Repository for all the student projects, including UG/PGT final projects and intern projects.
- While each student will have his/her own project, I encourage all students to work togeher as much as possible to share the common work such as data collection.
- You will need to be proactive, especially if you want a good grade:
- I will provide general directions, but not step-by-step instructions (you will need to figure these out);
- Such as finding relevant papers, coming up with new design idea, and exploring implementation options;
- I am always here to help if you have any question or difficulty: ask as soon as you can if something is not clear or you got stuck.
- Have a look of the previous student projects:
- Someone has worked on your topic already; you don't need to start from scratch.
- We will have weekly meetings:
- In person or online;
- We will go through each project at the meeting (we may need to split into two groups);
- You need to update your progress since last meeting and discuss any questions/difficulties;
- Set the tasks before next meeting.
- Please see the background and possible ideas on my website.
- We will need to further narrow down the scope for your project:
- I will help you do this;
- We will define the work for each student if there are more than one working on the same project.
- Please read at least one paper (listed at the end of the project idea webpage) from beginning to end.
- Figure out what the research question is, and narrow down yours in the same way;
- Copy the process from requirements, design, implementation, to evaluation for your project;
- You will get 80+ mark if the project results can be published in a similar conference or journal;
- Preliminary ethics form: to decide if you need to submit the full ethics form
- Full eithics form (most of you will need to): for this you will need
- recruitment materials
- information sheet
- consent form
- privacy notice
- Data Management Plan (DMP)
- More details on the webpage.
Paper prototype/wireframe tool:
- Pencil and paper
- Low fidelity: PowerPoint or Balsamiq https://balsamiq.com/
- High fidelity: Figma (recommended) https://www.figma.com
- Free (until Adobe starts to charge for it)
- Web-based: easy to share with other, and allow co-editing and comments
- Support advanced feature such as 'interaction mockup': user can click a box (that looks like a button) and a new screen is displayed (by loading another wireframe)
- The official tutoral and there are also many on YouTube like this one.
When to get feedback?
- After the completion of the paper prototype/wireframe (less formal)
- After the completion of the MVP (less formal)
- After the completion of the final protoytpe (more formal)
How to get feedback and evaluate
- It is not that different from the requirement gathering, except user would use what you produced.
- For the wireframe, you need to help user imaging how the app would work
- Figma 'interaction mockup' will be useful here
- For MVP, help participants focus on the core functionalities, not the missing/less important ones (such as user account)
- For the final prototype, it will be a proper evaluation (vs. feedback)
- More participants: 5+ (10+ for statistical analysis)
- Clearly defined task(s): maybe more complex so takes longer to complete
- More detailed notes/recording: may record the session, including interviews
- More detailed analysis afterwards: qualitative (such as thematic analysis) and/or quantitative (such as t-test or anova analysis).