Assessment

Project Design Appraisal

Word Limit: 2000

Task

Your design has been a success and you have been asked to write an article for a professional design magazine that describes how you designed and why you chose that particular interface.

You will need to discuss how your design meets the user requirements and enhances their experience. You should mention what factors influenced your design, how they influenced it and why.

You should discuss similar interfaces that have given you the ideas or elements that you have used.

You will also need to discuss the reasoning behind your design and WHY YOU think that this design is the best solution to this particular problem.

Your discussion should not exceed three (3) pages in length, excluding references. You will need to reference all literature, applications or websites mentioned using the APA 6th edition referencing style.

Rationale

This assignment covers the following objectives for this subject:

• be able to explain the relevance of integrating aspects of the human, social and organisational context into the design process;

• be able to list and explain the importance of the principles of design that are applicable to the design of an interface;

Question

Design Discussion Comprehensive design discussion with excellent discussion of requirements, influences, reasoning, design & usability principles, with references Very detailed design discussion with very good discussion of requirements, influences, reasoning, design & usability principles, with references Thorough design discussion with suitable discussion of requirements, influences, reasoning, design & usability principles, with references Adequate design discussion with good discussion of requirements, influences, reasoning, design & usability principles, with references Inadequate or incomplete design discussion with little or no discussion of requirements, influences, reasoning, design & usability principles, with few or no references.