MANDY ROSSGRADUATE STUDENT

CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

A Student’s Perspective on Paper Prototyping

The Project

Project Client:

Client’s Need: Delivery of computer animated videos to visitors using iPads

Course: ICS 660 (Spring 2012)

Descending NightRising Day

Video Screen Shots

The Process

Met with our client

Created personas

Brainstormed solutions

Created an initial paper prototype

Fell in love with initial paper prototype

The Paper Prototype

Testing Preparations and Details

Selected a testing location

Assigned testing roles

Recruited test participants based on personas

Provided snacks and free art posters

Filmed testing sessions

Test Results

Users struggled with the paper prototype

Too many steps required

Confusing directions

Prototype Improvements

Reduced the number of steps

Clarified the directions and purpose

Considered the museum environment

Lessons Learned

1. You are not your user

2. Paper prototyping enables quick usability testing early and often

3. You cannot outsmart the need for usability testing

Thank You

Center for Information and Communication

Sciences