COMP1773 User Interface Contribution

Design 100% of module

Module Leader Faculty of Engineering Deadline Date:
Dr Nuno Otero Coursework and Science 5th/12/2024
This coursework should take an average student who is up-to-date with tutorial work
approximately 50 hours.

Feedback and grades are normally made available within 15 working days of the
coursework deadline.

AI risk measure scale: 2) low risk – the assignments have clear guidelines, although
AI tools can assist, the student's approach or solution is what is being evaluated as
the main focus of the assignment.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module students will be able to:
1. identify and discuss the issues, principles and practices involved in
developing and evaluating interfaces for interactive applications;
2. demonstrate an awareness of human-computer interface standards and
guidelines;
3. select and apply appropriate principles, concepts and models within a user-
centred design process for the development and evaluation of interactive
system interfaces;
4. propose and design solutions that are suitable to different users and contexts.

Plagiarism policy
Plagiarism is presenting somebody else's work as your own. It includes: copying
information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material;
submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student's
coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your own
work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be
dealt with according to the procedures set down by the University. Please see
https://docs.gre.ac.uk/rep/sas/academic-misconduct-policy-and-procedure-taught-
awards for further details of what is / isn't plagiarism.

All material copied or amended from any source (e.g. internet, books) must be
referenced correctly according to the reference style you are using.

Your work will be submitted for electronic plagiarism checking. Any attempt to
bypass our plagiarism detection systems will be treated as a severe
Assessment Offence.

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Coursework Submission Requirements
 An electronic copy of your final work for this coursework must be fully uploaded by ... on the
Deadline Date using ...
 For this coursework, there is an opportunity for interim feedback in the labs of your work.
This interim feedback is optional, but will enable you to get feedback, which should help you
to get a better grade.
 For this final coursework, you must submit a single Acrobat PDF document.
In general, any text in the document must not be an image (i.e. must not be scanned) and
would normally be generated from other documents (e.g. MS Office using "Save As... PDF").
More details can be found on the IT Support pages. An exception to this is hand written
mathematical notation, but when scanning do ensure the file size is not excessive.
 For this final coursework, you must also upload your mid-fidelity prototype.
 There are limits on the file size.
 Make sure that any files you upload are virus-free and not protected by a password or
corrupted otherwise they will be treated as null submissions.
 Your work will be marked online and comments on your work and a provisional grade will be
available.
 All courseworks must be submitted as above. Under no circumstances can they be accepted
by academic staff.

Detailed Specification – This is an individual piece of work

For this coursework, you are to design a User Interface that would demonstrate understanding and
application of all considerations discussed throughout the User Interface Design lectures and
tutorials, as per below:

The University of Greenwich is engaged in discussing and investigating about ways to

support sustainability. Within this context, you and your colleagues have been challenged
to design an application that supports people reducing their consumption and inefficient
daily practices that lead to waste. Three different areas are being targeted: reducing
energy consumption at home or at work, reducing water consumption at home or at work,
and reducing food waste at home. You will need to choose one of these three areas for
your project.
More specifically, your task is to design a mid-fidelity prototype for use on a mobile phone
and design a set of functionalities that can help people achieve these goals. Feel free to
come up with any functionalities that you see fit for this purpose.
On a practical level, make sure it is clear in your designs how the user navigates between
the various screens. You must sketch/design an interface design and justify why your
proposed solution goes in the right direction. Furthermore, you need to create and plan
an evaluation framework that would allow you to assess to what extent your assumptions
were correct.
The final digital prototype should demonstrate the proposed mobile experience with the
aim of providing ‘proof of concept’. This prototype should be an interactive prototype
demonstrating as a minimum the interactions for the scenarios identified and described in
the report. Please note that it is the application of the User Interface Design theory that is
most important in this coursework.

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Deliverables
 1) A Final Report:
This report should be around 2500 words, it should be presented in a professional
structure and it should be underpinned by credible references in the Harvard style.
The report should include:

 Professional written communication and referencing a report of professional

standard and formatting, professional writing style and English proficiency,
and use of appropriate referencing in Harvard Style of relevant sources for the
coursework. (5%)

 Background which should consist of: (A) a discussion of relevant

considerations in user interface design, and (B) a review of relevant sets of
guidelines and standards. You must discuss what of the above will be
incorporated into the design of your mid-fidelity prototype. (15%)

 User groups a justified identification of the user group(s) and two appropriate
user personas and two scenarios relevant to the design of your mid-fidelity
prototype. (15%)

 Visual Design A selection and justification of the application of colour theory,

font terminology, layout design and the graphic design elements in the design
of your prototype. (10%)

 Evaluation Discussion and justification of relevant evaluation techniques,

especially taking into consideration the design cycle. In other words, you need
to show how would you create and plan for your evaluation framework. (15%)

