Module 4 Assessment Part 1: Interface Design Wireframe and
Storyboard
Module Outcomes practiced in this assessment:
Describe fundamental user interface design principles.
Explain the process of user interface design.
Design basic user interfaces.
Purpose
You, as the Systems Analyst, have been focusing thus far on the inside of a
system, but realize the need to understand the interfaces used by a system
as well. In this assessment, a new client is asking for assistance in building a
website from scratch and needs for you to make design recommendations
based on research.
Assessment Part 1 Instructions and Requirements
Scenario: Averys Gym has had some limited success providing athletic
training and physical therapybut shes struggling a bit to expand her
presence and her brand to expand her business. Avery is considering
expanding her web presence and is interested in exploring what her
competitors are doing. She thinks a great way to do that would be to build a
website that could serve as a home for her marketing efforts. There are two
parts to the assessment. First, research other similar sites to serve as a
launching point for your creative efforts. Second, draft an original wireframe
diagram using Visio that may serve as the starting point of a web system
design project.
You can expand your research options to explore themes related to three
main areas. Creativity is encouraged!
Gym or Physical Fitness center
Physical Therapy
Mental Health and Wellness centers
Because Avery is focused on crafting personalized training and experiences,
she is looking for local inspiration. Choose a gym, physical fitness center,
physical therapy site, or mental health and wellness facility that is close to
you (preferably independent). Do not choose a large national business or
chain as the starting point for your research.
Part A: Home Page Research
Find an appropriate corresponding website home page with the purpose of
researching similar sites for inspiration for your own design. Provide the
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following information focusing primarily on the home page, features, and
branding of the site. Think of this as a walk through evaluation. In addition
to providing a URL and screenshot write a brief analysis addressing some
of the common elements listed below.
Provide the full URL of your inspiration.
Include a screenshot
Provide additional written documentation to accompany your research.
Adding labels and annotation to the screenshot highlighting your analysis is
preferred.
Paragraph 1: Organization and Design (at least 75 words)
Describe the design elements:
Main features and purpose
Navigation menu(s)
Layout
Any whitespace
Paragraph 2: Branding and Communication (at least 75 words)
Describe the key features of marketing and communication elements:
The use of color (combinations, locations)
Text (families, variety of sizes, alignment)
Multimedia (images, graphics, videos, etc.)
Social media/communications
Part B: Original Diagram
Consider what you learned about the organization of your research and
develop your own proposed design for your client. Create an original
wireframe and storyboard for your clients home page. Visio is required.
Design your wireframe for a website homepage.
Include the location of the logo, navigation, main area for home page
content, and other elements you feel are necessary.
Identify and label key elements.
Do not simply copy the design of the page you reviewed; create your
own design.
Actual content is not necessary! This should be a line drawing showing
where items should be placed on the screen. Placeholders could be
included.
Your wireframe should look something like the image below, although
of course with your own page organization and detail and relating to
the clients needs:
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Original Image by Paul Shryock, (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Image modified by
cropping to focus on website wireframe example. Retrieved from
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Provide additional written documentation to accompany your Visio wireframe.
Elaborate on your design decisions, identify the key features, address
important aspects of navigation, marketing, and communications.
Paragraph 1: Organization and Design
Describe the design elements (at least 100 words):
Main features and purpose
Navigation menu(s)
Layout
Any whitespace
Paragraph 2: Branding and Communication (at least 100 words)
Describe the key features of marketing and communication elements:
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The use of color (combinations, locations)
Text (families, variety of sizes, alignment)
Multimedia (images, graphics, videos, etc.)
Social media/communications
Review all instructions above and the rubric below before submitting to the
Assessment Dropbox.
Reminders
Proofread your work for grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
and formality.
Module 4 Assessment Part 2: Program Design Concepts
Designing programs that perform system logic is challenging and varied.
Analysts must define instructions for programs that describe how to covert
the ideas depicted in logical models into actual code and programming logic.
Structure charts are one technique that describes a program at a high level.
This assessment asks you to explain key concepts associated with program
design. Write a short essay response to each of the following questions.
Module Outcomes practiced in this assessment:
Revise logical data flow diagrams into physical data flow diagrams.
Describe features of structure charts.
Develop Program Specifications.
Assessment Requirements
1. Include a title page and reference page.
2. Written work is provided in Standard English.
3. Provide a header for each question and answer.
4. Each question should include at least one APA reference and inline
citation.
5. At least 3 pages in length, not counting the title page and reference
page.
