1. Review for Final Exam Spring 2018
Jeff Offutt
SWE 205
Software Usability and Design

2. Parameters Tuesday, May 15 10:30 – 1:15 Same room
Closed book / closed notes / closed neighbor
Computers allowed (see next slide for rules)
Covers readings, slides, in-class exercises, and homework assignments
Primarily covers material since the midterm
NOT cumulative
You may take a break (not all together)
Spread out—Split tables and max two per table
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3. Computer Use in Final Exam
You are allowed to use a computer in a limited way
The exam will include a list of URLs
May include patriot web (know your account name & password)
Others TBD … no account needed
You will visit those URLs to answer some questions
You may not :
Use other software on your computer unless explicitly told
Visit other websites or web apps
Look at the course website
Look at other usability educational materials
Computer use will be monitored
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4. Concepts UI Flow Revenue and excise tasks
Essential and accidental problems
Evolutionary design
Designing for users
Home pages and taglines
Types of navigation : multiple windows, panes, tools and menus, within information
Undo
Principles for making hard things seem easy
Data entry
Data integrity and data immunity
Auditing and editing data
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5. Concepts (2) Control selection
Design conflicts and differing goals in web design
Usable security
Dialog boxes (modal and modeless)
Toolbars
GUI widgets
Usability as common courtesy
Usability of games
Assertions and assessments – analytical thinking
Use of color in user interfaces
7 effective habits
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6. Preparing & Format Re-read the text and handouts
Study the homework assignments
Look at the in-class exercises again
Get a good night’s sleep
Different kinds of questions
Short analysis of web sites
Short answer
T / F
M / C
Single-word answer questions
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7. Grade Posting
I will post category averages and final scores on blackboard
Also assignment 9 grades
Before the final:
Assignment average (out of 10)
Participation (Percent, 55 points = 100%)
After the final
Final exam score
Overall average
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8. Grading Calculation Assignments 20% Participation 25% Midterm 25%
Final 30%
>= 90% : Guaranteed A- or A
>= 80% : Guaranteed B or above
>= 70% : Guaranteed C or above
I will “move the line downwards” to find a gap
One A+ for the highest overall average
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9. What I Want You to Take Away
You in 5 years Me
Forgot what usability is
Fell into “unusable design habits”
Remember usability, but develop UIs the “same old way” due to time pressure
Work extra hard to design good UIs
Convince colleagues to design good UIs
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