 Critical Reflection which should critically reflect on your own personal

experience of investigating and designing a user interface for a product.
Discuss what you have learned, how the report/prototype could be improved,
and how you think you will apply this in practice. This must not be a summary of
the report. (10%)

 2) A mid-fidelity prototype:
Submit your prototype AND your report as a pdf (two separate files). The prototype
needs to be agreed with the module leader. You need to submit the original file.
 Design process and mid-fidelity prototype Evidence of the design process and
clear linkage between the points discussed in the report and the prototype
should be demonstrated, which will provide evidence of effective User
Interface Design. The prototype should be annotated in the report (with
screenshots) to explicitly demonstrate this linkage. (30%)

Assessment Criteria
For further details on assessment criteria, please see the Marking rubric below.

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 COMP1773 0-29% Fail 30-39% Fail 40-49% 50-59% Good 60-69% Very Good 70-79% Excellent 80-100% Exceptional
Rubric Satisfactory

D1 Knowledge Little to no Poor justification A satisfactory A good justification A very good An excellent An exceptional
justification for the for the justification for for the identification justification for the justification for the justification for the
User groups: identification of the identification of the identification of the user group(s). identification of the identification of the identification of the
Personas and user group(s). The the user of the user The two user user group(s). The two user group(s). The two user group(s). The two
scenarios two user personas group(s). The group(s). The two personas and two user personas and two user personas and two user personas and two
and two scenarios two user user personas scenarios are present scenarios are of a very scenarios are of scenarios are of
are absent or lack personas and and two scenarios and of a good good standard, with excellent standard, exceptional standard,
relevance for the two scenarios are present and standard, with some some very good with some excellent with some exceptional
coursework topic. are present but of satisfactory good content content relevant for content relevant for content relevant for
poorly standard, though relevant for the the coursework topic. the coursework topic. the coursework topic.
constructed, the relevance of coursework topic.
have little the content for
relevance for the the coursework
coursework topic could be
topic. improved.

D1 Knowledge A lack of A poor of A satisfactory A good justification A very good An excellent An exceptional
justification and justification and justification and and selection of the justification and justification and justification and
Visual Design selection of the selection of the selection of the application of selection of the selection of the selection of the
application of application of application of relevant colour application of relevant application of relevant application of relevant
barely relevant somewhat relevant colour theory, font colour theory, font colour theory, font colour theory, font
colour theory, font relevant colour theory, font terminology, layout terminology, layout terminology, layout terminology, layout
terminology, layout theory, font terminology, design and the design and the graphic design and the graphic design and the graphic
design and the terminology, layout design and graphic design design elements in the design elements in the design elements in the
graphic design layout design the graphic elements in the design of the design of the design of the
elements in the and the graphic design elements design of the prototype. prototype. prototype.
design of the design elements in the design of prototype.
prototype. in the design of the prototype.
the prototype.

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 D1 Barely to no A poor A satisfactory A good discussion A very good discussion An excellent discussion An exceptional
Knowledge / discussion and discussion and discussion and and justification of and justification of and justification of discussion and
D3 Evaluation justification of justification of justification of relevant evaluation relevant evaluation relevant evaluation justification of relevant
relevant evaluation relevant relevant techniques. techniques. techniques.. evaluation techniques.
Evaluation techniques and its evaluation evaluation
relevance for techniques. techniques.
assessing the
prototype.

D1 Knowledge Poor evidence of Satisfactory

the design evidence of the
Design process Little to no process and not design process
and mid- evidence of the very clear and some clear
fidelity design process and linkage between linkage between Exceptional evidence
prototype no clear linkage the points the points Good evidence of the of the design process
between the points discussed in the discussed in the design process and Very good evidence of Excellent evidence of and clear and
discussed in the report and the report and the clear and good the design process and the design process and exceptional linkage
report and the prototype has prototype has linkage between the clear and very good clear and excellent between the points
prototype has been been been points discussed in linkage between the linkage between the discussed in the report
demonstrated, and demonstrated, demonstrated, the report and the points discussed in the points discussed in the and the prototype has
does not provide and evidence of and evidence of prototype has been report and the report and the been demonstrated,
evidence of effective User effective User demonstrated, and prototype has been prototype has been and evidence of
effective User Interface Design Interface Design evidence of effective demonstrated, and demonstrated, and effective User
Interface Design. is poor. The is satisfactory. User Interface Design evidence of effective evidence of effective Interface Design is
The prototype has prototype has The prototype is good. The User Interface Design User Interface Design exceptional. The
no or little limited has annotations prototype has good is very good. The is excellent. The prototype has
annotation in the annotation in the in the report annotations in the prototype has very prototype has exceptional
report (with report (with (with report (with good annotations in excellent annotations annotations in the
screenshots) to screenshots) to screenshots) to screenshots) to the report (with in the report (with report (with
explicitly explicitly explicitly explicitly screenshots) to screenshots) to screenshots) to
demonstrate this demonstrate this demonstrate this demonstrate this explicitly demonstrate explicitly demonstrate explicitly demonstrate
linkage. linkage. linkage. linkage. this linkage. this linkage. this linkage.

