1. CIS 375 All Assignments
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CIS 375 Week 2 Assignment 1 Multi-Touch Screens vs. Mouse-
Driven Screens
CIS 375 Week 3 Case Study 1 Using Technology as Experience
Framework
CIS 375 Week 5 Assignment 2 Massively Multiplayer Online
Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)
CIS 375 Week 7 Assignment 3: Usability Evaluation
CIS 375 Week 8 Case Study 2: Usability of iPads and Websites
CIS 375 Week 9 Assignment 4: Paid Website Usability Testers
2. CIS 375 Week 10 Term Paper: Students’ Self-Service Website
for Mobile Devices
CIS 375 Week 10 Assignment 4 Mobile Devices and Self-
Service e-Commerce
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CIS 375 Week 1 Discussion Kiosks
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CIS 375 Week 1 Discussion
"Kiosks" Please respond to the following:
• When flying, airlines provide several methods of check-
in. Check-in options are provided online, at the ticket counter
(with a human), or kiosks. Use the Internet to locate airport
kiosk page of one (1) major airline (such as United’s Airport
Kiosk page). Describe the key factors that constitute a user
friendly check-in experience. Examine the major design flaws
and features of the airline you researched. Recommend one (1)
feature you would like to add or eliminate.
3. • Mobile devices use touch screens to interact with the
individual. Select a mobile device and identify three (3)
important usability features that are important to you when
purchasing this type of mobile device. Provide a rationale for
your response.
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CIS 375 Week 1-10 All Discussion Question
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CIS 375 Week 1 Discussion Kiosks
CIS 375 Week 2 Discussion GPS Interaction and Cognitive
Process
CIS 375 Week 3 Discussion Social Media and Behavior
Interaction
CIS 375 Week 4 Discussion Graphical User Interface (GUI) and
Drone Design
4. CIS 375 Week 5 Discussion Data Gathering
CIS 375 Week 6 Discussion Data Analysis and Interaction
Design
CIS 375 Week 7 Discussion Usability Evaluation
CIS 375 Week 8 Discussion Interaction Design That Benefits
the User
CIS 375 Week 9 Discussion Product Evaluation and Participants
Consent
CIS 375 Week 10 Discussion Heuristics and Analytics
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CIS 375 Week 2 Assignment 1 Multi-Touch Screens vs. Mouse-
Driven Screens
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5. Assignment 1: Multi-Touch Screens vs. Mouse-Driven Screens
Due Week 2 and worth 100 points
The following resources may be helpful when completing this
assignment.
• Norman, D. (2005). Human-centered design considered
dangerous. Retrieved
fromhttp://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/humancentered_desig.html
• Norman, D. (2007–2010). Activity-centered design: Why I like
my Harmony remote control. Retrieved
fromhttp://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/activitycentere.html.
• Gersh, J. R., McKneely, J. A., and Remington, R. W. (2005)
Cognitive engineering: Understanding human interaction with
complex systems. Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest,26(4),
377–382. Also available
athttp://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/TD/td2604/Gersh.pdf
Computer applications that run on desktop and laptop computers
have, for a long time, been designed to be driven by dragging
and clicking a mouse. With the introduction of tablet personal
computers, the trend has shifted toward using touch-based
screens. We now have access to touch-based TVs, touch-based
monitors, and touch-based laptops. Touch and multi-touch
6. devices provide end users with the ability to interact physically
with an application much more naturally.
Imagine that you have been assigned the task of redesigning
your company’s applications to run on all devices. Examine a
multi-touch computer monitor and a mouse-driven computer
monitor and think about how the end user interacts with an
application running on each of these types of monitors.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Compare and contrast the metaphors used in the design of
applications that run on each type of monitor. Use Microsoft
Visio, Microsoft PowerPoint, or any other modeling tool to
create.
2. Differentiate between the interaction types and styles that
apply to these monitors and applications running on them.
3. Describe the conceptual model employed in the design of
these types. Describe the analogies and concepts these monitors
expose to users, including the task-domain objects users
manipulate on the screen.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify
as quality resources. You may use the resources above or others
of your choosing.
7. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Describe the relationship between the cognitive principles and
their application to interfaces and products.
• Explain the conceptual terms for analyzing human interaction
with affordance, conceptual models, and feedback.
• Explain the importance of user abilities and characteristics in
the usability of products.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in
human-computer interaction.
