Creating User Interfaces

1
Creating User Interfaces

• Representative reports
• Election sites
• Motor vehicle exercise
• Homework Complete motor vehicle exercise.
  Prepare for midterm
• After midterm User observation reports

2
Representative sites

• Discussion. NOTE want to raise level of
  discussion from 'nice looking site' to is
  it effective, efficient, satisfactory
• What were results of tasks?
• Position on issues
• Next speaking date
• General services

3
Representative sites

• Briefly Return to site
• Anything notably different?
• My opinion
• Initial page can/should change featured stories,
  pictures.
• But the basics should remain the same so repeat
  visitors are rewarded.

4
Election sites

• Assuming prior experience discuss Obama,
  Clinton,McCain, other campaigns

5
Total approach

• Website must be integrated into total effort
• Details on positions referenced at speeches
• Acquisition and use of cell phone numbers
• Multiple email lists
• Obama used 'Web 2.0'
• Social networking MyOB.
• My experience with quilters, Ghostwriters
• Twitter, YouTube, other blogs, links
• Artful mediation of content.
• Report, Ignore, Donate RID
• Dissent tolerated (FISA example)

6
Posting opportunity

• Find more-or-less scholarly article on use of
  technologies in campaigns. Read, summarize and
  comment.

7
Motor vehicle

• Choose state
• New York
• Connecticut
• New Jersey
• ???
• Note Google search may do part of the work for
  you. INSTEAD start at the website

8
Motor Vehicle, cont.

• Determine and start process
• How to get a license
• First license
• Moving from out-of-state
• How to re-register a car
• How to pay traffic ticket
• Another question / issue of your choosing
• Describe over-all approach of site, including new
  information, e.g., Enhanced Driver's License.
  Comment on language support.

9
Midterm

• See midterm preparation guide
• ???

10
Homework

• Complete motor vehicle exercise.
• Posting
• Prepare for midterm
• Happy Spring Break
• User observation reports coming up!