Assignments
Students will have opportunities to demonstrate their practical skills and application and understanding of theory in order to meet the criteria of this module through completion of an assignment and in a test of knowledge and understanding through application of guidelines to design of an IT application. The sections below indicate the nature of the 2 assignments, which criteria they can be used to meet and the weighting allocated to them.
1 Evaluation of an IT application for usability
60% 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
Students will select an IT product or application and identify the extent to which it meets user needs satisfactorily and to report how consideration of usability design principles could enhance successful interactivity
2 Design in a practical situation
40% 3.1, 3.2
Students will select a particular IT product or application and demonstrate how application of findings from their research might be utilised for the benefit of a particular user group.
