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 Final  Paper  /  Supplementary  Material  [30  pts  total]  

Assignment  The  design  project  this  term  is  closely  tied  to  the  CHI  2014  Student  Design  Competition  and  its  topic:  “BodyData:  Designing  for  Qualities  of  the  Quantified  Self.”  Your  final  paper  assignment  and  presentation  will  therefore  follow  the  guidelines  for  submitting  the  camera-­‐ready  paper  and  supplementary  materials  for  the  competition.  The  goal  is  to  write  an  Extended  Abstract  (six  pages  maximum)  that  summarizes  all  the  previous  assignments  you  did  on  this  project.  The  paper  should  be  written  in  the  Extended  Abstracts  format:  http://chi2014.acm.org/authors/format#extendedformat  

In  addition,  each  team  will  be  required  to  create  the  Supplementary  Material  document.  Guidelines  for  creating  each  component  are  below.  

Guidelines  for  Extended  Abstract  (15  pts):  

Going  back  to  the  deliverables  from  your  previous  assignments  (GHW1,  GHW2,  GHW3,  and  GHW4),  extract  the  materials  that  will  help  you  write  the  following:  

• Project  title  and  author  information  • A  description  of  your  chosen  design  focus  and  proposed  solution,  with  a  summary  of  the  approaches  taken  

within  your  design  process,  and  your  main  claims  for  your  proposed  solution.  For  example:  o What  was  the  goal  of  your  design  project?  o What  was  the  design  problem(s)  you  were  trying  to  solve?  o Brief  overview  of  the  design  process  (deriving  design  requirements  and  method  you  used,  users  involved  

throughout  the  design  process,  user  needs  analysis,  prototyping…)  • Reference  to  design  principles,  sources  of  inspiration,  and  HCI  theory  where  appropriate  and  relevant.  • Acknowledgement  of  partial  or  incomplete  solutions.  • Acknowledgement  of  any  assistance  drawn  from  outside  the  student  team  (advisors,  faculty,  domain  experts,  

existing  solutions,  users,  etc.).  

As  you  work  on  your  final  papers,  please  refer  to  the  previous  examples  (successful  submissions  to  this  competition  from  previous  conferences  that  are  now  included  in  the  ACM  Digital  Library).  These  examples  are  posted  on  BB  Learn  under  “Course  Documents,”  under  “Assignment  Guidelines.”  

Guidelines  for  Supplementary  Material  (15  pts):  

This  supplementary  material  should  be  submitted  as  an  interactive  pdf  file,  with  a  file-­‐size  no  larger  than  4Mb.  

Please  include  the  following:  

• Examples  of  significant  contextual  data  and  its  analysis  (primary,  secondary  research  or  both)  • Key  creative  sources  of  design  inspiration  (existing  designs  and  systems)  • Sketches  of  the  evolving  solution  • Imagery  (as  appropriate)  to  illustrate  the  design  solution  • Significant  evaluation  data  in  support  of  claims  in  the  extended  abstract  

Tips  and  guidelines  for  creating  sketches  and  imagery  illustrating  the  design  solution:  

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• Consider  design  aspects  adhering  to  best  HCI  design  practices:  o Features  should  be  mapped  out  with  clear  indication  of  how  they  function  o Screens  should  match  users’  goals  o Good  use  of  labels  o Clear  feedback  o Consistency  and  standards  throughout  UI  

• If  used,  annotations  should  explain  the  tasks,  steps,  and  how  user  moves  from  one  step  to  another.  • Make  sure  you  address  the  comments  you  received  in  class  during  design  critique  session  • Make  sure  you  fixed  the  key  problems  you  found  in  your  user  study  (there  needs  to  be  clear/visible  evolution  

from  your  initial  prototypes)  

Due:  Week  10  by  6pm  

• Via  the  Assignments  tab  on  BB  Learn  

Requirements:  1.  Final  papers  must  be  submitted  using  the  Extended  Abstracts  format  (the  file  size  cannot  exceed  4Mb):  http://chi2014.acm.org/authors/format#extendedformat  

2.  Supplementary  material  should  be  submitted  as  an  interactive  pdf  file,  with  a  file-­‐size  no  larger  than  4Mb  

3.  Individual  Contributions  Breakdown  should  be  submitted  via  email  to  aleksarc@drexel.edu  for  each  group  

Each  group  should  provide  an  itemized  list  of  team  members’  contributions  to  the  components  of  the  final  paper  and  supplementary  materials  document.  If  several  students  contributed  to  the  same  component,  quantify,  as  a  percentage,  each  student's  contribution  to  this  component.