Immersion Team Research Plans

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Immersion Team Research Plans

• Afua Gyasi
• Kim Amin
• Kim Monti
• Matthew Mariani
• Rahel Woldehanna

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Agenda

• Three Pronged Plan
• Virtual Collaboration Wire Frame
• Training Development Tools
• Adobe Connect

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Three Pronged Plan
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VCC What are the Issues?

• Creating VCC is a problem of systems integration,
  performance support, and interaction design.
• How will users need to relate to the system?
• What tasks do users need to perform, and how are
  these tasks structured?
• What tools, materials, and resources will the
  user interface supply, and how will these
  elements be organized?

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VCC Design Approach

• A usage-centered design process will be applied.
• The usage-centered design process is a software
  engineering process which models
• the roles people play in their interactions with
  a system
• the tasks they perform through the system,
• the content of the system's interface

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Usage-Centered Design
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VCC Research Structure

• Role and task models will be shown to key staff
  members to get feedback on the accuracy,
  inclusiveness, and relative importance of the
  roles and tasks depicted.
• An initial wireframe will be created based on the
  UCD models, and this will undergo a usability
  inspection by the client and key staff.
• A revised wireframe will undergo a second
  usability inspection.
• Limited usability test with a low-fidelity, paper
  prototype (an elaboration of the wireframe).
• Final revisions to wireframe paper prototype.

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Training Development ToolsWhat are the Issues

• Identify appropriate training development
  software for AT Priority Project. Software
  should
• Easily create accessible content
• Create dynamic training content

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Training Development ToolsWhat are the Issues

• Determine type of support needed to promote
  effective use of software
• Mini-tutorials or demonstrations
• Training modules
• Job aids
• Design and develop training development support

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Training Development ToolsResearch Structure

• Conduct mini-survey on types of trainings AT
  Priority Project would like to create using
  software tools
• Research accessibility issues and ease of use
  related to five different software tools.
• Based on results from mini-survey and research on
  accessibility and ease of use, identify two tools
  for inclusion in collaboratory

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Training Development ToolsResearch Structure

• Design and develop support for usage of
  associated features found in software tools
• Conduct usability testing and post survey of
  designed support
• Re-design and implement support
• Create plan for on-going evaluation of support

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Adobe ConnectWhat are the Issues

• Determine if instructional support is needed for
  Adobe Connect to be used in the Virtual
  Collaboration Center
• If so
• On what features
• To what level of detail
• What format

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Adobe ConnectResearch Structure

• At least two rounds of usability testing
• One prior to development of instructional support
• One after development of instructional support

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Research Plan Schedule