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Directions:  This exam is open-book, open-note, but CLOSED-PERSON.  Please save all your responses in a text / word document with your name at the top.  Submit your quarter exam to Mr. Bui via SchoolWebLockers
 
Directions:  This exam is open-book, open-note, but CLOSED-PERSON.  Please save all your responses in a text / word document with your name at the top.  Submit your quarter exam to Mr. Bui via SchoolWebLockers
  
Please identify the usability heuristic that is best described by the following statements.
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'''Usability'''
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Questions 1-6: Please identify the usability heuristic that is best described by the following statements.
  
 
[http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html 10 Usability Heuristics]
 
[http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html 10 Usability Heuristics]
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6. This [http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/topic25.htm website] breaks this fundamental usability rule.
 
6. This [http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/topic25.htm website] breaks this fundamental usability rule.
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Remember to put your name at the top of the document.  Upload your responses to Mr. Bui's SchoolWebLockers
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'''Mindstorms Demo'''
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* Using the LEGO Mindstorms software individually, program your robot to move forward a decent distance, turn around (180 degrees), and go back the same distance and turnaround again.  Have your robot repeat this back and forth, so it should look like its pacing back and forth.
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* Once completed, demo it to Mr. Bui

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Directions: This exam is open-book, open-note, but CLOSED-PERSON. Please save all your responses in a text / word document with your name at the top. Submit your quarter exam to Mr. Bui via SchoolWebLockers

Usability

Questions 1-6: Please identify the usability heuristic that is best described by the following statements.

10 Usability Heuristics

1. Buttons in Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer go inwards when the user presses them

2. I'm having trouble using this new software. I go to the menu bar at the top and search through Help.

3. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-S are popular keyboard shortcuts.

4. Ctrl-S is the keyboard shortcut to Save the file. Although different programs are made by different companies, everybody agrees on using the word "Save" to save a file.

5. When I'm surfing the internet, I sometimes see the status/download bar at the bottom of the screen.

6. This website breaks this fundamental usability rule.

Remember to put your name at the top of the document. Upload your responses to Mr. Bui's SchoolWebLockers

Mindstorms Demo

  • Using the LEGO Mindstorms software individually, program your robot to move forward a decent distance, turn around (180 degrees), and go back the same distance and turnaround again. Have your robot repeat this back and forth, so it should look like its pacing back and forth.
  • Once completed, demo it to Mr. Bui