technical communication lab projects
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Graduation Thesis Projects
Debopriyo Roy
Senior Associate Professor
CLR Technical Communication Laboratory RQ # 267
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Designing Websites (e.g., make a specific website and explain the design)
Usability Testing Methods (e.g., test whether the design works)
Technical Writing Projects (e.g., explain how text and graphics should be designed in websites - focus on content organization, formatting etc)
Statistical Analysis of Design (e.g., run statistical experiments to test web design)
Issues in Web-based Training (e.,g explain how training websites should be designed) 2
Design and Analysis
Website Design & Analysis
Students design a website.
Analyze the functioning of the website.
Review literature on how technical websites are designed.
Reflect on website features that are currently non-existent or non-usable.
Test efficacy of design features, perform statistical analysis and make recommendations for improvement.
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Statistical Techniques for Website Analysis
Run experiments on how websites are used by end users.
Data analysis using statistics -
Record how users click on various icons on the website. (Camtasia, SnagIt)
Time they spend on specific pages.
Content complexity in design.
How users switch /scroll down within and between pages.
Errors during clicking.
Study of eye-tracking techniques 4
Example: Usability Testing for Training Videos & Websites
Using screen capture software like Morae, Camtasia, SnagIt work for testing training videos and websites (e.g., flight simulation, surgical animations for patient education modules)
How to design surveys for testing user interaction with training animations, videos like Flight Pro Sim, FlightGear X?
Usability testing of learning management systems (e.g., moodle) 5
Example: Usability Testing of Moodle
Explore Usability Testing methods like:
Morae Software
Survey Design
Think-aloud Protocols
Heuristic Evaluation Techniques
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Information Design TopicsHi-Fidelity Prototype Design Projects-
Toko Subway System
Aircraft Design
Design of Narita / Haneda Airport
Lego Projects
Aircraft Assembly and Design
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Example: Poser Figure Artist Software - Screenshot
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How do technical illustrators
design body positions for procedures?
Example: Patient Education Modules - 1
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How should the users access text, videos, audio
and graphics in the website?
(Focus on cognitive overload, dual coding
theories etc)
What are the visual perspectives (route,
survey, gaze etc) used in the animations?
Example: Patient Education Modules - 2 How would you
test the ability for users to understand the content in the training website?
Video Access
Audio Access
Text Access
Interaction sequences
Navigation patterns
Information recall
Retention
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Software in Lab
Morae
Camtasia
Snag IT
Google Drawing
Poser Figure Artist
Google SketchUp
Google Drive
IHMC Software
Hot Potatoes
Framemaker
Macromedia Captivate
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Contact
You can contact me through e-mail:
Lab Website:
https://sites.google.com/site/techcommlabroy/
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