We are in week 11 and i just cannot believe that how quick the semester has gone by.
Although i was sleepy today some key terms were able to catch my attention. Words like affordance, visibility, human computer interaction(HCI), 8 golden rules, user interface, system interface and metaphors were more appealing and attention gaining to me than the diagrams which left my mind blank and i would stare at them being clueless and dismayed.
We did not start off with week 11 lecture since Sir, Mr. Yeap Boon Han, wanted to revise the first-cut sequence diagram, collaboration and interaction diagram so we could understand them better and how they are constructed. Understanding these diagrams now would make our life easier when doing assignment 2. Thus i paid close attention reluctantly to what the diagram was all about. After explaining those diagrams there were a few slides from week 10 were explained.
Then we started week 11 lecture titled - "Design: the user Interface"
User interface basically gives an idea about the inputs and outputs related to the system and what suitable form should the system be in to have an effective interaction with users.
There are 3 types of User Interfaces:
1) Physical aspects: touched by the user
2) Perceptual aspects: these are things that the user sees, hears or touches
3) Conceptual aspects: this is what the user knows about the system & the logical functions related to it.
There were plenty more of key terms that i do not vividly remember from this lecture at the moment but after a long while and for a change that was overdue ... this lecture was not about understanding complex diagrams ....* sigh* .....i am truly grateful for that.
Moving on to the tutorial class....
To my amazement, the tutor missed tutorial 10 that we were supposed to do this week since we did tutorial 9 last week and he was telling us to do the review questions that were related to todays lecture.... yes you guessed right we were doing Tutorial 11.
Should i call it a blessing or a curse? After doing the tutorial i was able to relate the key terms mentioned in lecture and enhance my understanding on them. On the otherhand i have to do week 10 tutorial in my own slef-study time which is being used for a hectic assignment schedule this week!
Anyways i was happy again and was able forget my assignment headache for a short while.... because at the end of the lecture we had a photo session!!!..... Yipeeeeeeeee
I was taking photos with my friends and i was at the very center next to the tutor.....
However, when i saw the actual photo i was upset because my eyes were closed.
But anyways i want to thank Mr. Ramesh for being very kind, helpful and useful for me as a facilitator throughout the duration of this subject.
And a Vote of Special Thanks to Yeap Boon Han as well for his "GUEST APPEARANCES" in some of the tutorial classes because without his help i might have not have had much progress in my assignments.
As i move towards the end of this journey, i have memories that will truly cherish my life and soemthing i can reflect back with pride and self-fulfillement.
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