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WEEK 8

13th - 19th September


This week I planned the Gantt chart and the timeline of the prototyping, testing, and revealing. Moreover, drafted the usability test example roughly and finished the story plot.


Gantt Chart

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How to draft the usability test example below

Objective: 

  • To see if the audience can interact with the digital story smoothly and understand it with the key frames.


Test Goals:

  • to understand if the story is understood with the key frames
  • To see If the frames are linking correctly to the story plot. 
  • Can users understand the interaction buttons easily?
  • What did they understand from the story?


Usability test audience

I can send it to the people I interviewed earlier or young children. As this is an educational tool it is applicable to anyone. 


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How is tested

Using Invision Studio. Through a video call and sharing the screen or in person with the laptop. Since it is a prototype 1 it is not the most refined version.


Prototyping

you can pretest survey and post test survey

  • Test plan 1-2 days
  • Survey Forms
  • Identify 5 participants

Building the Story Plot ( Revised story from the Proposal )



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WEEK 9

20th - 26th September


During week 9, i was planning the storyboards along with drafting the user testing survey form. The storyboard will allow me to understand the story flow easier and plan the frames for the prototype. The storyboard is very rough. Below is the draft for the usability test for the first prototype which i will be conducting in week 12. In the next few weeks i will be trying to complete the work necessary for the prototypes

 

The first prototyping is among a few friends and their friends. This is because it is the first prototype, and the primary goal is to understand if the story links makes sense. Moreover, for the target audience, it is relevant to anyone as it is about the environment. 
 
The goal of this digital story (finished product) is to raise awareness that your decisions have an impact in the big picture. You may not realize it, but these decisions play a huge role. 
 
Usability Test Survey (Post Test)
 
Note that this is the first prototype. This is an interactive digital story but in this first prototype it will be keyframes and it is without the color. Moreover, this prototypes aim is to understand if the story links correctly and makes sense to the viewer.
 
Objective: 
-       To see if the audience can interact with the digital story smoothly and understand it with the key frames.
 
Test Goals:
-       to understand if the story is understood with the key frames
-       To see If the frames are linking correctly to the story plot. 
-       Can users understand the interaction buttons easily?
-       What did they understand from the story?
 
1.     Do users think the digital story could raise awareness about waste pollution
and lifestyle?
YES   NO
 
2.     When you explored the story, did you become confused at any point? Which part?
YES   NO
 
3.     Were there any story links that was not in place? Describe?
YES   NO
 
4.     Can users understand the interaction buttons easily?
YES   NO
 
5.     What did they understand from the story? Describe it using your own words?


Storyboard 


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WEEK 10

27th September - 3rd October



This week i am currently working on the key frames according to the storyboard and Gantt chart. The frames are progressing according to plan.
 
The first prototype is a low fidelity one. For this one I will be using grayscale version of the prepared illustration frames as it is not the final one. Furthermore, this will allow me more time to adjust the colors and prepare the final one with a more finished outcome.

Below is the main character along with a mother earth figure. This is a brief display to show the art direction and the colour concept of the final prototype. The first prototype will be in grayscale, but the final prototype will have the colours displayed below.




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WEEK 11

 
This week I did the prototype linking and finishing up the final frames. The grayscale version is the first prototype. I spent my time polishing the first prototype so that I can proceed to test within the next week according to my Gantt chart.




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WEEK 12

11th - 17th October



This week I did the prototype testing and reviewing. The responses receive were good and now I can proceed to make the necessary changes for the final prototype. In the final prototype there will be colour. It will have a more finished look and will be more appealing to the audiences because of the vibrant colour pallet. 
 
Below is the prototype link and the usability test survey link. The participants I used for the first prototype was close family and friends. I tested using 5 people just to make sure that the audience can understand the test goals.
 
Objective: 
-       To see if the audience can interact with the digital story smoothly and understand it with the key frames.
 
Test Goals:
-       to understand if the story is understood with the key frames
-       To see If the frames are linking correctly to the story plot. 
-       Can users understand the interaction buttons easily?
-       What did they understand from the story?
 






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WEEK 13

18th - 24th October


7 responses were received by the audiences for the first prototype. Overall the links and the frames are in place. Positive feedback was received from the user testing one
 
 
Responses:





Volunteer Clean up with Maldives Lifeguard Association

Moreover, I continued to work on the website for the second prototype. I participated in a collaborative clean up with one of the interviewees that I had from Maldives lifeguard association. This also gave me a deeper understanding of how important it was to be raising awareness about these issues related to waste pollution.
 
This clean up gave me the insight that talking about it isn’t only going to help but kids need to actively engage and see the damage to be able to fully grasp how big of a threat plastic pollution can be for the earth. During this clean-up it was mostly swimmers and parents of Maldives Lifeguard association cleaning up the swimming area they practice in. To my surprise there was more pollution lurking in the depths that we don’t see.
 
These swimmers free dived and collected all these bottles, bags and all sorts of waste and compiled it into trash bags. Most of these waste were heavily degraded to a point where it was not possible to re-use. And for the lack of recycle facilities in the Maldives these people were very actively engaged in the clean-up.
 
Below I have attached some pictures received from the clean-up I participated. They do clean-ups most weekends to minimize the amount that floats around. Since the sea is an open space, most waste is not directly dumped into that area but however with the currents and waves they do end up in this space as well. This clean up made me understand the importance of volunteer work and participation with people in society.








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WEEK 14

25th - 31st October



This week I continued to do the website. Uploading the content to the layout designed. Furthermore worked on the coloured version of the prototype which will be embedded into the website.
 
This took a lot of time and thinking to execute. The plan is to do the usability test next week. Furthermore, I will be starting on the presentation preparation as out presentation is on week 16

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WEEK 15

1st - 7th November


This week I did the user testing for the website. The responses received were very good feedback. Below are the results of the test I did. I got 8 responses and all of the responded very efficiently. 





 

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WEEK 16

8th - 14th November


This week we did the presentation. Below is the link to the presentation page.


https://thuhoo-research-development.blogspot.com/2021/08/cw-2-presentation_1.html



link to documents


https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16KbMsaPFXCTFjXnlh3PLgWGuaHYd-RXv?usp=sharing



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