Category: Technology

User interface and user experience (UI/UX) designer is one of the most popular job titles in the technology industry. UI/UX designers tend to enjoy the challenges associated with creating products that people love. Industry leaders know that design is a substantial competitive advantage, and they are competing for best talents; therefore, the demand for designers is high.
UI/UX design requires the understanding of core design principles, tools, and best practices. Having foundational principles of design and design techniques, such as design thinking, gives you a mindset required to create an effective user experience. You are also able to conduct user research that gives you a better understanding of the problem space and eventually leads you to communicate your designs and best practices to users through prototyping.
This task allows you to showcase your problem-solving skills, how you plan to manage and maintain this project, and which strategies you will implement for search engine optimization (SEO).You will evaluate the provided “Paradigm Pet Professionals Website” in the Web Links section and the attached “Paradigm Pet Professionals UI Design Specifications.” You will develop plans to create information architecture for various user personas and stakeholder needs while adhering to accessibility standards. You will also develop a maintenance plan that includes SEO and consideration of a future mobile-friendly web page design.
You were recently hired as a UI/UX Designer for Synesthor, an IT services company that offers on-site consultation for small businesses without an IT department. Synesthor recently contracted with Paradigm Pet Professionals, a company that specializes in providing virtual consultations to pet owners with state-of-the-art, evidence-based health and well-being information. Its website was designed by a part-time intern 10 years ago. Most people who visit the website are prospective and new pet owners located in the United States who seek information about basic pet care and are interested in speaking with a consultant. Paradigm Pet Professionals contracted with Synesthor’s UI/UX department to develop a responsive website to meet the needs of its company and the needs of users.
Your first task is to evaluate the existing website and user design specifications provided by Paradigm Pet Professionals (see Web Links and Supporting Documents sections). You will also develop a sitemap, wireframe, and maintenance plan for the redeveloped website.

Please note the following instructions:
1. Addition of a 750 word reflective section as per the attached instructions
2. The Reflective section must be added before the conclusion in the attached draft essay
3. The Reflective section must be in-line with attached draft essay and must be streamlined with the essay’s topic
4. Please DO NOT change any of the included references or topic of the attached draft essay and write the reflective section in-line with the attached draft essay topic.
5. Please add additional references (ONLY PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES) to support and supplement the reflective section
6. References included in the draft essay can also be used to support the reflective section.

• Explain the value and importance of penetration testing and its methodology.
• Explain what a penetration testing methodology is. Why is it needed? What happens in its absence?
• Describe the LPT methodology.
• Create a chart that highlights the cybersecurity risks faced by companies today and the corresponding penetration testing service that can mitigate the cybersecurity risk

IT 337 Module Six Activity Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
A very important aspect of user testing is to ensure that every user is treated the same, and that both test materials and procedures are exactly the same from user to user. Creating a test plan to use during testing ensures that the users get the same tasks and the same prompts for help (if needed). Read Turn User Goals into Task Scenarios for Usability Testing and Things a Therapist Would Say (after clicking the link, choose either the Word or PDF version of the text), which will provide examples of ways to develop tasks and prompts to include in your test plan to effectively support users during testing.
Prompt
After reading the articles, complete the following activities:
For each of the situations given below, develop two user testing prompts that would be appropriate:
The user is stuck after finishing one portion of a task and doesn’t know what to do next.
The user has clicked on the system-furnished help but doesn’t seem to understand the message it has conveyed.
The user is quiet and has not done anything with the software for several minutes.
User testing is best when users are given tasks that are more personal to them. On a website selling shoes, a good task would be “Buy a pair of Nike LeBron 7 Big Kids Shoes for your nephew,” as opposed to “Buy a pair of shoes.” In other instances, rather than giving users specific tasks, you should ask them to do something more general. For example, instead of saying, “Go to the heading on the initial page that says SALE, then select the category ‘shoes,’ then find a pair for under $40,” you might say, “You are looking for a new pair of shoes on this store website but you don’t want to spend very much money. How would you proceed?”
For each of the general tasks below, develop a more personalized task that could be used in a usability test. It is okay to use names of specific websites.
Go to Fandango and find a movie.
Order something from a clothing website.
Figure out how to return an item you purchased.
Make an appointment to see a doctor.
What to Submit
Your written responses must be submitted as a Word document (.doc), and must address all of the tasks.

In your primary post, please share two research-based paragraphs from the recommendations section of your essay.
Both paragraphs must include APA-style in-text citations for paraphrased and quoted source content from one or more sources. The APA Style website’s In-Text Citations page explains how to properly cite sources in your writing (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations).
Your paragraphs should include at least one brief quotation. The APA Style website’s Quotations page explains when and how to use sources’ words (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/quotations).
At the end of your post, provide full reference citations for all sources used in your two paragraphs. The APA Style website’s References page will help you properly develop and formation reference citations (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references).

