1. Review for Final Exam Spring 2015 Jeff Offutt http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/ SWE 205 Software Usability and Design

2. 205 - Final Review2 Parameters Wednesday, May 12 10:30 – 1:15 Same room Closed book / closed notes / closed neighbor Covers readings, slides, and homeworks Only covers material since the midterm –NOT cumulative You may take a break (not all together) Spread out as much as possible © Offutt

3. 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 205 - Final Review© Offutt3

4. 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 205 - Final Review© Offutt4

5. 205 - Final Review5 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 answer –T / F –M / C –Single answer questions –Problem solving © Offutt

6. Grade Posting I will post category averages and final scores on blackboard Before the final: –Homework average (out of 10) –Participation (Percent, 60 points = 100%) After the final –Final exam score –Overall average –Letter grade 205 - Final Review© Offutt6

7. Grading Calculation Homeworks 20% Participation 25% Midterm 25% Final 30% 205 - Final Review© Offutt7 >= 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 Last year: –1 A+ –8 A –4 A- –3 B+ –4 B –3 B- –1 D