Final report of my thesis project

Goal Review
The goal of my thesis project is building a interactive project that helps people know more about waste recycling, and tries to convince them think more and do more on waste recycling.
In this project, I did the text, graphic and ActionScript coding work; I interviewed the organization and recycling factory; and I shot and edited the videos. I really felt the fulfillment after finishing it, though there are a lot of details could have been done better.

User Survey Questionnaire
The target users of this project are those people with experience of web applications and access to the Internet. I will evaluate the project success if they feel they have learned something on it, and also feel comfortable with the interactivity.
As for the user research, I set up a short survey with some questions about the general impression, usability, interaction and so forth. The questions are:
Q1, This is an interactive project about waste recycling, my goal is to help people know more and learn more about waste recycling, and try to convince people think more and do more on waste recycling. As a user, do you think this project achieves my goal? What is your experience on using it?
Q2, Can you tell me two facts that you didn't know before but you just learned from this project?
Q3, Do you think that you are convinced and willing to think more and do more on recycling in you daily life?
Q4, Do you feel comfortable about the controls and interactions? Have you come up with some problems on using it? What are they?
Q5, After using it for a while, what do you think it impressed you most in this project?
Q6, Did you come up with some problems on watching the videos? Are they loaded and played as you expected?
Q7, Do you think it is a successful project? What things or features can be improved?



User Survey Results
I invited two of my co-workers to the user survey, and both of them are great examples of my main target users. Mark McMinn, Outreach Coordinator of LexMedia in Lexington, a mid-age office person who uses computers at work and at home everyday. The second person is Liz Ochse, a Co-op student at the Digital Media Design Studio at Northeastern University, representing the young people especially college students.
In conclusion of the survey, both Mark and Liz gave positive feedback about the functions of my project. They both thought this is a successful project that educates them with more information about recycling, and they could both answer the second question in the survey and be willing to pay more attention on waste recycling.
As in the usability aspect, they said they are both impressed by the project, and the interactions are comfortable to them expect some imperfects in the “Trash Bin” and “Video” page. For instance, the trash bin items are a little confusing between one and the others; the information is too overwhelming to be consumed; and it’s not intuitive and easy for navigating in the videos while playing, etc.
Meanwhile, they both gave valuable suggestions for making it better. Mark gave a lot of comments on the videos, and suggested adding clearer instruction of each function. Liz wanted better page and graphic designs, and more “Flashy controls” and “attractive contents” especially in the “Trash Bin” function.

User Survey Results
The extra bonus is the non-profit organization is very interested in reusing my content such as the videos and the “Quiz” feature.
I am currently talking with them on how to revise the videos and “Quiz” based on their need, and then let them post of their website.



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