Course: USER INTERFACE DESIGN Semester: Fall 17/18

Code: BIT 472 Lecturer: Dr. Saad Amin

Dr. Santosh Ray
Handout date: 16/10/2017 Due date: 11/11/2017
Assignment #: 1 Home Assignment Maximum Mark: 70

Individual assignment:
Student Name: ____________________________ ID:________________

1-Learning Outcomes being assessed: (LO 2, 3)

2. Relate human physical and cognitive abilities to system design.
3. Apply iterative development methods to a significant case study.
2-Handing in format instructions

Sign this page and put it as a cover for your assignment . Without this cover page, your
assignment will not be accepted.
Submit a softcopy of your work in the Moodle.
Assignments will not be accepted after submission deadline.

3-Marks
Problem/question Marks Marks Feedback to students
allotted obtained
task1 30

task2 40

Total 70

Program Manager Approval: SaadAAmin

4-Academic Integrity
Forms of academic impropriety Lecturer Findings
1-is there verbatim copying or unidentified and
unacknowledged quotation of another's work or
from Internet?
2-is there paraphrasing of another's work by simply
changing a few words or altering the order without
clear identification and acknowledgement?
3-is there unauthorized co-operation between a
student and another person or student?
4-others
viva progress assessment
changes in writing style different spelling style
5- plagiarism report summary using KIC S/W

Lecturer
Conclusion Lecturer Signature :

Important clarification to the students

1-What is the Academic plagiarism
Taking someone elses work and submitting it as your work without adequate mention of the source (as in the table
above).
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 Course: USER INTERFACE DESIGN Semester: Fall 17/18
Code: BIT 472 Lecturer: Dr. Saad Amin
Dr. Santosh Ray
Handout date: 16/10/2017 Due date: 11/11/2017
Assignment #: 1 Home Assignment Maximum Mark: 70

2- Punishment to academic plagiarism

The punishment to academic plagiarism may take the following forms according to level of the academic breach
1- Zero in the assignment and receive Academic Warning
2- Zero in the assignment and receive Academic Warning with recommendation to the program manger to take
more action if the action is repeated (as indicated in the student handbook section # 5).

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-2
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-1
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Honor Code Pledge: In case of not complying with the above, the student will be penalized accordingly.
I confirm that I fully understand the above mentioned points regarding Academic Integrity

Student Signature:___________________

Assignment Marking Scheme

Problem/question Marks Assessment Scheme
allotted
task1 30 3 marks for each practice.
task2 40 For each case study:
5 marks for introduction to the software/system
10 marks for critical analysis of software/system
5 marks for conclusion of software/system
Total 70

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 Course: USER INTERFACE DESIGN Semester: Fall 17/18
Code: BIT 472 Lecturer: Dr. Saad Amin
Dr. Santosh Ray
Handout date: 16/10/2017 Due date: 11/11/2017
Assignment #: 1 Home Assignment Maximum Mark: 70

Task 1: [30 marks]

List down the 5 good practices for user interface design and 5 bad practices for user interface design.
Provide brief explanation of each of the practices.

Task 2: [40 marks]

Use case studies to demonstrate the good practices and bad practices listed in task 1. You can take
example of desktop software, mobile apps, or websites or any other interface. Critically analyze the
good and practices in context of software or user interfaces selected by you. You should provide at
least 2 case studies. You should provide brief introduction about the software/apps/website selected
by you followed by critical analysis of each user design practice. Attach screenshots wherever
possible. Finally provide your conclusions.