ARTzeum
Art History Help for Students
Noaa Avital
Alex Drew
Colleen Lewis
Kevin Cheung
Danny Krause
Mark Thomas
Intended Use
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Help Art History Students Study
Automate Already Performed Tasks
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Making Flashcards
Testing Themselves
Searching for Image Information
Computer Application
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On Campus and at Home
User Population
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UC Berkeley Students
Enrolled in Art History Classes
Some Computer Literacy
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Familiar with Windows OS
Students That Study
Making Flashcards
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Make flashcards with the following:
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Print the flashcards with:
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Art 11, Lecture 2, Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
Art 11, all of Lecture 3
Michelangelo’s David
Front: Image
Back: Title, Artist, Date, Genre
Save the Set
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“MySet” in Home directory
Changes
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User unsure if Slide Set Maker buttons are
associated with the window
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Solution: Color buttons and window same color
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Create visual grouping
Indicates that buttons act on window
Hints at next step
Heuristic: Consistency and standards
Principle: Mapping
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User didn’t see or read long blurb in window
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Solution: Shorter, clearer blurb
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Solution: Change blurb color on mouse-over
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More likely to be read
Allows for exploration
Grayed out buttons have “function”
Eye drawn toward blurb
Heuristic: Error prevention, Help
Principle: Mapping, Affordance
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User unclear about articles/lecture notes
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Solution: Remove articles/lecture notes
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No confusion over result of adding to SSM
No confusion over search criteria, trust
Heuristic: Minimalist Design
Heuristic: Match Between System and World
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User unsure of result of saving
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Solution: Windows-like save dialog
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Allows for choosing of directory
Shows where set is saved
Heuristic: Consistency and Standards
Heuristic: Internal Locus of Control
Heuristic: Recognition vs. Recall
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User unsure of test contents
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Solution: Indicate that users will be tested on
random subset of current set
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Solution: Allow user to pick number of slides to be
tested on
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Answers sequence question
Randomness of subset realistic
Heuristic: Match Between System and Real World
Heuristic: Internal Locus of Control
Summary
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Automate processes
Easy access
SSM Widget