JACQUELINEBAUER

Summary
My Capstone project was on the integration of technology in elementary schools. Specifically, I looked at the way interactive white boards are currently used in a high-risk elementary school. I developed strategies for effective and innovative use of the boards, and analyzed the current software interface that is provided along with the boards. I also tested a sample lesson that demonstrates my suggested strategy and a new interface designed for ease of use.

Process
Ethnographic Observations
Structured Interviews
Literature Review
Low and High Fidelity Prototypes
Quantitative Usability Testing using QUIS (Questionnaire for User Interface Satisfaction)

Tools
SmartBoard Interactive Whiteboard
Flash and Fireworks
Dreamweaver QUIS

Link
Site - includes links to paper and poster

I designed this site for a small startup business that sells Christian products with thier logo. They wanted a colorful and playful site that worked well with their logo. The graphics were designed by another artist and edited by myself. The site owners have made several changes to the site but the bulk of the design was my work. Visit the website.

Tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Zencart Shopping Cart Software

I am working on improving the architecture of the site and creating a new design to realign the site with the agency's goal and the users needs. Because this is the National Center on Accessibility, we pay extremely close attention to web accessibilty issues. The NCA's main site and other sites are intended to be examples of exceptional universal design.

Tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver, MS Visio, User-Centered Design Methodology, Javascript, CSS, HTML

These two websites were designed together as a replacement for the bookstore's outdated site. I created many of the graphics myself, did all of the style sheet and menu design and coding, and continue to do maintenance on the site.
Bookstore and Varsity Shop

Tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver, .ASP/Visual Basic, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Macromedia Fireworks, Visio

A survey for a research project by faculty here at IU. There were a few tricky conditional scripts required for this survey. Pure Romance Survey

Tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, CSS, HTML

This was a team project that made it into the first round of the 2005 SIGCHI Student Design Competition that was held in Portland, OR in April 2005. The challenge was to design an 'artifical companion' for the elderly. Our solution was Fridgets, interactive digital magnets that could provide entertainment, information, memory assistance and communication functions to a senior citizen. Refrigerators are a place where many people keep photos, reminders, calendars and other objects of value. Fridgets is an information appliance that extends this common use of the refrigerator in a powerful yet simple way. Poster

Tools: Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, MS Powerpoint, User-Centered Design Methodology, Usability Testing

This is a website designed for an elementary teacher in Bloomington, IN. The teacher uses it to inform parents of classroom policies, current class activities and his personal and professional background. Mr. Triche's site

Tools: Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver, PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML

A team project. Our goal was to create a tool for senior citizens that would enrich their lives. We designed Heirloom, an interactive experience which combines historical events with personal life stories to create a meaningful digital heirloom for the entire family. Screenshots

Tools: MS Powerpoint, Photoshop, User-Centered Design Methodology, Usability Testing

This was the first dynamic website that I built. It was for a class assignment. The site is not online, but I'll make screenshots available. Screenshots

Tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver, PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML

While working at the non-profit organization Big Brothers Big Sisters, I designed and implemented a data management system using MS Access. The system consists of several databases that manage different aspects of the organization. The agency has been using this database for about five years. It is about time for them to get a new system but my system has saved them thousands of dollars over the last five years.Screenshots

Tools: MS Access, SQL, Relational Modeling, Visual Basic

These links are all to PDF files.
•This paper was presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference in October 2005. Coming soon.
•Fridgets: Digital Refrigerator Magnets (published in the CHI 2005 Conference Proceedings). PDF
•A paper on the place for ethnography in HCI. PDF
•A paper on why social informatics is important to me. PDF