8. • Write clearly and concisely about human-computer interaction
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 375 Week 2 Discussion GPS Interaction and Cognitive
Process
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CIS 375 Week 2 Discussion
"GPS Interaction and Cognitive Process" Please respond to the
following:
• Imagine that you have been asked to design a GPS
product that will have voice recognition and Bluetooth
capability. Discuss and conceptualize a user interaction model.
Predict two (2) problems that may arise in GPS products with
voice recognition and Bluetooth capability. Recommend
solutions for each of these issues.
9. • Attention is one of the six cognition processes. When
attention is applied to a design, the goal is to make it easier for
the end user to quickly locate where he / she should type
information on the computer or mobile device screen. Compare
and contrast how the Google search engine and theMicrosoft
Bing search engine employ the attention cognition process.
Provide your opinion as to which search engine better employs
the attention cognition process and explain why.
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CIS 375 Week 3 Case Study 1 Using Technology as Experience
Framework
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Case Study 1: Using Technology as Experience Framework
Due Week 3 and worth 50 points
Download the case study titled, “Using the ‘Technology as
Experience’ Framework,” from http://www.id-
book.com/casestudy_5-1.php.
10. The user experience framework can help designers constrain and
scope the user experience of a given system. The user
experience framework also informs about the relationship
between a conceptual model and a user’s understanding of it for
past, current, and future systems. The case study actually
consists of two studies. For this evaluation, consider the first one
by Heather Collins on an online fundraising Website. She used
primarily the sensory and compositional threads of the
framework, leading to insights on how fundraising organizations
can maximize their Websites to tell a compelling story to a
potential donor that is balanced in content and emotion. Collins’
design combines elements of storytelling, appropriate emotional
triggers, and a welcoming atmosphere to encourage potential
donors to act by making a donation, volunteering their time,
telling their friends, or attending a related event. Through this
process, the donor can create a meaningful connection to a cause
or problem directly impacting their community. The personal
connection makes the online donation experience pleasurable for
the user.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Explain how the Web user interfaces help donors to make
decisions.
11. 2. Relate the emotional thread demonstrated in the case study to
the emotional design model as discussed in Chapter 5 of the
textbook.
3. Explain how the compositional thread is used in the case
study.
4. Use the user experience framework to create five (5) product
evaluation criteria using sensory and compositional threads.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Explain the characteristics of human-centered design methods.
• Create a product evaluation through a formal framework.
12. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in
human-computer interaction.
• Write clearly and concisely about human-computer interaction
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 375 Week 3 Discussion Social Media and Behavior
Interaction
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CIS 375 Week 3 Discussion
"Social Media and Behavior Interaction" Please respond to the
following:
• Interacting and communicating with other people is part
of daily life. This includes face-to-face conversations,
conversations over the phone or other mobile devices, and
conversations through social media. Read the article titled, “Is
social media ruining our kids’ social skills?” Provide your
13. opinion on the effect that texting and social media (i.e., Twitter,
Snap Chat, Facebook, etc.) are having on individuals’ abilities to
articulate a face-to-face conversation. Support your opinion with
one (1) example from your personal experience or an incident in
the media.
• Emotional interaction is a behavioral reaction that is
reflected by an individual’s feeling when interacting with
technology. Examine the affect that the visceral design of a
laptop has on an individual’s behavioral response compared to
the affect that the visceral design of a smartphone has.
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CIS 375 Week 4 Discussion Graphical User Interface (GUI) and
Drone Design
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CIS 375 Week 4 Discussion
"Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Drone Design" Please
respond to the following:
14. • GUIs play an important role on how an end-user interacts
with an operating system. Describe an instance where you did
not have an intuitive experience with a GUI. Recommend the
key areas that could have been improved. If you have only had
intuitive experiences with GUIs, explain what made the
experience so great.
• In recent years, the term drone, which is an unmanned
aircraft that is remote controlled, has gained popularity among a
variety of industries (e.g. agriculture, law enforcement).
Speculate on the major ethical issues that may arise when drones
fly over private property, pools, airports, etc. Next, suggest one
(1) design safety feature that manufacturers should add to
drones.
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CIS 375 Week 5 Assignment 2 Massively Multiplayer Online
Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)
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Assignment 2: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing
Games (MMORPGs)
Due Week 4 and worth 100 points
15. In a virtual world (VW) of massively multiplayer online role-
playing games (MMORPGs), collaboration and communication
are provided through the Internet between MMORPG-ready
devices such as the Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation, and
by using the Web browser. Gamers can play against other
gamers without seeing the opponent face-to-face. Playing games
this way has become a social phenomenon. For example, chess
players can play against other chess players anywhere in the
world at http://gameknot.com/ using a Web browser.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Describe cognitive social phenomena that occur specifically
to the context of the MMORPG that wouldn’t happen in a face-
to-face chess game.
