Michael L Smith: HCI Professional

Portfolio

HCI Work

Projects, written work, and research:

  • Graduate Office

    The Graduate Course Proposal page was created for the Graduate Council. The Graduate Council is a committee comprised of elected representatives from Faculty Assembly charged with reviewing and approving graduate programs, course outlines, and policy and procedures dealing with all aspects of graduate education. The purpose of creating this web page was to modify graduate course proposal process from paper to electronic.

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  • VESID

    This project was done for the New York State VESID Office in Syracuse NY. It is a collection of all the counselors resources into a web portal.

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  • Fitness Express

    Fitness express was built from user requirements gathered, and modified according to user testing. This system was built in the first semester of my graduate studies as a group project. The goal of the project was to design, prototype and build a computer application that will assist people with meeting their exercise and dietary goals. It is hoped that this program will contribute to the good health of its users by assisting in tracking and recording data.

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  • A novel twist on RISK

    The Drunken Risk project was done for Graphical User Interface class, we took a typical game and attempted to design an unusual interface for this game. We additionally changes the basis for the game, from a world war, to a batttle between local bars.

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Fitness Express

About this Project
User requirements

The users of this product will be people with an interest in improving their health through exercise and nutrition. The user need not have much technical ability but must have access to a computer. This computer can be any computer in any location as long as it has web browser software and a connection to the internet.

The user should be willing to spend a small amount of time providing some basic information about them. They should be able to list the exercises and routines that they intend to do and might also want to enter their daily dietary intake.

We conducted user requirements gathering and the user requirements documentation can downloaded here.

User Requirements Microsoft Word Document 125 KB User Requirements Adobe PDF 55 KB
Final report

Our final report documents our design process and building of our interface. You can download a complete copy here.

Final Report Microsoft Word Document 598 KB Final Report Adobe PDF 232 KB

Screenshots

This is the initial screen you see upon login, where you select your task.

This is the exercise home where you select your exercise tasks and can individualize your routines and exercises, set up personalized routines etc...

This is the diet home where you select your diet tasks such as record, track or calculate functions.