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 D2 Research There is almost no There is some Satisfactory Some good relevant A very good range of You provide an An extensively wide
evidence of but little reference is made reading is evident appropriate literature extensive range of range of current and
Background engagement in engagement in to background and demonstrates is used. Views are current and appropriate literature
research relevant relevant reading, but it is good discussed and appropriate literature is presented to
background background limited in nature understanding of the arguments presented to support your strong support your strong
reading. There is no reading. There is and draws on a issues. There is a with reference to this arguments and arguments and
real understanding little restricted good understanding literature. There is a different perspectives, different perspectives,
of relevant understanding of number of of relevant very good and you provide and you provide
considerations in relevant authors. There is considerations in understanding of excellent commentary. exceptional
user interface considerations in satisfactory user interface design relevant There is an excellent commentary. There is
design, and user interface understanding of and relevant sets of considerations in user understanding of an exceptional
relevant sets of design and relevant guidelines and interface design and relevant understanding of
guidelines and relevant sets of considerations in standards. relevant sets of considerations in user relevant
standards. guidelines and user interface guidelines and interface design and considerations in user
standards. design and standards. relevant sets of interface design and
relevant sets of guidelines and relevant sets of
guidelines and standards. guidelines and
standards. standards

D3 Barely or no Poor reflections Satisfactory Good reflections on Very good reflections Excellent reflections on Exceptional reflections
Evaluation /D6 reflections on your on your own reflections on your own personal on your own personal your own personal on your own personal
Employability own personal personal your own experience of experience of experience of experience of
experience of experience of personal investigating and investigating and investigating and investigating and
Critical investigating and investigating and experience of designing a user designing a user designing a user designing a user
Reflection designing a user designing a user investigating and interface for a interface for a product. interface for a product. interface for a product.
interface for a interface for a designing a user product. A good A very good discussion Excellent discussion of Exceptional discussion
product. Little to no product. A poor interface for a discussion of what of what you have what you have of what you have
discussion of what discussion of product. A you have learned, learned, how the learned, how the learned, how the
you have learned, what you have satisfactory how the report/prototype report/prototype report/prototype
how the learned, how the discussion of report/prototype could be improved, could be improved, could be improved,
report/prototype report/prototype what you have could be improved, and how you think you and how you think you and how you think you
could be improved, could be learned, how the and how you think will apply this in will apply this in will apply this in
and how you think improved, and report/prototype you will apply this in practice. practice. practice.
you will apply this how you think could be practice.
in practice. you will apply improved, and
this in practice. how you think

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in practice.

D4 No structure Little structure The structure is A good structure for A very good structure Excellent structure and This coursework is
Communication presented and the and the work is satisfactory the most part. The with clear presentation very well organised exceptionally well
/ D5 assessment hampered by overall but does work observes many and organisation of ideas. The written structured and
Referencing includes a errors in need academic ideas. The work English is of a very high organised. The written
significant Standard English. improvement. conventions in style observes almost all standard and the work English is of an
Professional number of errors in It lacks academic Errors appear in and content and is academic conventions observes all academic extremely high
written Standard English. It style and does the use of mostly presented in in style, content and is conventions in style standard and observes
communication lacks academic style not flow well. Standard English Standard English, presented well, mostly and content. Excellent all academic
and referencing and this impedes Further proof- (possibly due to with some errors and using Standard English flow and style and a conventions in style
flow. Further reading clearly poor proof omissions. Some throughout. The pleasure to read. and content. The
proofreading clearly needed and reading). The sentence structure majority of this work Excellent use of the assessment flows
needed and additional work does not also needs revision, uses a style which Harvard referencing exceptionally well and
additional support support for flow well in and this can affect flows well. style both in the in- is a pleasure to read.
for academic academic several places the flow of your work Very good use of the text citations and the Exceptional use of the
writing. writing. and this affects in places. Harvard referencing reference list. Harvard referencing
Lack of Confusion about clarity. Good use of the style both in the in- style both in the in-
understanding the Harvard Satisfactory use Harvard referencing text citations and the text citations and the
about the Harvard referencing style of the Harvard style both in the in- reference list with reference list.
referencing style both in the in- referencing style text citations and the some minor
both in the in-text text citations both in the in-text reference list with inconsistencies.
citations and/or the and/or the citations and the some inconsistencies
referencing list with referencing list referencing list
some significant with some with several
inconsistencies and important important
omissions. There is inconsistencies inconsistencies.
a clear need for and omissions
academic support.