Cardiff School of Computer Science and Informatics Coursework Assessment Pro-forma Module Code: CMT206 Module Title: Human Centric Computing Lecturer: Dr Alia Abdelmoty Assessment Title: Evaluation And Analysis of Interface Design A1 Assessment Number: 1 Date Set: Monday 29th January 2024 (week 1) Submission Date and Time: by 9:30 am Thursday 29th February 2024 (Week 5) Feedback return date: by 2nd April 2024 If you have been granted an extension for Extenuating Circumstances, then the submission deadline and return date will be later than that stated above. You will be advised of your revised submission deadline when/if your extension is approved. If you defer an Autumn or Spring semester assessment, you may fail a module and have to resit the failed or deferred components. If you have been granted a deferral for Extenuating Circumstances, then you will be assessed in the next scheduled assessment period in which assessment for this module is carried out. If you have deferred an Autumn or Spring assessment and are eligible to undertake summer resits, you will complete the deferred assessment in the summer resit period. If you are required to repeat the year or have deferred an assessment in the resit period, you will complete the assessment in the next academic year. As a general rule, students can only resit 60 failed credits in the summer assessment period (see section 3.4 of the academic regulations). Those with more than 60 failed credits (and no more than 100 credits for undergraduate programmes and 105 credits for postgraduate programmes) will be required to repeat the year. There are some exceptions to this rule and they are applied on a case-by-case basis at the exam board. If you are an MSc student, please note that deferring assessments may impact the start date of your dissertation. This is because you must pass all taught modules before you can begin your dissertation. If you are an overseas student, any delay may have consequences for your visa, especially if it is your intention to apply for a post study work visa after the completion of your programme. NOTE: The summer resit period is short and support from staff will be minimal. Therefore, if the number of assessments is high, this can be an intense period of work. This assignment is worth 33% of the total marks available for this module. If coursework is submitted late (and where there are no extenuating circumstances): 1 2 Extensions to the coursework submission date can only be requested using the Extenuating Circumstances procedure. Only students with approved extenuating circumstances may use the extenuating circumstances submission deadline. Any coursework submitted after the initial submission deadline without *approved* extenuating circumstances will be treated as late. If the assessment is submitted no later than 24 hours after the deadline, the mark for the assessment will be capped at the minimum pass mark; If the assessment is submitted more than 24 hours after the deadline, a mark of 0 will be given for the assessment. More information on the extenuating circumstances procedure and academic regulations can be found on the Student Intranet: https://intranet.cardiff.ac.uk/students/study/exams-and-assessment/extenuating- https://intranet.cardiff.ac.uk/students/study/your-rights-and-responsibilities/academic- circumstances regulations By submitting this assignment, you are accepting the terms of the following declaration: I hereby declare that my submission (or my contribution to it in the case of group submissions) is all my own work, that it has not previously been submitted for assessment and that I have not knowingly allowed it to be copied by another student. I declare that I have not made unauthorised use of Al chatbots or tools to complete this work, except where permitted. I understand that deceiving or attempting to deceive examiners by passing off the work of another writer, as one's own is plagiarism. I also understand that plagiarising another's work or knowingly allowing another student to plagiarise from my work is against the University regulations and that doing so will result in loss of marks and possible disciplinary proceedings¹. ¹ https://intranet.cardiff.ac.uk/students/study/exams-and-assessment/academic-integrity/cheating-and- academic-misconduct Assignment Consider the Automatic Replies function in the Microsoft Outlook application, as shown in the figure below (note that the window may look different depending on how you initiate the outlook application, but the content of the window will be like what is shown below). This is a function that allows users to set automatic replies to emails. For example, if the user is on holiday, he could set up an automatic reply message to say that he will not read emails until he returns from holiday. The function is limited in how time is specified- it only allows the specification of one continuous time frame, between a start time and end time, as shown in the picture. A user may wish to post these replies on specific dates or on specific days of the week for a certain period, or even on specific hours of working days, etc. This is currently not possible! Info Open & Export Save As Save Attachments Print Office Account Feedback Account Information E AbdelmotyAl@cardiff.ac.uk Microsoft Exchange + Add Account Account Settings Automatic Replies : Tools Manage Rules & Alerts Ad Cha con ■ Au Use not M₁ Mal Ru Use upd SI Mal Automatic Replies - AbdelmotyAl@cardiff.ac.uk O Do not send automatic replies O Send automatic replies Only send during this time range: Start time: Tue 21/06/2022 End time: Wed 22/06/2022 Arial Inbox - AbdelmotyAl@cardiff.ac.uk - O Automatically reply once for each sender with the following messages: Inside My Organization Outside My Organization (On) v 10 Rules... 17:30 08:00 V BIUAE* Thank you for your message. I am out of the office until 22/06/2022. Diolch am eich neges. Rwyf allan o'r swyddfa tan 22/6/2022. OK Cancel Instructions You are required to re-design the Automatic Replies Window shown in the picture above and produce a prototype for this redesigned interface. The redesigned interface should allow the user to do the following tasks. Task (1) is the same as that provided by the current interface. Task (2) is a new function that is not provided by the current interface. 1. Set a date/time range for the auto replies, as is already allowed in the current interface. For example, set an auto reply to occur only between date 1 (time x), and date 2 (time y). 2. Set auto replies to occur only during specific days of the week between specific date ranges. For example, set an auto reply to occur only on Saturdays and Sundays between date 1 and date 2. You are free to customise the existing design of this interface in ways you see fit. You may leave the interface design for function 1 as it is in the current interface, or you can choose a different design pattern for the two functions. Part 1: Interface design (This part is worth 12 marks/20) a) Produce a State Transition Network (STN) to describe the interaction flow for the basic flow scenario only for function 2 above. Note: Your basic use case scenario should demonstrate the successful setting of a specific auto reply message as explained above and should finish by the user successfully completing this task. Your use case can assume that the user has Outlook opened successfully. (3 marks) b) Produce a sketch of the redesigned interface that implements the above functions. Hand-drawn or a digitised sketch, produced by an interface prototyping tool, is acceptable. Clearly label the screen designs to reference the states you defined in your STN and ensure that you have a complete set of screen designs for your STN. (5 marks) c) Clearly annotate the design to explain and justify the interface controls and features used in your design, e.g., design patterns and usability guidelines. (4 marks) Part 2: Heuristic Evaluation (This task is worth 8 marks/20) Do a heuristic evaluation of the individual states of the interface that you identified in the STN in part 1 above and identify all usability-related features and issues. Report on usability in an objective manner and in a standard format using the template (Excel spreadsheet) provided and discussed in the lectures. Your report should include,