Preliminary thesis structure

October 17, 2007

Conceptual design for the next generation learning management system, prelimenary thesis structure:

Conceptual design concerns itself with questions of what is required; what the system should do, what data is required, what users will need to know, and so on (HCI).

Introduction

- reasons of choosing the topic
- actuality/importance/novelty
- goals of the work
- research question, description, grounding
- methods

Principles of the user interface design

- usability
- …

(Conceptual) User interface

- requirements analysis
- personas and scenarios

Using personas - the development of archetypal users to direct the vi-
sion and design of a web solution.Personas act as stand-ins for real users. (KM)

- information architecture
- mockup and prototype

(2)?

- User needs
- functional specifications, content requirements
- interaction design, information architecture
- information design, interface design, navigation design
- visual design

Evaluation

- evaluation for the mockup and prototype
- evaluation for the usability
- evaluation for the …

Conclusion

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