Activity 11.2: Creating an Initial User Interface Design In this activity, you will create an initial design of a user interface. The design will be a low fidelity visual representation. First, you will draw the user interface on paper. Next, you will design feedback and user assistance for the interface. Finally, you will participate in a class discussion about the user interface designs. Objectives After completing this activity, you will be able to: ! Create an initial design of a user interface. Before You Begin This activity includes both small group tasks and class discussion. Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this activity. Materials ! Flip chart ! Markers Time to complete this activity: 25 minutes followed by a 15 minute discussion. Delivery Tip Keep students aware of the amount of activity time remaining so that they can pace themselves. After the allocated time has elapsed, facilitate the class discussion. 96 Activity 11.2: Creating an Initial User Interface Design Exercise 1: Designing a User Interface (15 minutes) ! Create the design of the user interface for time reporting by the consultant 1. Review the Ferguson and Bardell, Inc. case study, focusing on the section titled "Time Sheet System." 2. Consider the activity of time reporting as performed by the consultant. 3. Design a user interface for that activity. Incorporate terminology, concepts, and metaphors that are familiar to the consultant. Delivery Tip The instructions are deliberately somewhat vague so that students can explore original ways of designing the UI. Encourage student to "think outside the box" when considering the UI. Activity 11.2: Creating an Initial User Interface Design 97 Exercise 2: Design Feedback and User Assistance (10 minutes) ! Refine the design by adding feedback and user assistance 1. Review the design you created in Exercise 1. 2. Identify how the system will provide feedback to the user. Write this on the user interface design and identify the controls that will provide the feedback. 3. Identify how user assistance will be implemented. Write this on the user interface design and identify the controls that will provide the feedback. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK . Activity 11. 2: Creating an Initial User Interface Design In this activity, you will create an initial design of a user interface. The design will. Activity 11. 2: Creating an Initial User Interface Design Exercise 1: Designing a User Interface (15 minutes) ! Create the design of the user interface