2. Compare and contrast the MMORPG interaction environment
and a face-to-face environment where chess is being played on a
real chessboard. Identify if the environment has an impact on the
player’s ability to play chess.
3. List and describe the user interface guidelines that should
apply to designing MMORPGs.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify
as quality resources.
16. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Construct evaluation techniques to the user experience and
system usability in the design process.
• Describe the differences in developing user interfaces for
different application environments.
• Compare and contrast the various cognitive models.
• List the general principles used in the heuristic evaluation of a
user interface design.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in
human-computer interaction.
17. • Write clearly and concisely about human-computer interaction
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 375 Week 5 Discussion Data Gathering
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CIS 375 Week 5 Discussion
"Data Gathering" Please respond to the following:
• Online questionnaires enable companies to gather data
from a large number of possible responders. For a web-based
questionnaire, determine which response format would be the
most effective. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Companies use Web analytics to gather data and measure
a Website’s design effectiveness among its users. Of the two (2)
web analytic categories (on-site and off-site), speculate on
which one (1) is more effective.
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CIS 375 Week 7 Assignment 3: Usability Evaluation
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CIS 375 Week 7 Assignment 3 Usability Evaluation
Due Week 7 and worth 180 points
This assignment requires that you create a free SurveyMonkey®
or QuestionPro online questionnaire account.
1. Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/ OR
http://questionpro.com/.
2. Sign up for a free basic plan / account by following the
instructions on the screen.
3. Follow the instructions on how to create a simple survey.
In this assignment you will create an online questionnaire.
Prepare as follows:
• Read Activity 7.2 on page 239 of the textbook.
19. • Create an online questionnaire using your account on
SurveyMonkey® or QuestionPro, depending on which one you
selected during the.
• Insert the six (6) questions in your questionnaire. You
may add additional questions if you wish.
• Send an email to at least five (5) friends or participants
and ask them to participate in the online questionnaire. Include
the link to the online questionnaire in the email.
• Give your participants a few days to complete the online
questionnaire.
• Use SurveyMonkey® or QuestionPro to analyze the
collected data.
• Download and save the report. You may take a screenshot
if you wish.
• Attach your report to your assignment paper.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Include the survey report.
2. Describe the positive and negative aspects of creating and
conducting an online questionnaire.
3. Speculate on the reliability of the collected data.
4. Recommend two (2) methods that you can use to validate
the collected data.
20. 5. Based on your experience, describe the major challenges
of using an online questionnaire Website.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
7. Format your assignment according to the following
formatting requirements:
a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Include a reference page. Citations and references must
follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the
required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Demonstrate the ability to select an appropriate user
interface interaction style for a particular task.
• Explain the different usability data-gathering techniques
• Create a product evaluation through a formal framework.
• Use technology and information resources to research
issues in human-computer interaction.
21. • Write clearly and concisely about human-computer
interaction topics using proper writing mechanics and technical
style conventions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using this rubric.
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CIS 375 Week 7 Discussion Usability Evaluation
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CIS 375 Week 7 Discussion
"Usability Evaluation" Please respond to the following:
• Software design engineers use different data gathering
techniques for establishing requirements. Requirements come in
many different forms and levels of abstraction, but need to be
very specific and unambiguous. Of the two different kinds of
requirements (functional and non-functional), speculate the
22. challenges you may see in capturing both requirements. Provide
a rationale for your response.
• Low-fidelity prototypes are mainly used to conduct
research on a product and are not integrated into the final
product, while high-fidelity prototypes may evolve into a final
product. Compare and contrast the final product that evolves
from a high-fidelity product and a product built from the ground
up after studying and learning from a low-fidelity prototype.
Provide one(1) example of each type of product to support your
response.
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CIS 375 Week 8 Case Study 2: Usability of iPads and Websites
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Case Study 2: Usability of iPads and Websites
Due Week 8 and worth 50 points
The following report must be used for reference to complete this
assignment. The Nielsen Norman Group published a report
titled, “Usability of iPads and Websites.” The report is a case
23. study of the iPad usability and can be downloaded
fromhttp://www.nngroup.com/reports/mobile/ipad/ipad-
usability_2nd-edition.pdf.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Analyze the use of gestures in iPads. Address how users feel
about gestures.
2. Evaluate how users feel about the user input when it comes to
filling out complicated forms on the iPad.
