Monday, December 16, 2013

Web Design through concept of Participant Design

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This is the assignment that Dr. affandy asked us to complete and submit before next class.
I designed a suggestion new look for the other group. A very simple and neat design; just the way I like it. =) 


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Saturday, December 14, 2013

#13: 12 Disember 2013

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Again this week, class is with Dr. Affandy.
We were taught of Publishing Your Website.
We were exposed to free servers available on the Internet, the step-by-step to do and upload files, together with the print screens! Too much help I guess. ;)P

Said Dr., we can also use blog. It is easier, efficient, and meet our need. 

Tips on choosing a commercial web host are:
- reliability
- data transfer (traffic / bandwith)
- disk space
- technical support
- platform / os
- php, asp, cgi, mysql ftp, telnet
- SSL (secure  server)
- linux / windows / coldfusion - hosting

We were also given some example of commercial web hosting, like:
- Articulate X
- internet-webhosting.com
- wordpress.com (translation, template based)
- blogengin.net

Dr. Affandy then reminded us of our task; to draw an alternative design to another group's project. He rationale us why he want the drawing badly is because of Participant Design.
Participant Design is a new wave in Interaction Design. The concept is, design must comes from the end-user. In Participant Design, user were asked how they want their website to look like, draw it on a piece of paper, and designer will try at its best to meet the user requirements.

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

#12: 5 Disember 2013

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Today is about Dr. Dayana's evaluation.
Reminder: Class topic is Web Testing and Implementation.
The purpose of doing a testing is to find a potentially serious problem, and give programmers helpful feedback.
Class started with an acting situation by Asrul and Nadwa.
Then we discuss about informal vs formal testing. Example of informal testing is like you ask your friend to test your website.

Next, we move on to these terms:  
Content Expert /  Design Expert

Dr. told us meaning and concept of both terms, and relate it to these three types of design:

1) Interaction Design
2) Visual / Interface Design
3) Information Design

After that, we learned Type of Error. There are: 
1. Design Flaws
2. Content Errors
3. Software / System Defects

Now we know that testing has various types!

Type of Testing
1. Functionality Testing
2. Layout Testing
3. Load Testing (image is broken into smaller parts)
4. Link Testing (website on server, but still link to local)
5. Usability Testing (easy to use)

And there is also Acceptance Test
1. Alpha Testing (only used by Design Expert / Content Expert)
2. Beta Testing (User do this one)

End of Class Evaluation!

After the observers returned, Dr. Dayana lead us to discuss on assignment evaluation.
We should do four types of evaluation, each for every group member; and they are:

1) Content Expert (can ask a teacher)
2) Design Expert (can ask any Master student/lecturer)
3) Student (can ask school students)
4) Peer (can ask class member)

Lastly, soft reminder of our duty!!

Assignment
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1. Blog due date- 12/12
2. Web project due date- 19/12
3. Design Document -  settled
4. Evaluation Dr. Affandy,draw and upload on e-learning  
5. Evaluation report- 19/12          
6. Final Report - Final Week
    -Design Documents
    -Milestone chart
    -Print Screen
    -Role of Members
    -All activities and tasks by members
    -Evaluation
    -Comment Pengkritik - elearning

    -Case Study?

Huh! I need Oxygen!
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Monday, December 2, 2013

#11: 28 November 2013

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We had class with our fun and energetic lecturer; Dr. Dayana today!Yeay!

Basically we held a discussion of our web-based project, precisely about last week presentation which towards the end we were told that Dr. Affandy is not happy with our progress! Oh no!
However, Dr. Dayana calmed us down by keep repeating phrases like "It's only 50%" and "Still got time maa". hehe

And then, discussion leaped to final exam questions, which is ready, only waits for its time to be distributed. Fuh~

Lastly, we were told that next week Dr. Dayana will be observed by her superior. So, we went through next week's topic; to get the idea- Web Testing and Implementation.
We listened carefully as Dr. tell us the plan of the teaching and learning, and  practice her induction set (an act)

Can't wait for next meeting!

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Monday, November 18, 2013

#10: 14 November 2013

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Today's class was taken over by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Affandy. 
As scheduled, we need to present our 50% progress of the web-based project in class today.
So, the day started with presentations by both groups. When one group is presenting in front, the other group were asked to assess them based on interaction design, information design, and content design criteria. 
The comments should be kept awhile as a forum link will be opened by the lecturer on e-learning where students should post their comments to the group respectively. The group then need to defend themselves or agree to critiques and promise a change.

Dr. Affandy then comments both groups project. His comments touched issues of interaction design, visual design, and information design. We heard inspiring new knowledge regarding interaction design as Dr. told us how important it is; it actually the number one factor of why Samsung and hand phones' application become a madness to our social nowadays!

These keyword should be remember always and always; especially in designing a website or an application: 

MAKE SIMPLE DESIGN, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO END-USER


P/S: My group comments by Dr. Affandy were as below:


Group 2
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- has identity / consistency
- Information Design - discovery learning not strong enough
- Study more on Principles of Discovery Learning
- Visual Design OK
- Interaction Design OK- 'Explore'
- Focus on Topology - OK

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Monday, November 11, 2013

#9: 7 November 2013

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Notes of today!







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Sunday, November 3, 2013

#8: 31 Oktober 2013

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Today's topic is: Information Design.
Notes are for my future references.






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