The following is a basic description of one of the five project options available this term.
The general project 1 rules and hardware rules apply to whichever specific project option you choose.


CD/DVD Shopping Kiosk
Imagine that you have a kiosk at which you want people to be able to search for CDs and DVDs, preview tracks and/or movies, and then purchase their CD or DVD. You need to design the software that will allow users to quickly and easily buy a variety of products under a variety of scenarios.

You will need to determine whether there will need to be a secondary interface for an employee to use.

Consider the very wide range of potential users of this system.

Be very careful in developing your prototypes to avoid the potential pitfall of following exisiting "standards" that aren't very usable.

Your prototype will need to be populated with real information and will need to have example audio and video clips (we will discuss how to do this without copyright issues when Project 2 is posted). It will be difficult to properly evaluate your interface without a large pool of audio and video in which to search and/or browse.

This page may be updated with additional guidelines within the next few days...

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