Revised Problem & Purpose Statements

Revised Problem Statement:
The multitude of layouts used in the San Francisco State University's iLearn learning management system's course pages is a source of confusion for student users.

Revised Purpose Statement:
The purpose of this study was to investigate and develop a method for laying out standardized iLearn course pages.

Updated Problem/Purpose Statements

Problem Statement

The layout of the iLearn interface for San Francisco State University is lacking in page-to-page consistency, leading to student user confusion.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this study was to investigate and develop methods through which the iLearn interface for San Francisco State University will become laid out consistently from page to page and thereby eliminate student user confusion.

Midterm Presentation

In case of emergency, use link.

http://www.haikenedge.com/Tse_Puiheng_DAI505_Midterm.pdf

iLearn & LMS Survey

Completed the creation of the survey for this project last week; was delayed from posting the URL to this blog until now, but here it is.

Please complete this survey, as it will provide into how iLearn should be renovated.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229PMNPPP6B

Timeline

Initial Problem/Purpose Statement Proposals

Problem Statement
Since its redesign, the layout of the iLearn interface for San Francisco State University has been lacking in page-to-page consistency, leading to user confusion and frustration.

Purpose Statement
The purpose of this study was to investigate and develop methods through which the iLearn interface for San Francisco State University will become laid out consistently from page to page and thereby eliminate user confusion.

Introduction

I am an interdisciplinary DAI major whose primary interest is game design, although secondary interests include watching Japanimation and athletic contests, reading manga and nonfiction (particularly philosophy), collecting digital art, listening to (and occasionally composing) music, and writing.

I am inspired by the flaws and imperfections of humanity; that said, nothing ever has nor will ever "wow" me, simply because I expect nothing from anybody and thus am never surprised by the things people do, nor am I able to appreciate beauty such in a way that I find it amazing.

My human influences include Richard Feynman, Yoshinori Kitase and Ryuichi Sakamoto; other influences include The Republic, Wangan Midnight, Harlem Beat, Ishmael and My Ishmael.

My only ambition in life is to be the lead designer of a critically successful video game; aside from this, I'd be content with a simply life.

While it is said that "a picture is worth a thousand words", I much prefer words to images, simply because words can be analyzed for a their linguistic and semantic meanings, whereas, with images, it is often difficult to clearly analyze its intent. If you must have one, then consider the text of this blog entry as it; after all, it is an image, if only not in the common format.

If I could be boiled down to simply six words, then I would no longer be a person, but merely a linguistic quirk. That said, if I were forced to do so, the words I feel would best suit me are "calculating", "curmudgeonly", "mercurial", "methodical", "pragmatic", and "sardonic ".