Evaluation of User Interfaces Value

Assessment item 2 Evaluation of User Interfaces Value: 20% Due date: 12-Apr-2015 Return date: 03-May-2015 Length: 2,000 words Submission method options EASTS (online) Task You have been engaged to provide an expert review of the realestate.com.au (http://www.realestate.com.au) site. The realestate.com.au allows users to search, select and view properties for sale within Australia. The site displays properties from most real estate agents within an area and can generally be used to discover possible properties for inspection and purchase within a specified suburb or area. The site allows a user to search for properties using a number of different criteria, such as location and type of property, but also allows a user to set a range for the price and the number of bedrooms that they require. Task: You are to provide an expert review using the Usability Heuristic that you developed in the first Assignment. As part of your review you are to make specific reference to the site’s use of: Navigational features; Graphics; Colour schemes; Themes; Hyperlinks. Your expert review should also examine the usability of the site. You are to make specific reference to: The organisation and consistency of information; Navigation; and Searching the site for specific information. Your review should consider these specific elements and comment on their use and appropriateness on as part of the overall design of that website. As part of your review, you must also seek the opinions of three (3) users of that site. These users may be family, friends or colleagues, but MUST NOT include other students enrolled in this subject. You need to prepare a simple questionnaire for these users to complete so that you can determine how effectively they can use the site. The questionnaire is to be based on the following scenario: You have invited a friend to dinner for next Saturday night. You know that she and her family are interested in buying property in the...