Review for Final ExamSpring 2015

Jeff Offutt

http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/

SWE 205Software Usability and Design

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Parameters• Wednesday, May 12• 10:30 – 1:15• Same room• Closed book / closed notes / closed neighbor• Covers readings, slides, and homeworks• Only covers material since the midterm

– NOT cumulative

• You may take a break (not all together)• Spread out as much as possible

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Concepts• UI Flow• Revenue and excise tasks• Essential and accidental problems• Evolutionary design

– Designing for users• Home pages and taglines• Types of navigation : multiple windows, panes, tools

and menus, within information• Undo• Principles for making hard things seem easy• Data entry

– Data integrity and data immunity– Auditing and editing data

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Concepts (2)• Control selection• Design conflicts and differing goals in web design• Usable security• Dialog boxes (modal and modeless)• Toolbars• GUI widgets• Usability as common courtesy• Usability of games• Assertions and assessments – analytical thinking• Use of color in user interfaces• 7 effective habits

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Preparing & Format• Re-read the text and handouts• Study the homework assignments• Look at the in-class exercises again• Get a good night’s sleep• Different kinds of questions

– Short answer– T / F– M / C– Single answer questions– Problem solving

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Grade PostingI will post category averages and final

scores on blackboard• Before the final:

– Homework average (out of 10)– Participation (Percent, 60 points = 100%)

• After the final– Final exam score– Overall average– Letter grade

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Grading Calculation• Homeworks 20%• Participation 25%• Midterm 25%• Final 30%

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• >= 90% : Guaranteed A- or A• >= 80% : Guaranteed B or

above• >= 70% : Guaranteed C or

above• I will “move the line

downwards” to find a gap• One A+ for the highest overall

averageLast year:

– 1 A+– 8 A– 4 A-– 3 B+– 4 B– 3 B-– 1 D