CMPT 481 The Problem: Tags! KIDS Feature Focus = Easy for Kids to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CMPT 481 The Problem: Tags! KIDS Feature Focus = Easy for Kids to Use & Understand Minimal: text & scrolling Appealing aesthetics to children Straight forward navigation Live TV and recorded shows on the same screen


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CMPT 481

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The Problem:

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Tags!

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KIDS

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Feature Focus = Easy for Kids to Use & Understand

  • Minimal: text & scrolling
  • Appealing aesthetics to children
  • Straight forward navigation
  • Live TV and recorded shows on the same screen for children
  • Recording controls for parents
  • Live TV: See what is on all children’s channels at once
  • Recorded Shows: Easy to add new, edit, and view recording
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  • We didn’t have a back button
  • We didn’t have a power button
  • Had button that didn’t lead

anywhere

  • Inconsistent style
  • Recording controls had radio

buttons that didn’t make sense

Heuristic Evaluation Results

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Evaluation

  • Think aloud: Series of tasks and post questions
  • 4 participants

○ Machinist (Male in 20s) ○ Veterinary Medicine student (Female in 20s) ○ Computer Science student (Male in 20s) ○ Middle-aged elementary school teacher (Female)

Evaluation

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Tasks

  • Turn on/off system.
  • Watch whatever is currently on Nickelodeon.
  • Play random episodes of Babar.
  • Play some recorded episodes of various TV shows.
  • How many episodes of Babar have been recorded?
  • Delete an episode of Babar.
  • Start recording all episodes of Caillou.
  • Stop recording a show.

Example Tasks

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Regular TV Kids’ TV