Assignment
Our Product Name(everyday handheld device): Samsung Pods.
Textbook: Interaction Design Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Preece, Rogers and Sharp, 4th Edition.
In this textbook you will find in end of chapter1, that is assignment page 66.
Find an everyday handheld device, e.g. remote control, digital camera, smartphone, Apple watch and examine how it has been designed, paying particular attention to how the user is meant to interact with it.
a. From your first impressions, write down what first comes to mind as to what is good and bad about the way the device works.
b. Give a description of the user experience resulting from interacting with it.
c. Based on your reading of this chapter and any other material you have come across, compile a set of usability and user experience goals that you think will be most relevant in evaluating the device. Decide which are the most important ones and explain why.
d. Translate each of your sets of usability and user experience goals into two or three specific questions. Then use them to assess how well your device fares.
e. Repeat (c) and (d) but this time using the design principles outlined in the chapter.
f. Finally, discuss possible improvements to the interface based on the answers obtained for (d) and (e).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.