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A Review on the Existing Visual Tools for Design Students


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1 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2 School of Health, Art and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
 

This paper explores possible solutions to overcome the problem of design students lacking the skills and knowledge of user testing and data analysis to inform design decision-making that can help them to create successful products. A preliminary investigation and review is reported of existing visual interactive software tools intended to support design students and lecturers. Some of these tools might meet the requirements for teaching sampling methods (selecting suitable people and products) as well as testing techniques including data collection, analysis, and interpretation to design students. A discussion of existing visual software tools is presented first, followed by a discussion of the relative merits and disadvantages of these, and a summary is presented at the end of the paper

Keywords

Data Analysis, Design Students, Data Collection, Visual tools
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Authors

Madihah Sheikh Abdul Aziz
Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Gitte Lindgaard
School of Health, Art and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Mohd Syarqawy Hamzah
Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
T. W. Allan Whitfield
School of Health, Art and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract


This paper explores possible solutions to overcome the problem of design students lacking the skills and knowledge of user testing and data analysis to inform design decision-making that can help them to create successful products. A preliminary investigation and review is reported of existing visual interactive software tools intended to support design students and lecturers. Some of these tools might meet the requirements for teaching sampling methods (selecting suitable people and products) as well as testing techniques including data collection, analysis, and interpretation to design students. A discussion of existing visual software tools is presented first, followed by a discussion of the relative merits and disadvantages of these, and a summary is presented at the end of the paper

Keywords


Data Analysis, Design Students, Data Collection, Visual tools



DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2017%2Fv10i48%2F167181