Design An Interface For An Online Bookshop Kiosk

Design an Interface to a System for an Online Bookshop Kiosk

Design an interface to a system. You will need to justify every item that you choose to put into this design. The concept it relates to must be clearly identified and explained. You may wish to draw reference from appropriate literature. Among the many concepts you may consider are: · colour and sections · layout of the screen · “help function†or assistance pages · order in which the information is presented · use of icons · use of input device (eg. keyboard or specific keys) · overall layout · standards employed You may wish to refer to Shneiderman’s Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design (p.88-89) as a guide. All diagrams, screen layouts, etc., should be drawn using the Pencil application and imported into the design document. Design drawings are NOT to be submitted separately. Case Scenario & Instructions A local bookshop wants to take their business online. The bookshop deals with sales, orders for specific books, discounts for regular customers, discounts for bulk purchases, inventory management and much more. You have been commissioned to design an automated online search facility for their new online presence, that will run on a kiosk type computer that is placed at the entrance of the bookshop. That is, they wish to pilot this aspect first and have it in the controlled environment of their current, physical store. If that works effectively, then they will expand that service to a full web-based service and also add other functionality that is currently outside the scope of this pilot system, such as online sales. You can make up a selection of your choice with a variety of books and multimedia products available. The customer is expected to make his/her choices and find where in the bookshop the item can be found, or if not available, how long it will take to order it in. The system is linked directly to the customer database, so that if the customer enters their ID, whatever discounts they are entitled to will automatically be taken into account in the price displayed. Although payments is outside the scope of the pilot, correct pricing information does need to be displayed, but payments have to be made at the counter in the store. Your design focus is on providing the application screen design and layout function for the purchaser. You do not have to worry about the accounting system for the bookshop. There will be no human assistance available at the kiosk when it is fully deployed. Your task is to design an application to run on an automated self-service kiosk that allows customers to search for and order books as quickly as possible. You may assume that the kiosk will consist primarily of a screen that users will interact with. The screen may or may not be a touch screen, depending on your design. You may assume that the bookshop has capacity for up to 250 customers on three floors of the same building and therefore several kiosks will be operated simultaneously. You may make any other assumptions not stated here but you must state them in Section B of your assignment. You will need to provide drawings of the interface design for your chosen system. Drawings can be rough sketches, but must clearly show all components of your design. Do not use any existing bookshop name, trademarks or pictures. In addition to the drawings which provide one interface to the system you may recommend other input and output devices. For example will you use voice input/output, a touch screen etc.? Think carefully about the system, the tasks, what they do and how your customers might interact. Who are the clients/users? What do you feel should be the usability goals? How can you develop an interface that meets these usability goals for these customers? Are there any constraints to the development of the interface. The following aspects are out of scope for this assignment: · Payment considerations; · Electrical and technical specifications of the kiosk; Rationale This assignment covers the second four learning outcomes of this subject: · Designing the interface of information systems both stand alone and web based. · Designing online support. · Evaluation - the relevance and different types of evaluation. · Experience in usability testing. Marking criteria Criteria Marks Executive Summary - accurate summary of design 20 Concept and Diagrams · Clear drawing(s) of interface · All components clearly identified · Justification for use · References to academic/practitioner literature to support argument 30 Design justification · Design related to user requirements · Design related back to principles & guidelines · References to academic/practitioner literature to support argument 30 Appropriateness of Design - How the design meets user requirements 20 Deduct marks for poor presentation, spelling and grammar -5 Deduct marks for poor or no referencing to APA standard -5 Question HD D C P F Executive Summary Comprehensive description of the major points of the design Detailed description of the major points of the design Thorough description of the major points of the design Adequate description of the major points of the design Incomplete or irrelevant description of the major points of the design Design concept & drawings Excellent UI design & drawings with all components identified and excellent justification for use. Full set of references. Clear UI design & drawings with most components identified and clear justification for use. Set of references. Good UI design & drawings with many components identified and some justification for use. Some references. Adequate UI design & drawings with some components identified and some justification for use. Few references. Poor or inadequate UI design & drawings with few components identified and little or no justification for use. No references. Design justification Clear statement of design related to user requirements. Clear statement of design related to design principles. Full set of references. Detailed statement of design related to user requirements. Detailed statement of design related to design principles. References Thorough statement of design related to user requirements. Thorough statement of design related to design principles. References Adequate statement of design related to user requirements. Adequate statement of design related to design principles. References Incomplete or irrelevant statement of design related to user requirements. No references Design appropriateness Comprehensive discussion of identified UI changes with clear illustration of how the changes will improve the UI. References Detailed discussion of identified UI changes with some illustration of how the changes will improve the UI References Thorough discussion of identified UI changes with detailed discussion of how the changes will improve the UI References Adequate discussion of identified UI changes with some discussion of how the changes will improve the UI No references Incomplete or inadequate discussion of some UI changes with no clear illustration of how the changes will improve the UI References Presentation, grammar and spelling (-5 marks) Marks will be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar mistakes. Note please follow the given report format in Subject Outline for this assessment APA referencing (-5 marks) Marks will be deducted for not providing / following the proper APA style referencing. Presentation Section A: Write an executive summary of your system in no more than 150 words on a separate page. Section B: Describe your application and its operation. If you have made assumptions, indicate them here. Justify every item that you have introduced in your design in a logical and well-presented manner. An example is that you may put the drawing at the top of the page and state your explanation below. Justify any of the above concepts that you have introduced here as well. Example: Typefaces used are Helvetica 16 points because… You should also indicate which theories, principles and guidelines you used in creating the concept of your application design. This assignment must be produced in Microsoft Word format. Diagrams and drawings may be made in any format, but must be inserted into the appropriate page of the assignment document. Diagrams that are supplied as separate files will NOT be marked. You must also include your references in APA format, as per Faculty of Business requirements, on the last page.