the interview this week went really well. There were only two users came to our interveiw this time and thus, we had a much better control of the situation this time. We had better understanding of what we should implement into the online quiz and the information page based on our interviewees. Since all five of us were there, we have gained a share understanding of the users' information.
This friday we have also started and finished the affinity diagram. And hopefully next week we will have a working prototype to show the users and see if there is anything we could change to make our design better.
edmond
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
reflection
Monday, we'll meet to talk about questions that we should ask on tuesday after we show the divers our vision on the project. from last time's experience, we should only interview three people this time. last time, the situation was totally out of control with five divers.
as of now, i feel that we have most of the data. we need to start putting everything together in a larger picture. i think this is the most difficult part of the project, be able to pick out useful data and not to leave out too much of the details.
-Mandy
as of now, i feel that we have most of the data. we need to start putting everything together in a larger picture. i think this is the most difficult part of the project, be able to pick out useful data and not to leave out too much of the details.
-Mandy
Sunday, May 20, 2007
This would be kind of a second update for the week, so it's going to be shorter!
We had an interview with the divers for SDOF this week, and we are just so greatful that Courtney is so incredibly helpful in our project. It was probably quite an effort for her to put together an interview for 5 divers and us to meet at the same time of the day on a weekday.
All the participants were very informative about what they had to say. Unfortunately it also often diverged from the issue at hand (the question i asked them). Since we only had a limited amount of time of about an hour for all 5 divers, we had to do it all the same time which made it a bit complicated and frustrating to manage. I think just because of the way it was set up, that is, with the 5 divers and my group sitting at one table in a "conference center" building, everyone just kind of had an idea that it was a conference/meeting rather than a contextual inquiry kind of thing.
I just felt at times that we lost control of the interview session as the divers began to collaborate among themselves of the ideas for our project. I wanted to intervene, but at the same time I didn't know what I could say to steer it back under our control without sounding like a complete anus.
Next time (if there ever is one!), we will DEFINATELY need to do our interviews one at a time. Maybe 2 people will be ok, but 5 people was just incredibly difficult to manage.
We then had an interpretation session Wednesday during our usual group meeting to compare notes and plan for Saturday and next week.
For next week, we are going to hopefully come up with a prototype/storyboard because we are meeting with the divers again on Tuesday. I'm not sure how many divers are going to be there, but hopefully just one or 2 of the divers we interviewed last tuesday.
We had an interview with the divers for SDOF this week, and we are just so greatful that Courtney is so incredibly helpful in our project. It was probably quite an effort for her to put together an interview for 5 divers and us to meet at the same time of the day on a weekday.
All the participants were very informative about what they had to say. Unfortunately it also often diverged from the issue at hand (the question i asked them). Since we only had a limited amount of time of about an hour for all 5 divers, we had to do it all the same time which made it a bit complicated and frustrating to manage. I think just because of the way it was set up, that is, with the 5 divers and my group sitting at one table in a "conference center" building, everyone just kind of had an idea that it was a conference/meeting rather than a contextual inquiry kind of thing.
I just felt at times that we lost control of the interview session as the divers began to collaborate among themselves of the ideas for our project. I wanted to intervene, but at the same time I didn't know what I could say to steer it back under our control without sounding like a complete anus.
Next time (if there ever is one!), we will DEFINATELY need to do our interviews one at a time. Maybe 2 people will be ok, but 5 people was just incredibly difficult to manage.
We then had an interpretation session Wednesday during our usual group meeting to compare notes and plan for Saturday and next week.
For next week, we are going to hopefully come up with a prototype/storyboard because we are meeting with the divers again on Tuesday. I'm not sure how many divers are going to be there, but hopefully just one or 2 of the divers we interviewed last tuesday.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
recap for the interview
although we didnt do a really good job during the interview on tuesday, i think we more or less get a sense of what kind of features we need to focus on for our design.
important elements for designing the online quiz (roughly):
1) showing multiple pictures (video would be better) for any particular species in order to prevent users from memorizing a specific pictures unconsciously. Presenting multiple photos forces users to focus on the features and detail of the fish instead of what is in the picture. The series of pictures should also include pictures of the same kind of fish under different lighting (dark or bright) and different gender (male or female, because some species’ shape, size and color vary greatly for different sex). Since the reef only deals with adult fish, for now we don’t have to worry about the youngster fish.
