the correct action is performed, will the user see that progress is being made toward solution of the task? Heuristic Review • Using Shneiderman’s 8 Golden Rules of Interface Design, inspect each website using the following questions/heuristics: Does the website: 1. Strive for consistency 2. Cater to universal usability 3. Offer informative feedback 4. Design dialogs to yield closure 5. Prevent errors 6. Permit easy reversal of actions 7. Support internal locus of control 8. Reduce short-term memory load • • • Each answer needs to be detailed. If you include screenshots to illustrate your point, please briefly describe in text what the screenshot portrays. If you use any additional sources, you MUST reference them in your document. Usability Successes • Provide a list of strengths that each site exhibited AND briefly explain them Usability Problems Noted • What problems did you discover for each website? • What suggestions do you have to improve each of these problems? • You MUST include screen shots of existing problems, and you MUST include wireframe sketches or prototype drawings of possible improvements. Note: Each website should have at least three (3) suggested improvements. NOTE: if there are absolutely no identifiable usability problems, come up with some re-design or improvement suggestions that you would make if you were the designer Priorities • Organize and rank all of your suggested changes for each website by: importance and time to fix. • Justify your rankings. What did you learn? • Address what you learned about the process of comparative web expert review. • How were the two interfaces similar or different in regard to the heuristic review and usability success or problems identified? • Based on your findings, which site is better suited for the users? • What was unexpected or surprising from the results of this study? The Grading Details Section/Check-list Abstract 1. Does the student provide a short summary of what took place in the project? Score /3 Description of the websites inspected 1. Does the student describe two (2) websites that were inspected for the project? 2. Does the student detail who developed the websites (if known), and what the purpose of the website is? 3. Does the student describe typical tasks that are performed on each of these sites? 4. Does the student describe how the websites are similar and how they differ? 5. Does the student provide screen shots of each websites being inspected? /15 Typical Users 1. Does the student indicate who the typical users for each of the websites would be? 2. Does the student address their age, computing experience, computing environment, and education level? /5 Cognitive Walkthrough 1. Does the student complete a cognitive walkthrough of a similar task for each site and answer the four corresponding questions? /5 Heuristic Review 1. Does the student address whether each website meets each of Shneidermans 8 Golden Rules of Interface Design or not, in a detailed manner? Usability Successes 1. Does the student list and describe some usability successes for each website? /32 /10 Usability Problems Noted 1. Does the student describe usability problems that are discovered for each website? 2. Does the student provide suggestions on how to improve each of the noted problems? 3. Does the student provide screen shots of existing problems on each website? 4. Does the student provide wireframe sketches or prototype drawings of possible improvements (with call outs)? /20 Priorities 1. Did the student organize and rank their suggested changes for each website by importance and time to fix? 2. Does the student appropriately justify their ranking? /5 What did you learn? 1. Does the student describe what they learned about the process of a comparative web expert review? 2. Does the student detail how the two interfaces are similar or different in regard to the heuristic review and usability problems identified? 3. Does the student decide which site is better suited for the users? 4. Does the student describe if the results were unexpected or surprising?