Personal Research Diary

Group Number: 15

Group Name: Team 15

Group Representative: Syed Hassan Sajid (17020328@lums.edu.pk)

Project Phase: Final - Evaluation PhaseContribution of IndividualsNameContribution StatementPicture

Syed Hassan SajidContribution in Brain Storming SessionContribution conducting InterviewsContribution in writing research documentContribution in developing low fi prototypeContribution in writing research articleContribution in application testingDeveloped Pitch VideoContribution in creating poster

Maham Anwar Contribution in conducting interviewContribution in writing research documentBrainstorming SessionDeveloped Story boardsContribution in Sketches, Scenario writingContribution in developing low fi prototypeContribution in finalizing hi fi prototypeContribution in writing research articleDeveloped evaluation documentContribution in finalizing poster

Ahsan HameedContribution in writing research article Contribution in writing document articleUser testing of the final designApplication interface ideas and brainstorming session participationLow-fi and HI-Fi prototype testing resultsOrganizing group meetings to meet the deadlines of the project

Hi-fi PrototypeHi-fi prototype is developed in Html, JavaScript and jQuery. The Hi fi is developed to create a system that would help researchers manage their experimental activities.It has 5 main modules:Sign In: User will sign up the application using with his basic information and Gmail id. A main dash board: To give an overview of a researchers activities. It consists of a calendar with dates to important events highlighted. Agenda for that particular day and a to-do list that a researcher wants to create for reminder. It also highlights the progress of the top most high priority projects. Main dashboard also has a news feed side bar that shows the most important and relevant activates other researchers are performing. The feed bar is used consistently throughout the hi-fi prototype and it gets specific according to the module, the feed on home page however represents most relevant events among different activates. The idea behind these items is that a user can know important aspects of his research at a glance. Projects: A researcher can be involved in a number of projects. This module gives the list of all projects researcher ever worked on. The list shows the name, instructor and state the project is currently in which can be active, completed or suspended. Details:A project details include the list of experiments in the project, files associated with the project and its members. Experiments: A project may have multiple experiments in it. On clicking the experiment button list of those experiments appear.Files: Files associated with project are important part of the project. This files section shows list of files shared by all researchers that may be working in that project.Members: A project can be a research project that involves a lot of students and their supervisor. This tab shows list of all those members.Phases: Subdivision of activities and their timeline is shown here to manage the progress of the project. Groups: This module is to manage research groups. It Shows list of groups that researcher is a part of.File: File sharing was an important aspect of research pointed out by researchers in user research phase. This module gives list of all files that have been uploaded to by researcher and also the list of files experiments or projects shared with the researcher. The idea behind this module was to connect it to Google Drive. The files uploaded would go to google Drive and the application will get the list of those files from their as well according to the users google id.Account: Here user can view and modify his basic account setting information like name, email id and password.

Horizontal Prototype

Horizontal aspects of hi-fi prototype are:

DashBoard:

1. Side Bar to navigate to other modules2. Calendar to show important events3. Agenda list to keep track of important events of that date. New work items can be added with the plus button at top right4. To do list for reminding important list of work items. 5. A notification button that notifies important events that just occurred for example a meeting that just got added.6. A search button to help navigate the system.7. A feed bar that shows most important news feed relevant to researcher. 8. Progress of projects with highest priority.

The Project Home:

Project:1. Add a new project.2. List of all projects researcher is associated with.3. General news feed related to the projects (experiment, related files, deadlines) researcher is involved in.

The Details of Project:

1. Progress of the project.2. List of Experiments in that project.3. Files associated with that projects uploaded by the user or other members of the project.4. List of members including supervisors and students.5. Break down of project activities with their time durations.

The Experiment Home Page:

1. Option to add new experiments.2. List of experiments within a project.

The Experiment

1. The details of experiments.2. Thumbnails of files uploaded with experiments.3. Notes and reminders to add to experiment.4. Meeting schedule related to experiment.5. New feed related to experiment.6. User can upload and view files by clicking on Files button.7. User can upload and view literature related to experiment by clicking on Litrature button.

Groups:

1. Option to create a new research group if the user is a supervisor2. Option to request for membership of an existing group if user is a researcher.3. List of groups joined by user4. Feed related to groups user is a part of.

Files:

1. List of folders and files uploaded by user2. List of folders and files shared with user3. Option to upload create a new folder4. Option to add new files5. Option to upload existing files from computer6. Feed related to files shared by other users.

Account

Account:1. Details of account setting2. Basic user information which can be edited3. Change password 4. Option synch local account setting with Gmail setting.

Vertical Prototype and Active Paths:

1. Adding new project1. Go to project Module.2. Click on Add new Project 3. Add title, PI (Project Instructor) Name, Brief Description of Project and starting and ending date to New Project popup and click submit.4. A new project will appear at the bottom of project list.

2. Add New Experiment.Experiments are part of project. When clicked on any particular project from project list, elements associated with that project appear one of these elements is the list of experiment.

