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IA1 Technical Proposal - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Login
      - Home & Search
    - - Repetition
        
        Colour scheme
        
        Layout of data
        
        Alignment of data
        
        Nav bar remains at the top of screen at all times
      - Minimalistic colour scheme (due to conventional recreation of GRBMPA colour scheme)
      - Contrast
        
        Text colour and background
        
        Bordered images
        
        Important/relevant features utilise unique colour
      - Alignment
        
        Golden ratio-based hierarchy of information
        
        Filter system aligned to the top of the screen whereas results are aligned at the bottom
      - Proximity
        
        Relevant titles and following information grouped
    - - Learnability of query system and categorisation of data
      - Effectiveness in the filter options descriptions to find relevant data
      - Safety in handling account information
      - Logically sequenced information
      - Utility for user freedom in logging in or out, and going back or forward a page
    - - Internet & Devices
        
        Can be used over Windows OS and macOS
        
        Can be used over all internet browsers (inc. onion sites)
        
        Can be used over smartphones
      - Hyperopia (farsighted, blurry vision)
        
        Text colour contrast
        
        Alternative text
        
        Screen readers
      - Carpel tunnel syndrome (physical limitation
        
        Simple navigation
      - Russian (English is a second language)
        
        Ability to translate text
        
        Images to portray meaning
  - - - Relevant information unnecessarily over-categorised
      - Sort through convoluted and poorly proximitized information for important data
      - Limited accessibility options for those with disabilities or language barriers
      - Unrecognisable icons with features that require more learnability than available
      - Diverse arrangements and alignment of categories lead to need for common conventions for understandability
    - - Hierarchy methodically laid out using colour and variations in placement, proximity, and size of data
      - Filters and tabs appropriately designed to group like with like
      - Simple login requiring little information
      - Common icons that are widely understood with simple one word explanations where needed
      - Accessible to a wide range of users, specifically those with visual disabilities or language barriers
      - Error prevention in forward and back options through tabs
      - Consistent placement of nav bar and its contents for ease of access and learnability
  - - - Username
      - Password
      - Search input
      - Window navigation
    - - Biodiversity Database
        
        Species
        
        Birds
        
        Mammals
        
        Fish
        
        Reptiles
        
        Frogs
        
        Invertebrate
        
        Threat Level
        
        Extinct
        
        Endangered
        
        Vulnerable
        
        Near Threatened
        
        Not Threatened
        
        Not Listed
        
        Abundance
        
        Additions
        
        From lower threat categories
        
        From higher threat categories
        
        Discoveries of new species
        
        Rediscoveries of extinct species
        
        Reclassifications
        
        Updated assessments
        
        New additions to list
        
        Total
        
        Reductions
        
        To lower threat categories
        
        To higher threat categories
        
        Reclassifications
        
        Local extinction
        
        Updated assessments
        
        Total
- - - - Can operate an iMac and iPhone 8
      - Uses high-speed internet at home and school
      - Constant access to internet
      - Consistent user of technology
      - Prefers Apple devices
    - - Values pattern recognition and repetition
      - Inquisitive mind
      - Rarely does extensive research
      - Finds focusing difficult
    - - 41 years old
        
        Can utilise complex terminology
      - Marine biologist
      - English is a second language
        
        Allow translation of windows
      - Father of two children
      - Plays hockey and soccer
      - Russian-Australian
      - Speaks Russian at home
    - - Secondary education
      - Bachelor of Environmental Science (Marine Biology) :
  - - - Reliant on technology within work contexts
      - Only has access to slow internet for recreational use
      - Self-restricts to small laptops (e.g. Surface Pro) for ease of access and portability
      - Prefers simpler website design and negligible navigation due to physical limitations
    - - Environmental advocate
      - Requires ease of access and credibility in research
      - Free access to significant data
      - Looks for professional aesthetics correlating to trustworthy corporations (conventionality)
    - - 36 years old
      - Biological science researcher
        
        Assuming research projects resulted in familiarity with data-driven sites, therefore rely on conventional features
      - Has carpel tunnel syndrome
        
        Avoid over-categorising and opt for a minimalistic design with limited navigation required for information
      - Prefers smartphones over computers
      - American
    - - Secondary education
      - Bachelor of Science
  - - - Constant access to the internet at home and school
      - Prefers breaking down issues
      - Creative thinker
      - Detailed analyser
      - Strictly a desktop user at school
      - Microsoft software and Dell computers are preferred
      - More comfortable with clean and professional designs
    - - 16 years old
      - Year 11 student
      - Farsighted
        
        Maximise contrast and avoid fine print
      - Australian
      - Enjoys literature and technology
      - Only child to a single mother
    - - Secondary education
      - Attends book and robotics club
    - - Avid researcher
      - Requires app to filter credible information for relevant data in school-assigned research tasks
      - Incredibly book smart
      - Values logicality and functionality
      - Encourages relevancy of information
- - - - Programs used limited to Coggle.it, Microsoft Word, Diagrams.net, and Balsamiq Wireframes 4
      - Internet required
      - Computer operations necessary
      - Programmed in Python (with Tkinter) and SQL
    - - High contrast in colour choice for visual accessibility
      - Icons for conventionality to aid in learnability
      - Influenced page layouts by evaluating existing solutions
      - Proximity and whitespace utilised to draw the user’s attention
      - Font size and alignment to be used in establishing hierarchy
      - Consistent nav bar using icons to emphasise a feature’s purpose, giving a clear navigation system that aids in learnability
      - Error prevention (inc. forward and back navigation through site)
      - Copyright at the bottom of every window
      - Colour-coding to differentiate important information
      - Import Biodiversity.csv
      - Users must login using a password and username, where the password requires 8 characters or more
      - Login will be restricted to 3 attempts
      - Conventional colour scheme from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) website to maintain familiarity and a safe UI environment for those unused to technology
    - - Task deadline
      - Presentation time limit
      - Individual work
      - Low-fidelity prototype generation required
      - Target audience: professional and aspiring academics
      - Persona limitations
        
        Visual impairment
        
        Language barriers
        
        Physical disabilities
  - - - Websites are cheaper therefore budget concerns may be an issue for creating such an app
      - Free login with unlimited access allows for accessibility to those with appropriate technological access
      - Automation of data documentation and data search requires less human intervention and consequently less jobs
      - Increased biodiversity awareness in contrasting species threat levels throughout data to then discern appropriate points of observation
    - - Information such as usernames and passwords will be stored, creating minimal concern over safety in the protection of personal data due to The Australian Privacy Act 1988 if passwords were to be leaked
      - Copyright for official GBRMPA website declaring the app intellectual property of the government and thus majority funding is a government responsibility
    - - Students studying geography, biology, chemistry, and environmental science benefit from easier access to relevant data, which relies upon a usable interface and accurate data
      - Reliable database search for researchers and students
      - Application required to be accessible using a computer through Python and SQL programming languages
      - Effects on those visually impaired and unfamiliar with technology dependent on accessibility of application
      - Colour scheme must remain recognisable as similar to the government site’s colour scheme for conventionality of design which will increase awareness of the projects and statistics
      - Notwithstanding user password protection, notable lack of security and authentication to access data