Design Case Project: An Evaluation of Virginia Tech's Computer Science
Department's CS 3604 (Professionalism In Computing) Web Pages
As part of our Models and Theories
of Human-Computer Interaction course (CS 5724) at Virginia
Tech (VT), we evaluated VT's Computer
Science (CS) Department's CS 3604 (Professionalism in Computing) web
pages. Specifically, we surveyed the perceptions held and activities performed
by current users of the CS 3604 web pages through the use of: 1) a paper-and-pencil
questionnaire, and 2) a session in which current users were interviewed
about and asked to demonstrate their usage of the CS 3604 web pages. Next,
we performed a scenario-based claims analysis using Goals, Operators, Methods,
and Selection Rules (GOMS), Task-Action Grammars (TAGs), Interface Metaphors,
and Direct Manipulation as theoretical foundations. Finally, we developed
suggested improvements for the CS 3604 web pages.
The intended users of this on-line information source include individuals
who may wish to redesign the CS 3604 web pages and individuals interested
in web page evaluation techniques.
For more information about the authors of this resource, go to the Team
Member Bios page.
Overview of CS
3604
The CS 3604 Web Pages
Questionnaire
Survey of Fall 1997 Users of the CS 3604 Web Pages
Interviews
and Computer Usage Demonstrations with Fall 1997 Users of the CS 3604 Web
Pages
Claims Analyses
Suggested
Improvements for the CS 3604 Web Pages