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Human Computer Interaction

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GIT 823 – Advanced Human Computer Studies

Name: __________________________________________ Date: _______________________


Activity No. 2 Submitted to: Dr. Jennifer Carpio

INTERACTION ELEMENT
Exercise #1

(a) Group the following functions under appropriate headings, assuming that they are to form the
basis for a menu-driven word-processing system - the headings you choose will become the menu
titles, with the functions appearing under the appropriate one. You can choose as many or as few
menu headings as you wish. You may also alter the wordings of the functions slightly if you wish.

save, save as, new, delete, open mail, send mail, quit, undo, table, glossary, preferences,
character style, format paragraph, lay out document, position on page, plain text, bold text,
italic text, underline, open file, close file, open copy of file, increase point size, decrease
point size, change font, add footnote, cut, copy, paste, clear, repaginate, add page break,
insert graphic, insert index entry, print, print preview, page setup, view page, find word,
change word, go to, go back, check spelling, view index, see table of contents, count
words, renumber pages, repeat edit, show alternative document, help.

(b) If possible, show someone else your headings, and ask them to group the functions under
your headings. Compare their groupings with yours. You should find that there are areas of great
similarity, and some differences.

1. Why do some functions always seem to be grouped together?


2. Why do some groups of functions always get categorized correctly?
3. Why are some less easy to place under the 'correct' heading?
4. Why is this important?
GIT 823 – Advanced Human Computer Studies

Name: __________________________________________ Date: _______________________


Activity No. 2 Submitted to: Dr. Jennifer Carpio

Exercise #2

Using your function groupings from the exercise #1, count the number of items in your menus.

(a) What is the average?

(b) What is the disadvantage of putting all the functions on the screen at once?

(c) What is the problem with using lots of menu headings?

(d) What is the problem of using very few menu headings?

(e) Consider the following: I can group my functions either into 3 menus, with lots of functions in
each one, or into 8 menus with fewer in each. Which will be easier to use? Why?

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