2) be cautious with NAMING, common names are often representing MORE than one kind of fish
3) Format of inputting the answer should NOT be simple multiple choice test, but a fill-in-the blank type, since the users wont get MC questions under the sea when they see a particular species. Spelling however, could be ignored since divers wont be require to spell s.t. out underwater; thus, the self-quiz system shouldn’t require the user to spell. One possible solution is to include an “interactive spelling reminder system” so that the user won’t be required to spell the word out when they input their answers.
4) NO LOGIN; since we have limited time, we would not provide the users a unique user account for this system. Rather, we would focus on building a UNIVERSAL system that would fit most users.
5) The system would generate specific species of fish according to the level the user is in, (tentative, will make decision after consolidating) for instance, common species of fish would generate more often if the user wants to be tested on a lower level scale.
I don’t know if these helps… anyways, i m going to sleep...thanks for reading…
-Edmond
important elements for designing the online quiz (roughly):
1) showing multiple pictures (video would be better) for any particular species in order to prevent users from memorizing a specific pictures unconsciously. Presenting multiple photos forces users to focus on the features and detail of the fish instead of what is in the picture. The series of pictures should also include pictures of the same kind of fish under different lighting (dark or bright) and different gender (male or female, because some species’ shape, size and color vary greatly for different sex). Since the reef only deals with adult fish, for now we don’t have to worry about the youngster fish.
2) be cautious with NAMING, common names are often representing MORE than one kind of fish
3) Format of inputting the answer should NOT be simple multiple choice test, but a fill-in-the blank type, since the users wont get MC questions under the sea when they see a particular species. Spelling however, could be ignored since divers wont be require to spell s.t. out underwater; thus, the self-quiz system shouldn’t require the user to spell. One possible solution is to include an “interactive spelling reminder system” so that the user won’t be required to spell the word out when they input their answers.
4) NO LOGIN; since we have limited time, we would not provide the users a unique user account for this system. Rather, we would focus on building a UNIVERSAL system that would fit most users.
5) The system would generate specific species of fish according to the level the user is in, (tentative, will make decision after consolidating) for instance, common species of fish would generate more often if the user wants to be tested on a lower level scale.
I don’t know if these helps… anyways, i m going to sleep...thanks for reading…
-Edmond
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Tentative schedule
oki, let's talk about our schedules, since time is running out.
Week 7
Wed (5/16) meeting at 5p Cafe Roma.
= more models
= affinity diagram
Sat (5/19) SDOF training session from 9a-3p
= since it lasts for 6 hours, and Courtney said that only first part of the training is important to us. let's go to the first half the session, then we'll spend sometimes to discuss what needs to be done that includes the final paper.
= consolidate gathered data we interview from last week and also today
= talk about vision
Week 8
Mon (5/21) meet to come up with storyboard, maybe prototype if we have time
Tue (5/22) (bring storyboard, maybe prototype too) meet with volunteers at SDOF
Wed (5/23)group meeting
= talk about the meeting on tues(5/22)
= brain storming the final paper
= start gathering stuff for the final presentation
will meet during weekends if needed
Week 9
Wed (5/30) regular meeting
= work on final paper and presentation
= prototyping
Week 10
hopefully we'll be done by this point.
fill free to comment/input on anything i miss here
====================================================
yes, today's presentation wasnt well prepared, maybe we can work on the final presentation better. Raymond has a good point.
WE CAN DO IT! LET'S WORK HARDER ON THIS PROJECT!! GO TEAM WORK! =]
-Mandy
Week 7
Wed (5/16) meeting at 5p Cafe Roma.
= more models
= affinity diagram
Sat (5/19) SDOF training session from 9a-3p
= since it lasts for 6 hours, and Courtney said that only first part of the training is important to us. let's go to the first half the session, then we'll spend sometimes to discuss what needs to be done that includes the final paper.
