DeveloperLog:

SoundProject
Developer:
NikkiMarcel
ID:
TraciHogrefe

Wednesday,April1

ProjectDevelopment(4hours)
ReviewedIDDandStoryboard
CreatedmostoftheprojectPrototype
CreatedlistofquestionsforTraci

Thursday,April2

Meeting(1hour):
WentoverquestionsNikki(Developer)hadforTraci(ID)pertainingtostoryboardafter
developingmuchoftheprototype.Belowaretopicsdiscussedanddecisionsmade:
Buttons
itwasuncleariftheTraciwantedbuttonscreatedwithinthelessonscreenon
eachslideoronlyusethepreprogramednavigationbuttonswithinthePlayer
functionality.
TraciandNikkidecidedtoaddbuttonstoeachoftheslidesforconsistencyand
changeplayeroptionstohidepreprogramedplayernavigationbuttons.Final
productwillreflectthechangestotheplayer(removingnext/previousplayer
buttons)
Slide5(namedforslidenumberinstoryboard)
Discussedandeditednarrationforclarityandfixtypos
DecidedNikkiwouldnameagent
Decidedagentwouldonlyappearinlessonslidesnotquizquestionorendof
lessonpracticeslides.
Slide8
Notassessmentslidebutratherquestionposedtogetlearnerthinkingpriorto
lessoninstruction
Slide12&18
Practiceslidenotassessmentorlinkedtoresultsslide
Buttonsappearatbottomafterpracticequestionisansweredandfeedback
giventoallowlearnerstomovetonextlesson(orquizifslide18)orreview
lessons.
Addnarrationgivinglearnerinstructionforbuttonfunctionality
Slide23&24
Traciclarifiedwhatisintendedforthequestionsposedintheslides
Multiplequestionsposedontheslideswillbeseparatedintodifferentslides,all
assessmentquestionslinkedtoresultspage.


NikkisharedcurrentprototypewithTraci.Traciwillreviewandsharethoughtsviaemailand
discussionswillbeavailableviaemailthroughouttheweekend(schedulesdonotpermit
realtimemeetingsforthenextfewdays).

ProjectDevelopment(2hours):
Addedinformationthatwasclarifiedinthemeeting.
Madechangesasdiscussedinthemeeting

Sunday,April5

Traciupdatedinformationinquizslidesandsharedviaemail.

ProjectDevelopment(1hour):
updatedquizslidechangesinPrototype.

FinalPrototypesubmittediniLearn

Monday,April6

Meeting(30minutes):
Discussedfeedbackoptions.Tracidesignatedquizquestions1,4,5,6,7,8asquestionsthat
willallowtwo(total)attemptsandquestions2and3asquestionsthatwillallowonlyone
attempt.

Tuesday,April7

ProjectDevelopment(4hours)
addedmostoftheimages
lessonaudionarrationrecorded,edited,andaddedtoslides
videoembeddedandtimed(waitingforapprovaloftiming)
agentstatechanges,animations,triggersadded
workedwithinteractionsbutneedTracisfeedbackonwhethertheyareusable
addedtextinstructionsand/ortitles

Wednesday,April8

Meetings(~2hourstotal):
Multiplemeetingswereconductedthroughoutthedayviagooglehangouts,videocalls,and
aworkingdoc.DuringthefirstgooglehangoutschatitwasdecidedNikkiwouldkeepa
workingdocsharedwithTraciwithanyquestions/concernsthatariseduringdevelopment.

ThiswillallowTracitoreviewconcernsbeforemeetingstousemeetingtimemostefficiently.
ThisworkingdocwillalsoallowNikkiandTracitocommunicateoutsideofofficialmeetings
throughatypeofchat.Bothcontributorswilladdtothedocwiththeirowndesignatedcolorto
keeptheconversationwithinthedocclearandorganized.

