Content:
Answer 2: The most important aspect to a user-friendly app is a good design.
Detail 1: Readability.
example: The information and text has to be not too big and not too small to read.
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/user-friendly-web-design/
Detail 2: Augmenting Human Capabilities
example: If using a business app, direct the user's attention to a small number of important issues instead of overwhelming them with all possible options
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/best-application-designs/
Detail 3: Navigation
example: Do not make it hard to move around in your app. Navigation is very important to user's because people will not be patient and try to figure out where to go and how to use it.
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/user-friendly-web-design/
Concluding sentence: The design of an app is one of the most important keys to having a successful app on the market.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
1. I Plan to take an online computer programming class and watch video and then take some quizzes and tests on the information that I learned.
2. I will show evidence by submitting my quiz or test scores that I will have taken by the time the blog is due.
3. This will help my topic because I will further understand programming at a deeper level.
4. Done.
2. I will show evidence by submitting my quiz or test scores that I will have taken by the time the blog is due.
3. This will help my topic because I will further understand programming at a deeper level.
4. Done.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Blog 14: Independent Component 1
- LITERAL
(a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component
(c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours). Post it next to your mentorship log. - (d) Explanation of what you completed.
- INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work. - APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.
Literal:
a. I, Bradley Schott, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b. I actually got quite a bit of help from my mom who is in the IT field. Also I got some help from various websites such as http://www.codecademy.com. This is the sort of like Khan Academy, but for programming.
c. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvTj5YXLfzo4dDFuTWVUQXdzdE9uWEdGNHpPVE84NUE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
d. I took an online course via podcast/flash video.
Interpretive:
This course helped me further understand computer science and the technical world. It also helped me find some of the answers to me E.Q. You can check out all of the videos/audios here: http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/intensive-introduction-computer-science
This course helped me further understand computer science and the technical world. It also helped me find some of the answers to me E.Q. You can check out all of the videos/audios here: http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/intensive-introduction-computer-science
Applied:
It helped me understand the amount of complexity there is to coding and programming. I never realized how much you actually had to learn and understand to do some of the simplest things. For example, in most coding languages you have to be very precise and exact on where you put your brackets and make sure that you have one that links up to another one because if one out of the couple hundred is off, then your program will most likely not work at all. When I first started this I focused more on my old E.Q. which had to do with coding languages, but now that I am focused more on user-friendliness, so it doesn't apply to me as much.
It helped me understand the amount of complexity there is to coding and programming. I never realized how much you actually had to learn and understand to do some of the simplest things. For example, in most coding languages you have to be very precise and exact on where you put your brackets and make sure that you have one that links up to another one because if one out of the couple hundred is off, then your program will most likely not work at all. When I first started this I focused more on my old E.Q. which had to do with coding languages, but now that I am focused more on user-friendliness, so it doesn't apply to me as much.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection
1. Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
Being able to present and truly understand what I am saying to my audience while also hitting the time frame without having to worry or try too hard.
2. Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
P
b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I think I deserve a P because I showed up on time with every thing turned in (Lesson plan final draft), and had my poster ready along with my power point. I hit the 10 minutes of speaking time as well as the 20 minute total time. I also talked about my mentorship in the middle of my presentation along with citing my research sources.
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
I felt much less nervous this time when I presented because I had rehearsed my presentation a lot more than I usually practiced for other presentations.
4. (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
Maybe start working on it a little bit more in advanced because I started only a couple days before and I think it would have taken a little bit more of the stress off if I possibly started a bit earlier.
5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
Having a strong base for layout and design. ( for example: having all the coding done in a manner where as it is easy to design the app or change it)
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Blog 12: Third Interview Questions
1. What is most important to a user friendly app?
2. What makes something user friendly?
3. Do applications always have to be user friendly to be successful?
4. What are some why something wouldn't be user friendly?
5. What makes a successful app?
6. Is it important to emphasize user friendliness when creating app?
7. How does user friendliness affect consumers?
8. What are the different types of applications?
9. How can apps be adjusted to make them user friendly? example?
10. What are different forms of user-friendliness in applications?
11. Is there a difference between the underlying structure between a mobile app. and a computer app?
2. What makes something user friendly?
3. Do applications always have to be user friendly to be successful?
4. What are some why something wouldn't be user friendly?
5. What makes a successful app?
6. Is it important to emphasize user friendliness when creating app?
7. How does user friendliness affect consumers?
8. What are the different types of applications?
9. How can apps be adjusted to make them user friendly? example?
10. What are different forms of user-friendliness in applications?
11. Is there a difference between the underlying structure between a mobile app. and a computer app?
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Blog 11: Mentorship 10 hours check
Content:
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
Cal Poly Pomona
2. Who is your contact?
Tim Raymond
3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
10ish
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
I helped him out with attending different meetings for implementing different software as well as sat in with him while talking to different companies about purchasing software. I watched and somewhat help him create the Cal Poly App.
5. Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number confirming who they should call to verify it.
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
Cal Poly Pomona
2. Who is your contact?
Tim Raymond
3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
10ish
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
I helped him out with attending different meetings for implementing different software as well as sat in with him while talking to different companies about purchasing software. I watched and somewhat help him create the Cal Poly App.
5. Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number confirming who they should call to verify it.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Senior Project, The Holiday
1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you over the break with your senior project?
Over the break I did some research on apps and what makes them user friendly and why. Since Cal Poly was on break I did not work on my mentorship. I also talked to some family and asked then what they thought was important in a user friendly app.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned?
I found out that it is very important for the user to be able to achieve their primary task on the app on the first try. A lot of companies will not put their app out on the market until they do several tests and checks to make sure that the app is very accessible to the client. This is one of the sources that I used: http://www.aqabatech.com/article.php?article=331
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would probably talk to my mentor Tim Raymond up at Cal Poly because he is very informed on the different software and is currently developing an app for Cal Poly himself.
Over the break I did some research on apps and what makes them user friendly and why. Since Cal Poly was on break I did not work on my mentorship. I also talked to some family and asked then what they thought was important in a user friendly app.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned?
I found out that it is very important for the user to be able to achieve their primary task on the app on the first try. A lot of companies will not put their app out on the market until they do several tests and checks to make sure that the app is very accessible to the client. This is one of the sources that I used: http://www.aqabatech.com/article.php?article=331
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would probably talk to my mentor Tim Raymond up at Cal Poly because he is very informed on the different software and is currently developing an app for Cal Poly himself.
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