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SIT216 User Centred Design - Deakin University

Usability Guidelines Report

Investigate and understand current usability practices and guidelines for designing interfaces. You must reference at least three (3) credible and academic resources - journal articles, websites, or a combination of both.

Requirements: As a written report, you will present and succinctly capture in your own words current usability guidelines, thinking and good practice for interfaces and interactions in software/applications based upon your readings/research conducted.

Assignment: The purpose of this assessment is for students to analyse and familiarise themselves with current usability guidelines. You will help demonstrate your understanding in forming your own set of usability guidelines by reading through multiple sources and appropriately paraphrasing and citing your sources. Your research can focus on one specific type of UI, such as websites/web apps, mobile apps, VR/AR apps, or present a general set applicable to all digital systems/interfaces. You can make a choice based on an area of interest/area in which you hope to be working in.

This task will start having students focus on usability and more broadly, HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) and User experience (UX). The outcomes from this research should be presented as a written report. Your usability guidelines in this assessment task will be used to structure an evaluation of an interface in the second assessment task - Usability Evaluation Report.

Report Content Requirements

This report will contain a number of sections including, but not restricted to:
- an introduction that presents the need for usability guidelines and principles.
- the presentation of your relevant usability guidelines and principles based upon your research that are intended to improve the usability of digital systems.
- a justification on the value of these interface guidelines/principles and demonstration of improved usability
- a conclusion providing a summation of the primary key benefits and advantages for designers who follow your usability guidelines in interface and interaction design.
- a list of 3 or more references in Harvard style with citations (with at least two from 2021-2022)

Your submission must be in the form of a report. The length of the report should be 1500 words (excluding references). You must acknowledge all statements and information taken from other sources and adhere to the guidelines published regarding plagiarism. All ideas and material taken from references must be cited within the report itself and a full reference list and bibliography (if appropriate) must be provided at the end of the report.

You must demonstrate that you:
1. Are able to examine and evaluate multiple sources on UCD and HCI literature with details regarding usability guidelines.
2. Can use the appropriate number of quality references.
3. That the usability guidelines cover multiple aspects related to the design of the interface (what the user sees and interacts with).