Week 9

Last week was week 8 which is our week semester break. Our assignment was due on Easter Sunday at midnight. I submitted my assignment well before the due time, and I'm feeling confident I will do well with this assignment. I put in a lot of effort and done exactly as the template had told us to.


In week 7 we were not given a lecture so we had no homework or lecture for this week. Our teacher than wrote on moodle that we do not have a tutorial this week as he is on sick leave.
Instead of a tutorial we were asked to make an account with InVision. This is a program that will help us with our second assignment. He also put some videos on Moodle that we need to watch so we know what the next assignment is all about. We were also given our brief for the next assignment. The brief is;

Emotion and design: Attractive things work better *
*Norman’s (2002)
Introduction
You have so far done user research to identify a problem, proposed a solution, listed its requirements based on your research and prepared and evaluated a low fidelity prototype. In other words, you have a solid idea and are sure that you have a very functional and usable application at hand.
Now, we’ll move to second and final phase in development. You’ll take your proposed design from project 1 and work on its aesthetics and emotional qualities.
The following 3 steps are involved in this project.

1. Developing an interactive high fidelity prototype using inVision app.
   
2. Evaluating the prototype
   
3. Preparing a client presentation and a report.
   

Note: The InVision application can be found at www.invisionapp.com. InVision app expert will conduct an online session to provide you more information regarding this app. Make sure you don’t miss the online tutorial.
Deliverables
You will produce an interactive response to the brief that will include clearly defined information, design and interaction. The prototype will provide the user with screens and controls to perform the system critical tasks defined in your project 1 report. You will evaluate this prototype and submit its outcome as:
Presentation (video/slides with audio): Submit maximum ten minutes or less video to present your idea.
Project Report contents: Submit a report that contains the following:

1. Cover page with title and your details.
   
2. Project background and objectives
   
3. Prototype: Introduce and show your design as if it were produced for-real.
   Break down the features of your design that make it effective in relation to
   the brief.
   
4. Evaluation: Iterative process of refining the design based on prototype
   evaluation.
   
5. Design Element Break-down & Justification: Individual graphic elements that
   make up the design and explain their inclusion in relation to the brief.
   
6. Conclusion. 
   

This is our brief for the second assignment. Its all about creating the aesthetics and emotional qualities of the app you designed in assignment 1. 

This is to be a presentation that goes for 10 minutes or less, and we also have to submit a report to Moodle, that explains everything. 

This assignment is due on the last day of classes for semester 1. 
I feel like this assignment will take less time as we have already done the background research of the problem. We are now just having to design the aesthetics and a working app. Im excited to complete this assignment as its something that I have never done before.