23/10/2015 - Assignment two

Aim: To understand the fundamental principles of interface design

Objectives:

Complete designs for input and output HCI's for a specified client

Include some principles of HCI n your designs

Explain how an HCI can be adjusted for a specialist need

Today I carried on working on assignment two. Today I have learnt more about the program Pencil however I have finished my designs now so I should not need to use it anymore. It is a useful program for designing GUI's and it would have been very useful when making the website layout.

A strength of today is that I have managed to get all of my designs done and I have done most of the merit for it. I still have to finish writing about the principles and then I will be done. It is in for Monday now so that should be more than enough time to get it all done. To improve, I would have liked to do more of task one however I ran out of time. 

22/10/2015 - Maths

Aim: To be able to develop some HCI's using the principles of HCI

Objectives:

Know that the principles of HCI can make a better functioning HCI

Design at least one screen for an app for a stated purpose

Design at least two screens for an app for a stated purpose

Design screen(s) using a number of principles of HCI

Please find below the objectives for today's lesson.

Maths aims:

Explore matrix transformations.

Recognise different transformation matrices.

Understand the definition of a map and a graph.

Construct a matrix form a graph.

Know why graphs are useful.

Today I learnt about different matrix transformations and making graphs from it. It was quite confusing at the start however now I understand it a lot more. The multiplying was confusing but in the end I managed to work it out and it was a lot more simpler than I expected. 

An advantage of today is that I have managed to start my assignment two task two work. This is the design of the interface and I managed to design most of it. I have two more parts to design then I have to write about it that should not take too much time. To improve, I would have liked to laid out every part of the app so I can go a long and fill in each part easily. 

19/10/2015 - Assignment 2

Aim: Understand the fundamental principles of interface design

Objectives:

Know that the look and behaiour of an HCI is important.

Name at least one key element of perception

Explain briefly how colour can have an effect on HCI

Describe at least one way that a user interface could be adapted for someone who has a disability

Today I have learnt about assignment two and what is needed for it. In this assignment it is all about the principles of interface design. I never knew that there was so many different elements needed for designing an interface. It does seem like there is a lot of work to do for it however it is a pass criteria so I do not have to go into a lot of detail.

A strength of today is that I have managed to finish the first section of assignment two and I have started the second one. I will do some more tomorrow so I can be on track to finish it on time. To improve, I would have liked to add in more images to show example of what each bit is.

Overall today has been very interesting and I have managed to get a  good amount of work done. 

1/10/2015 - Assignment one finished

Aim: To understand the impact of HCI on society, economy and culture

        To be able to create a simple design using Evolus Pencil

Objectives

Briefly explain how HCI can impact on society or economy or culture

Explain in detail how HCI can impact on society, economy and culture

Briefly explain an idea for future development of HCI.

Explain in detail how HCI can impact on society, economy or culture.

Be able to use Evolus Pencil to create a simple design for a web page

Today I carried on working on assignment one and in the end I managed to finish it. Today I learnt about Evolus Pencil that is the program we are using to design the GUI for assignment two. I found the program quite easy to use however I will have to play around to understand all the features. 

An advantage of today is that I have managed to finish assignment one and I have started on my re-submission for assignment two. To improve, I would have liked to finish assignment two re-submission however I ran out of time. It is in for the 19th so I will finish it over the weekend.

Overall today has been very interesting learning about Evolus Pencil and I'm pleased that I managed to finish assignment one today. I have only gone for pass on this as I am aiming for a merit in this assignment.

15/10/15 - Assignment one

Aim: To understand the impact of HCI on society, economy and culture

Objectives

Briefly explain how HCI can impact on society or economy or culture

Explain in detail how HCI can impact on society, economy and culture

Briefly state what virtual reality and augmented reality are

Explain in detail a system that uses virtual reality or augmented reality

Briefly explain an idea for future development of HCI.

Today I have learnt more about the different parts that HCI has affected. I was working on assignment one today and I have managed to finish the society part of it and I have also started the economy part. I should be able to finish the work on time. 

An advantage of today is that I have managed to get most of task one done. I do not think I will be going for the distinction in this unit as it is quite confusing. To improve, I would have liked to get more of economy done however it takes a while to understand all of the information then write about it. 

Be able to add, subtract and multiply matrices confidently.

Recognise the Identity and a transpose matrix.

Recall how to find the inverse of a matrix.

Practice solving simultaneous equations using matrix methods.

Explore matrix transformations.

Recognise different transformation matrices.