Topicscoveredinthevariousmeetingsonthisdayinclude:
Slide5
arethereotherimagestoaddtorepresenttherestoftheboldwordsduringthe
narration?
Traciwilladdmoreresourcesandleavesthedecisionofwhethertouse
thoseorotherimagesuptoNikki.Traciwillgivefinalapprovalduring
nextpublishingofprojectdraft.
Shouldweaddaslideortwodiscussingsoundandspace?
Wewillseehowmuchtimeisleftaftertherestoftheprojectis
completed.Itsnotpertinentbutwouldbeaniceadditiontothe
instruction.
EdittothenarrationapprovedbyTraci
Slide6
buttontoadvancetonextslideiscallednextandbegininstoryboardnotes.
Tracichosebeginandreiteratedthattheplayerbuttonswouldbe
hiddeninthefinalproduct.Nikki:Yes,theywillremainforeaseof
navigationindraftsbutremovedforfinalpublishing
Slide7
Nikkiwasunsureofagoodstoppingpointforthevideo.
Tracidecideditwillbeaddressedwhenlookedatincontextwiththe
restoftheprojectclosertofinalpublishing.Thiswillremainonaction
listforthetimebeing.
Slide8
Nikkitestedusingstatechange(color)ofanswerchoicesasfeedbackwhen
userclickseachanswerchoicesincethisslideisnotatrueassessmentslide
(practiceinstead)
Tracilikesthisandwantstokeepit.Willalsousethisinteractionin
slide12.
Slide10
Embeddedwebsitewithinteractionforcesusertoscrolldownandovertofind
theinteraction.Traciwantstoincludetheinteractionbutonlyifthereisa
solutiontomakeiteasyfortheusertogettoit.Traciemailedcompanytosee
ifitwaspossibletogettheflashfileoftheinteractionforinclusioninthe
project.Inthemeantime,otheroptionswillbeexplored.Update:noanswer
asof5dayslater.
Nikkiwillcreateandtryoutanewscenarioforfeedback:addstillimage
andaudioinstructionforusertobeabletonavigatetointeraction
Slide17

Animationlistedinstoryboardisnotabletobedownloadedandembeddedinto
slide.NikkiincludeditasastillimageforTracisfeedback.
Tracilikesitbutislookingintowhetheritsoktouse(fairuse?)
Slide18
NikkiShouldweonlyincludebuttonsfornextandreviewlesson2,
excludingtheoriginallystoryboardedreviewlesson1buttonsincethisisa
reviewoflesson2?Seemsunnecessarytoincludethelesson1buttoninthis
slide.
Traciapprovedleavingoutthelesson1buttonforthisslideandasked
forthereviewbuttonsinthisslideandslide12berenamedtoReview
Lesson___ratherthanjustreview.Thischangewillbereflectedin
thenextpublisheddraft.
Traciapprovedwordcolorchangetriggerasfeedback
Slide19
Tracistatedsheishappywithhowslide19cameoutwithNikkisadditions
(highlightedbuttonsassignalingduringnarration,andlayoutchange).
Changesfromoriginalstoryboardlayoutwillbekept.
Quizquestionfeedback
Traciisthinkingaboutchangingtheformatofquizquestionfeedback.Thiswill
bediscussedinalatermeeting.

ProjectDevelopment(2hours)
insertednewimages
createdstillimagedirectionsforinteraction(slide10)forTracisfeedback
adjustedbuttonsonscreen
publishedandsubmittedprogressdrafttoTraci

Friday,April10

Meeting(30minutes)
Thiswasnotanactualmeeting,butratheranumberofemailcommunicationsoverthecourse
ofabout30minutestofinalizeaplanofactionforthesimulationslidesthatrequiredtheuser
tonavigatearoundanexternalwebsitetouse(oneofthebiggestchallengesinthisproject).

Nikkicreatedthepreviouslydiscussedtrialslidewithstillimages,arrowsignals,and
audioinstructiontoguidethelearnertothecorrectplaceontheexternalwebsiteto
usethesimulation.PublishedversionandNikkisthoughtsweresharedwithTracifor
feedbackviaemail.
Tracilikedtheinstructionbutsuggestedeithera)creatingascreencastofthewebsite
navigationsteps(ratherthanstillimages),orb)tossingtheideaofthelearners
interactingwiththesimulationsandinsteadcreatingscreencastsofeachsimulation
andallowinglearnerstoviewthescreencastsinsteadofinteractingwiththem.

Nikkiexpressedthattakingawaytheoptionoflearnerinteractionwiththesimulations
willtakeawaythelearningthatcomeswithinteractingwithandexploringsoundand
suggestscreatingthescreencastofinstructionfornavigatingthewebsitefirsttoseeif
Traciagreesthatitiseffectiveforallowingthelearnerstointeractwiththesimulations.

