what’s on it

  • cumulative, biased towards post-midterm stuff
  • if it’s fair for the midterm, it’s fair for the final
  • similar style questions to midterm mostly application based
  • there will be definition questions
  • might be a wordsearch (thanks ray)
  • seminar stuff will be on it
  • might be bonus marks
  • direct manipulation will be on it
    • know what it is, examples, when to use, when not to use, pros/cons
  • menus
    • know when you should use each type of menu
  • forms
    • understand principles, what makes it good
    • be able to identify issues if shown a form
  • errors
    • how they affect the user, what they mean, consequences of errors, types of errors, etc.
    • might be asked to critique an error
  • fonts and colours
  • research methods
    • independent vs dependent variables
    • hypothesis’s (null, alt, etc.)
    • design choices when making a study

what’s not on it

  • dark patterns
  • all papers linked will not be on it
  • energy of colours
  • significance testing