A new experiment can then be added on Experiment home page

1. Click on Add New Experiment button.2. New Experiment popup will appear with necessary which the user has to fill necessary details i.e. Title, Description, Protocol (Template of experiment), starting and ending date.3. After clicking on the Create button the experiment will appear in the list of experiments

3. Add New ProtocolNew Protocol can be added to be used in an experiment.

1. First create a new experiment. 2. In the pop up that requires new experiment details click on Add button infront of Protocol Name.3. A popup will appear that will require user to add description of that protocol.4. Click on Add after filling the details.5. Newly created protocol will be added in the list of available protocols.

4. Create Custom Template While creating a new experiment a customized template can be added to the project so that the new project can be recorded according to that template.

To create a custom template1. On Experiment home page click on Add New Experiment button.2. New Experiment popup will appear. Click on Design New Template.3. The Design New Template pop up will show the list of labels and text area in template which initially will be empty. By clicking on Add New Item button Add new item popup will appear. 4. Here a user can add a label and the type of text space required for that label.5. User can repeat the process until his desired template is created.

5. Create new group

To create a new group Click on Group on side bar.1. Click on Create New Group.2. Add details to Create a new group pop up. Including Name, Description of group.3. To add member type in their Gmail ide and click on add button in fornt.4. Click Create.5. A new group will be created and will appear in the list of groups.

6. Requesting Group MembershipA user can join a research group by requesting membership for it to join a group.

1. Go to groups from side bar.2. Click on Request Group Membership.3. A list of Groups will appear. User can request

Final QuestionnaireEvaluation Form (Team 15 HCI)

Please rate the questions (Scale: 1 = unsatisfied to 10 = extremely satisfied)

1) How would you rate overall usability of the application? 123456789102) Were you able to access the features of your choice? 123456789103) Do you think the number of features suffice your requirements as a researcher? 123456789104) Were you able to complete your tasks in the intended way? 12345678910

Further comments or suggestions about the application

THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME!

Note: The identity of the survey taker will be kept confidential. The results are meant to analyse the qualitative aspects of the application from a pool of testing users. Usability Testing

Scenarios/Tasks for the usability test

Users were asked to perform the following tasks Sign Up Add new items to agenda and to-do list Add event to the calendar Create new project Add new experiment Add new protocol Design custom template for protocol Create a new group Request group membership Find files Delete some files

Results: Dash Board:Users were able to immediately identify the components of dashboard which includes a calendar, to do list and status of high priority project however they wanted a more detailed view of their ongoing activities there. Integration with Other PlatformsUser A and B said that "I also want Microsoft and Exchange calendar, in addition to Gmail. Because if you are planning to deploy this application in LUMS, you should connect it with the Exchange Server."Current On-Going Research updatesOther potential elements that could be added to dashboard were also suggested. Testing from instructor resulted in the following feedback, It would be great if this application starts showing RSS feed of important research journals." User C, a researcher, also added that "I always go to various platforms over the web to find research-related updates. I should be able to add science journals and news site for RSS feed."

Project Creation:Project creation was the most intuitive feature of the application where users were immediately able to find their way to the project creation; this module received very good feedback. Other feedback includeCustomizationFeed backs were received to make this module more customizable User C said that "I want to divide my project into sub-projects, and only specific student should be able to access that part."

Experiments Users were generally not immediately able to navigate to experiments and had to explore the application including attempt to use search option to get help finding experiment section. Working with experiment was however received positive feedback. Users appreciated the idea that all their files and relevant literature will be connected to experiments in this manner. Improvements in way users can record their experiments were made. Users suggested that software should also be able to assist researchers in writing experiments. User D said that "I will use it more frequently if your app just recognizes my voice and start writing." User E and G suggested, "Voice recognition would make it more useful. Because typing is still time-consuming, but it is safe."

Data Management and Data Sharing:Users were not able to fully use the data sharing feature since because this part of hi fi is not fully implemented. Currently only basic files and folders are included in hi fi, major concerns from users were the ability to include spreadsheets in files. User B, C, and F said that integration of spreadsheet would make it more meaningful. In the lab, we produce lots of data which needs to be displayed in tabulated format.Data Sharing:Currently application is developed to use facilities from google like google drive. Users however who are more accustomed to other technologies suggested their integration Users A researcher H said that "We use One Drive for backup data, integration of One Drive in addition to Google Drive would be appreciated."

General Feedback:Overall most researchers appreciated the idea of application. Most of the users found the interface easy to use and consistent throughout the application. User A,I think if I had my experiments accessed like that would be very beneficial. Also that fact that I could manage my files along with my experiments would ease a lot of my task. User B, The interface is not that complicated. I mean it can be familiarized after using it a two or three of times. User F, The idea of synchronization with features from google is interesting because we are already familiar with that technology.

Survey results:After users were asked to test the application, they were given questionnaire to fill out to get an insight into the qualitative aspects of the application. The user were to rate the application on four parameters i.e. Ease of Use, Accessibility, Features and Task implementation. The results collected from the survey were based on the personal feedback of the user as plotted in the following graph:

Figure 1 Survey resultsBased on the graph, we have received a very welcoming response in relation to our application. However, there is not a solid correlation between user-type (i.e. faculty or PhD etc.) and their feedback. Most of the users are satisfied with the features the application offers and accessibility it offers to reach a certain task. However, the feedback shows us the users were somewhat unsatisfied in implementing their tasks to a final stage. This could be improved in the next version of the online research diary.