3. Assess the usability of back buttons and thumbnails on the
iPad.
4. Evaluate the features end users liked and disliked, and
speculate about the reasons for their responses.
5. Provide your overall likes and dislikes of the iPad usability
and its features.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
24. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Compare and contrast the different types of interactive
environments.
• Explain the characteristics of human-centered design methods.
• List the general principles used in the heuristic evaluation of a
user interface design.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in
human-computer interaction.
• Write clearly and concisely about human-computer interaction
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 375 Week 8 Discussion Interaction Design That Benefits
the User
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CIS 375 Week 8 Discussion
"Interaction Design That Benefits the User" Please respond to
the following:
• Manufactures of smartphones design products to be
interactive with consumers. To remain competitive, designers
are focused on getting a new product to market as quickly as
possible. The user experience (UX) plays an important role in
product development. Imagine that you are a manager for the
product design department of a company. Suggest when it is
appropriate to use Lean UX and when it is appropriate to use
AgileUX. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Balsamiq and Axure are commercial products that
evaluate the design and development process. Select either
Balsamig or Axure and describe a situation where that tool
would be more effective than the other. Justify your response.
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CIS 375 Week 9 Discussion Product Evaluation and Participants
Consent
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CIS 375 Week 9 Discussion
"Product Evaluation and Participants Consent" Please respond
to the following:
• Product evaluation is an important step to ensure that a
product will meet the quality, features, and overall design that is
acceptable to the consumer. Imagine that you are an evaluator
for a new product. Describe common challenges that you will
find in a controlled and in a natural environment setting among
users. Suggest actions that you can take in order to address or
prevent these challenges.
• An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is concerned with
how human participants in an evaluation are treated and how the
collected data is analyzed and stored. Not every country has
IRBs. Provide your opinion on how studies conducted in
countries with no IRBs should be perceived. Suggest whether or
not data collected during those studies would be reliable. Justify
your response.
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27. CIS 375 Week 10 Assignment 4 Mobile Devices and Self-
Service e-Commerce
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CIS 375 Week 10 Assignment 4 Mobile Devices and Self-
Service e-Commerce
Due Week 10 and worth 260 points
Imagine that you have been hired by the startup e-Commerce
company Sports R US to provide a convenient self-service
solution for customers accessing sports products. The Web
application would need to be available on mobile devices (e.g.,
smartphones, tablets, laptops, notebooks). The application also
needs to work on multiple Web browsers (i.e.., Chrome, Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Safari and others to support self-service tasks.
Sports- R-US has asked you to provide a Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI) guide for design and implementation of this
service.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions
needed for the completion of this assignment.
28. This assignment must address the following topics:
• Information Gathering
• Design Strategy
• Prototyping
• Implementation
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the following:
a. Purpose and goals of a mobile self-service.
b. Target segment (audience).
c. Audience needs and wants.
d. Resources necessary to achieve the desired outcome.
e. Design of the Website for mobile devices
f. Interfaces applicable to mobile devices.
2. Design each of the following using Microsoft Visio or any
open source wire framing or mockup tool. Note: The graphically
depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
a. The Sports R US home page for a mobile device.
b. The self-service Web page to review products and
checkout using mobile devices.
29. 3. Recommend one (1) prototype that could be created.
4. Determine the type of evaluation method to use in a Web
design for the best user experience.
5. Provide key details of how the mobile self-service will be
implemented on various mobile devices.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
7. Format your assignment according to the following
formatting requirements:
a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and
the date. The cover page is not included in the required page
length.
c. Include a reference page. Citations and references must
follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the
required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Describe the differences in developing user interfaces for
different application environments.
30. • Compare and contrast the different types of interactive
environments.
• Use technology and information resources to research
issues in human-computer interaction.
• Write clearly and concisely about human-computer
interaction topics using proper writing mechanics and technical
style conventions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using this rubric.
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CIS 375 Week 10 Discussion Heuristics and Analytics
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CIS 375 Week 10 Discussion
"Heuristics and Analytics" Please respond to the following:
31. • The ideal method of evaluation products involves
volunteers. However, sometimes this is not feasible (i.e., product
time constraint, too expensive, etc). This where experts who are
knowledgeable about interaction design, needs, and typical
behavior of users come into the picture. Choose a random
product that you use daily and speculate on how a heuristic
evaluation would be performed on that product. Provide a
rationale for your response.
• Social media websites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and e-
Commerce giant Amazon, use some form of Web analytics.
Speculate on the Web analytic tool that you believe is most
commonly used. Justify your response.