ProjectDevelopment(2hours)
beganassessmentslides
createdscreencastofinteractiondirections
PublishedandsubmittednewprogressdrafttoTraciforfeedbackonscreencast

Saturday,April11

Meeting(15minutes):
Nikkicreatedthescreencastofinstructionsfornavigatingthewebsitetotheinteractionsfor
slide10.Sinceslides11,14,15,16alsohavesimulationswithinthesameexternalwebsite,
Nikkiaddedscreenshotsofthoseinteractionsandeditednarrationineachofthoseslidesto
guidethelearnerstothosesimulationsaswell.Nikkisubmittedanewpublishedversionof
theprojectwiththenewinstructionsforsimulationslides(viaemail)forTracisfeedback.

Traci(repliedviaemail)ishappywiththechangesandwantstokeepthescreencast
instructionsaswellastheeditedinstructionsfortheotherslideswithsimulations.Nikkimade
theexternalwebsiteopeninlightboxslidesandTraciwantstokeepthatchangeaswell.

Monday,April13

Meeting(20minutes)
Nikkiranintosomeproblemsgettingthebuttontriggerstoworkwhenusinglightboxslidesfor
thesimulations.AfterdiscussingwithTraci,itwasdecidedtohavethesimulationsopenina
newlayerwithinthesameslidetoallowthetriggerstoworktomakethenextbuttons
availableonlyaftertheuserinteractswiththesimulations.

ProjectDevelopment(3hours)
changedformatofsimulationslides
fixedbuttontriggers
completedassessmentaudio
editedimagesforassessmentslides

Tuesday,April14

ProjectDevelopment(4hours)
completedassessmentslides
foundandaddedmusicforintroandresourcesslides

completedresourcesslide

ProjectPublishedandsubmittedtoTraciforreviewandfeedback.

Thursday,April16
Meeting(1hour)
Duringthismeetingwewereabletodiscusstheprojectprogressthusfar.Tracistatedsheis
veryhappywithhowitsturningout.Shedecidedshewantedtokeepwiththestructureofthe
slidesintermsofnavigationbuttonswithinthelessonslides(ratherthanusingthebuiltin
playerbuttons)sowedecidedtoalsocreatesubmitbuttonswithinthequizslidesandremove
thebuiltinplayersubmitbuttons.Thishasbeenaddedtomyactionitemslist.Discussed
howTraciwantedtheslideslabeledwithintheMenulist.

Quizfeedbackwasthemaintopicofdiscussionduringthismeeting.Followingiswhatwas
discussedregardingfeedbackanddecisionsthatweremade:
feedbackwillbegivenintextandaudioform(forusabilityforalllevelsoflearner
readingability)
Tracicreatedafeedbackdocumentwithspecifictexttoincludeforeachquizquestion
Wedecideditwouldbebettertoallowlearnerstoattempteachquestiononlyone
time,thenallowlearnerstoreviewthequiz,thenretakeitifnecessary.
Traciaddressedsomecorrectionsthatneedtobemadeinafewofthequizslides.
Thosecorrectionshavebeenaddedtomyactionitemslist
ThenextpublisheddraftsubmittedtoTraciwillreflectthesechanges.

ProjectDevelopment(1hour)
addedsubmitbuttonstoquizslides
editedsometextwithinquizslides
editedafewitemsintheresourcesslide
reviewedfeedbackdocumenttoensureIhadnoquestionsforTracibeforeending
workforthenight.

Friday,April17

ProjectDevelopment(3hours)
assessmentfeedback(specific)added
audiofeedbackrecordedandaddedtoassessmentslides
Slidesnumberedandtitledinplayermenu
addedretakequizbuttontoresultsslideandchangedattemptsto1foreachquestion

ProjectpublishedandsubmittedtoTraciforfinalreviewandtocheckthattheassessment
slidesarecorrect.

Saturday,April18

EmailCommunication(10minutes)
Tracireviewedthedraftandlikesthefinalproject.Pointedoutaslidewheredevelopment
noteswerestillvisible.Ireviewedandmadethosechanges.
ProjectDevelopment(2hours)
editedtheslidewithdevelopmentnotes
addedtranscripttonotessectionandmadeavailablethroughtheplayermenufor
accessibility
createdusabilitysurvey
publishedfinalprojectforusabilitytestingandsubmittedlinkstoboththelessonand
usabilitysurveytopeersandTraciforfinaltesting.

Tuesday,April21

EmailCommunication(15minutes)
ReceivedfinalapprovalfromTracitopublishtheproject.

ProjectDevelopment(30minutes)
Reviewedprojectonelasttimetocheckforanyotheritemsthatneededediting.
Reviewedusabilitysurveyresults
Publishedfinalproduct