Today I learnt about transforming images with matrices. An advantage of today is that I could remember most of ways of working out matrices and to improve, I would like to work on simultaneous equations. Overall today has been very productive and I have learnt a lot.  

12/10/2015 - HCI

Aim: To understand the developments in HCI and how it has impacted on society, economy and culture

Objectives:

Know what is meant by HCI

Briefly state some developments in HCI

State at least one way that HCI has impacted on society, economy and culture

State briefly the effects of HCI on society, economy and culture

State in detail how HCI has impacted on at least one of: society, economy and culturet

Today we started the new unit HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and learnt about the first assignment. I have learnt today about how it has developed and the different parts that it effects such as society, economy and culture. 

An advantage of today is that I have managed to get the first of task one done and I have started the second part. The book for this first assignment is very useful as it covers all of the parts of the assignment. To improve, I would have liked to made notes for each part so I know I can write about. 

Overall today has been very productive and I have learnt a lot today. I think that I will enjoy this unit and it does seem interesting so far. 

09/10/2015 - Website testing

Objectives:

Create a website that uses CSS to control the layout of web pages

Create interactive web pages with at least two scripts written or adapted by yourself.

Show good practice for the interactive aspects of the website

Test the website

Evaluate the website and show improvements

Today I continued to work on assignment four. This takes a lot of time to do however I have managed to get a large majority of it done. I have one more bit left and I will be finishing that over the weekend so I have only re submissions in the new unit.

A strength of today is that I have managed to get most of the testing done however I could not finish it all as it takes a while to get the screenshots then organize them in the document. To improve, I would have liked to added in the final tests so I know what I have to left to do. 

Overall today has been productive and I have managed to get a lot done. Over the weekend I will finish assignment four and make the changes I have on assignment one. 

08/10/15 - Website

Aim: Be able to create an interactive website

Objectives:

Create a website that uses CSS to control the layout of web pages

Create interactive web pages with at least two scripts written or adapted by yourself

Create a sophisticated website

Create web pages showing at least one type of example of good practice for scripting

Create web pages showing a variety of types of good practice for scripting

Understand where simultaneous equations may be used.

Be able to find the inverse of a matrix.

Be able to solve simultaneous equations using matrices.

Use the matrix techniques we have learned to solve problems.

Today I learnt about assignment four and what I need to do for it. This is the testing of the website and improvements that can be made. I will only be doing task one as task two is distinction and I am not going for distinction in this unit. 

A strength of today is that I have started to create my testing document and I have done a few tests. The tests are quite easy to do however there are quite a lot of them and the screenshots take time to organize. To improve, I would have liked to added in all the tests I need to do so I can work down them one by one. 

Today I have learnt about working out simultaneous with matrices. A strength of today is that I managed to understand them in the end and to improve I would have liked to tried to do more equations. It was quite confusing at the start but then I found out what I was doing wrong and I managed to work it out. 

05/10/2015 - Website production

Aim: Be able to create an interactive website

Objectives:

Create a website that uses CSS to control the layout of web pages

Create interactive web pages with at least two scripts written or adapted by yourself

Create a sophisticated website

Create web pages showing at least one type of example of good practice for scripting

Create web pages showing a variety of types of good practice for scripting

Today I have been working on my website and I have nearly finished it. I learnt today about putting two lists together on the same line. I wanted to do this so I could have the game images next to the text so it is easily readable. 

An advantage of today is that I have managed to get nearly all of my website done. All I have left to do is to is finish my contact page and double check if everything is right. To improve, I would have liked to change my website plans on task one however I did not have enough time today. I also need to change my flowcharts as I decided not to do rollovers.

Overall today has been interesting and I have managed to do a lot and I should be on target to finish the assignment on time. 

02/10/15 - Website design

Aim: Be able to create an interactive website

Objectives:

Create a website that uses CSS to control the layout of web pages

Create interactive web pages

Create web pages showing at one type of example of good practice for scripting

Create web pages showing a variety of types of good practice for scripting

We carried working on our websites today. I was aiming to start designing the games pages as they would take the most time. From doing this, I have learnt about making images enlarge when the mouse goes over them. I have decided to do that over a rollover image as it is more interesting and makes the website more interactive. Below shows a part from my homepage.

A strength of today is that I managed to get my homepage complete with a carousel showing off some of the games and I worked out how to make the images clickable to go to a page. To improve, I would have liked to have got more images in and I would have liked to add in the text as I am not too sure how to do it. 

Overall today has been very interesting and I have learnt more about creating my website and adding in interactivity. I still need to add in one more JavaScript feature however that will be done later in the website.