= consolidate gathered data we interview from last week and also today
= talk about vision
Week 8
Mon (5/21) meet to come up with storyboard, maybe prototype if we have time
Tue (5/22) (bring storyboard, maybe prototype too) meet with volunteers at SDOF
Wed (5/23)group meeting
= talk about the meeting on tues(5/22)
= brain storming the final paper
= start gathering stuff for the final presentation
will meet during weekends if needed
Week 9
Wed (5/30) regular meeting
= work on final paper and presentation
= prototyping
Week 10
hopefully we'll be done by this point.
fill free to comment/input on anything i miss here
====================================================
yes, today's presentation wasnt well prepared, maybe we can work on the final presentation better. Raymond has a good point.
WE CAN DO IT! LET'S WORK HARDER ON THIS PROJECT!! GO TEAM WORK! =]
-Mandy
Update of current thoughts
I feel like the presentation we had was not concrete enough. I mean, we have collected a lot of data, and will continue to collect more data... but I guess I'm just going to be honest in acknowledging that we did in fact kind of put together our presentation late and were not very prepared in organizing everything that we said and everything that we were supposed to say. It wasn't until after I sat down at my seat that it dawned on me that I didn't talk about some of the other specifics during our interview... like the book by Paul Humann that the divers use as a Bible for reference of information on fish species.
Or how I should have briefly mentioned how the divers train for the REEF test, like basically looking at the pictures that they have taken while underwater and then using those pictures to look it up in THE book (Paul Humann's book that is).
Our presentation in bulk was a lot about what SDOF is and how it works, which is important to understanding how the organization works so that we know the context of what our project is trying to do... which is enhancing how the organization present information for its members/volunteers/divers and help train and quiz them to pass the REEF test that they all have to take.
We also forgot to present about the structure of the tests they have to take... like the multiple levels that the divers achieve. E.G., Herb is a level 4 diver... which means he successfully identified at least 100 species in a test based on just the presentation picture of the species and then correctly writing out the name... which is another important aspect of data... is that how the divers take their test! They are shown an overhead/projector picture of a type of fish species or any other marine animal, and they have to write down the name.
That particular data of knowing how they take the test provides that we know how to design a system in helping them quiz themselves and train for the test: should we include strict spelling correctness during the quiz... how would multiple choice work without giving too much information away about what species they are looking at? ... stuff like that.
I feel like there was so much more we could have said during our presentation, and the above stated is just a short list of examples of some of the things I forgot to talk about and now wish I talked about... yahh... I really want our final presenation to have more detail and be more comprehensive and that I have practiced and gone over the slides so I don't miss presenting crucial information like today.
I'm not saying that we had a horrible presentation, but just I feel like we could have included a lot more in it than we did.
Ok, i'm done babbling!
-Ray
Or how I should have briefly mentioned how the divers train for the REEF test, like basically looking at the pictures that they have taken while underwater and then using those pictures to look it up in THE book (Paul Humann's book that is).
Our presentation in bulk was a lot about what SDOF is and how it works, which is important to understanding how the organization works so that we know the context of what our project is trying to do... which is enhancing how the organization present information for its members/volunteers/divers and help train and quiz them to pass the REEF test that they all have to take.
We also forgot to present about the structure of the tests they have to take... like the multiple levels that the divers achieve. E.G., Herb is a level 4 diver... which means he successfully identified at least 100 species in a test based on just the presentation picture of the species and then correctly writing out the name... which is another important aspect of data... is that how the divers take their test! They are shown an overhead/projector picture of a type of fish species or any other marine animal, and they have to write down the name.
That particular data of knowing how they take the test provides that we know how to design a system in helping them quiz themselves and train for the test: should we include strict spelling correctness during the quiz... how would multiple choice work without giving too much information away about what species they are looking at? ... stuff like that.
I feel like there was so much more we could have said during our presentation, and the above stated is just a short list of examples of some of the things I forgot to talk about and now wish I talked about... yahh... I really want our final presenation to have more detail and be more comprehensive and that I have practiced and gone over the slides so I don't miss presenting crucial information like today.
I'm not saying that we had a horrible presentation, but just I feel like we could have included a lot more in it than we did.
Ok, i'm done babbling!
-Ray
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