The User Experience Analysis (UXA) is designed to be an optional, freeform way for you to express how you are taking the concepts learned in the class and applying them to a real-world situation. The idea is to explore how HCI is just as much an art as it is a science.
Much like Project 4, this UXA will require you to do some usability testing. In this case, as you’re now the lead designer at Acme, LLC, it’s your job to evaluate the website of your company. (Ironically, Acme, LLC’s website has nothing to do with their company and is, instead, your favorite website!) So, pick a website that you frequent—the more interesting and creative, the better—and perform an evaluation on it using Dr. Pete’s User Effect checklist. First read through the descriptions of each item on the list. Five annotated screenshots are also required. Additionally, explain in one paragraph why the website is your favorite or why you find it so interesting.
As this is a completely optional bonus assignment, points are all-or-nothing and it makes for a simple grading declaration. Address the following target areas:
Mechanics: Appropriate attention paid to spelling and grammar.
Creativity: Assignment is completed with appropriate creative zeal.
Format: Document is formatted in a way that is both organizationally coherent and visually pleasing and meets length requirement.
Core concepts: Main ideas from the related chapters are included.
Timeliness: Submitted prior to the due date. No late submissions allowed.