Questions:
1. What is the purpose of creating a logical process model and then a
physical process model? How are they different? What information is
found on the physical DFD that is not included on the logical DFD?
2. List the steps necessary transform logical models to physical models.
3. Define a structure chart and explain the importance of sequence,
selection, and iteration.
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4. Provide an example of a structure chart you have found online (citation
necessary). Explain the purpose of this chart.
5. What does a data couple depict on a structure chart? What symbols
are used to depict it? What does a control couple depict on a structure
chart? What symbols are used to depict it?
6. List the seven types of coupling. Give an example of good coupling
and an example of bad coupling.
7. What is meant by the characteristics of fan-in and fan-out?
8. Discuss three ways to improve the quality of a structure chart.
Module 4 Assessment Part 3: Entity Relationship Diagram
Module Outcomes practiced in this assessment:
Validate data models.
Describe the process of normalization.
Create an entity relationship diagram.
Purpose
Entity Relationship Diagrams are used to help show how information in a
system is organized. This assessment will have you analyze data from a
business situation, construct an ERD, and explain process of normalization
and reasons when denormalization may be important.
Assessment Instructions and Requirements
Averys gym has partnered with a partner physical therapy business to
provide treatment for some of its gym members. Gym members have the
option to participate in special physical therapy sessions.
The main feature of this partnership provides gym members with the options
to participate in physical therapy sessions. Each Physical Therapy Session
must include a gym member, a trainer, and a therapist. Each session
generates a unique Claim. Sessions also need to record the date, time and
purpose of the sessions. Physical therapy sessions are billed back to
insurance and claims must be filed with each physical therapy session.
You have been tasked with developing an Entity Relationship Diagram to
help show this part of the larger gym system. You have also been asked to
explain the importance of both normalization and denormalization of data
structures.
You have been given a report as an example of some of the information
generated by the system, and the file contains the following fields. Hint:
unique IDs may need to be created to correctly generate the data model.
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1. Physical Therapy Session
2. Session Date
3. Session Time
4. Session Details/Purpose
5. Member Name
6. Member Address
7. Member Phone
8. Member Age
9. Member Email
10. Insurance Number
11. Insurance Name
12. Insurance Address
13. Insurance Plan details
14. Trainer Name
15. Trainer Phone
16. Trainer Email
17. Trainer Specialty
18. Therapist Name
19. Therapist Phone
20. Therapist Email
21. Therapist Specialty
22. Insurance Claim Number
23. Claim Cost
Complete the following tasks:
1. Normalize the data. Organize the information into data fields
appropriate for a relational database. Analyze the information provided
and normalize the data to create a database model.
2. Based on that information construct an ERD. Use Visio. Identify
primary and foreign keys. For each entity, develop appropriate and
thorough attributes. Use crows feet to show relations between entities.
3. Explain the importance of normalization: provide a summary of the
steps necessary for each 1NF, 2NF, 3NF and importance. A minimum
of 120 words is expected.
4. Explain denormalization and explain the main reasons for it. A
minimum of 60 words is expected.
Directions for Submitting Your Assessments
Name your Word document with the following convention:
IT460_Module4Part1A-B-LastName-FirstName (using your own
name).
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Name your Word document with the following convention:
IT460_Module4Part2-LastName-FirstName (using your own name).
Name your Word document with the following convention:
IT460_Module4Part3-LastName-FirstName (using your own name).
Make sure you read all instructions carefully and review the grading
rubric before submitting to the Dropbox.
Minimum Submission Requirements
Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of
prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission,
Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource.
This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 350 words)
document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific
examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked
for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized,
logical, and focused.
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained
viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as
original and insightful.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate
exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of
references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the
internet for research.
Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using intext citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should
follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA
formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing
resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
Your submission should:
include a title page;
be double-spaced;
be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font; and
be free of spelling or punctuation errors.
If the work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the
minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision. If the work
submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end
of the term, you will receive a failing score.
Plagiarism
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Competency Assessment Rubric
Link
Competency Assessment Dropbox
Assignment
Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. It violates the Universitys Code
of Student Conduct, and the offense is subject to disciplinary action. You are
expected to be the sole author of your work. Use of another persons work or
ideas must be accompanied by specific citations and references. Whether
the action is intentional or not, it still constitutes plagiarism.
For more information on plagiarism and the Universitys Code of Student
Conduct, refer to the current University Catalog.
All competency criteria must be met to earn a B grade and pass this Course
Outcome.
A predefined number of mastery criteria must be met to earn an A grade,
indicating mastery of the Course Outcome. See the CLA and Grade Criteria
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