IT 337 Module Six Activity Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
A very important aspect of user testing is to ensure that every user is treated the same, and that both test materials and procedures are exactly the same from user to user. Creating a test plan to use during testing ensures that the users get the same tasks and the same prompts for help (if needed). Read Turn User Goals into Task Scenarios for Usability Testing and Things a Therapist Would Say (after clicking the link, choose either the Word or PDF version of the text), which will provide examples of ways to develop tasks and prompts to include in your test plan to effectively support users during testing.
Prompt
After reading the articles, complete the following activities:
For each of the situations given below, develop two user testing prompts that would be appropriate:
The user is stuck after finishing one portion of a task and doesn’t know what to do next.
The user has clicked on the system-furnished help but doesn’t seem to understand the message it has conveyed.
The user is quiet and has not done anything with the software for several minutes.
User testing is best when users are given tasks that are more personal to them. On a website selling shoes, a good task would be “Buy a pair of Nike LeBron 7 Big Kids Shoes for your nephew,” as opposed to “Buy a pair of shoes.” In other instances, rather than giving users specific tasks, you should ask them to do something more general. For example, instead of saying, “Go to the heading on the initial page that says SALE, then select the category ‘shoes,’ then find a pair for under $40,” you might say, “You are looking for a new pair of shoes on this store website but you don’t want to spend very much money. How would you proceed?”
For each of the general tasks below, develop a more personalized task that could be used in a usability test. It is okay to use names of specific websites.
Go to Fandango and find a movie.
Order something from a clothing website.
Figure out how to return an item you purchased.
Make an appointment to see a doctor.
What to Submit
Your written responses must be submitted as a Word document (.doc), and must address all of the tasks.

In your primary post, please share two research-based paragraphs from the recommendations section of your essay.
Both paragraphs must include APA-style in-text citations for paraphrased and quoted source content from one or more sources. The APA Style website’s In-Text Citations page explains how to properly cite sources in your writing (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations).
Your paragraphs should include at least one brief quotation. The APA Style website’s Quotations page explains when and how to use sources’ words (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/quotations).
At the end of your post, provide full reference citations for all sources used in your two paragraphs. The APA Style website’s References page will help you properly develop and formation reference citations (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references).

Accessibility lab exercise
Lab 1: Keyboard Navigation Test
Keyboard Navigation: a test to verify that the content is accessible by keyboard
users.
Many people who are blind, who have low vision, or who have mobility issues use
only the keyboard for navigation. Some users may need more time to read the
content, respond to a request or complete a form on a web page so they need a way
to turn off or adjust the time limits. To provide the access for these groups of users
all content must be keyboard accessible, including links, form controls, interactive
elements, etc.
What do we test?
• The operation of all links, form controls, dialogs, scripts, and methods that
provide time limits
• The logical navigation and focus indication of the content
• Make sure no trapping content
• When controls receive focus or change state
• When content is added or removed from the current page
• Test consistent navigation for similar pages
Common keystrokes used during Keyboard Navigation
• TAB and SHIFT+TAB – to move focus back and forth between links and form
controls
• F6 – to moves between the frames and address bar of IE
• ENTER or SPACE – to activate links and buttons or check and uncheck
checkboxes
• ALT+DOWN ARROW – to drop down option menu of combo or select boxes
• UP/DOWN ARROW – to select the options in the combo or select boxes
• LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN ARROW – to move between radio buttons or move
the cursor in the input text field or text area
• ESC – to close a dialog or a dropdown list
Lab Exercise:
Step 1: Take away the external mouse. Here we will use only keyboard to navigate the web pages.
Step 2: Open a chrome web browser with latest version and open one of the websites given below.
Step 3: You can use one of the following websites to test the keyboard navigation.
https://www.fitbit.com/global/us/home
https://www.kohls.com/
https://www.foxnews.com/
https://tahoe.com/
https://www.dropbox.com/
Step4: Use only keyboard to navigate every single screen and make sure that and come up with 15
issues. Report each issue with screen shots and description in the following format.
Each issue should be reported as 1 defect. So each table should have a valid defect. Compile all these
issues in a word document as one single report for Keyboard testing.
I will upload the rest in pdf file.

Following the attached document:
> Update the Project Design/Method
(Strengthen the Section with 3 additional Scholarly references within the past four years)
> Update the Specific Business Problem
(Strengthen the Section with three additional Scholarly references within the past four years)
> Develop the Project Study Protocol (paragraph)
> Sample – 20 participants (2 pages; 3 scholarly sources)
> Data Collection (3 pages; 6 scholarly sources)
> Ethical Considerations (3 pages; 3 scholarly sources)
> Data Analysis (3 pages; 3 scholarly sources)

There are 5 slides – You can do a minute per slide – Please write a scriipt for me that I can use to do a presentation on the attached slide.
You have recently been hired to work in the information technology field. Your new manager has
you to write a blog post describing a technological product, practice, or process that at least one group of employees will soon implement. Your manager has approved the blog post from Task 1, and now you will create a multimedia presentation that discusses the content in the blog post.
Note: You must submit a Panopto URL for this task.
Requirements
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Create a multimedia presentation using presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint). The presentation should cover the main points from your blog article in Task 1 and include the following components:
1. a minimum of five slides, including a title slide
2. a minimum of two visual elements (e.g., photos, charts, graphs with sources cited)
B. Create a narrated multimedia presentation recording based on the Task 1 blog post. Submit your narrated presentation as a Panopto VIEWER link. To generate this link, use Panopto or another recording software to create a video file that can be uploaded to Panopto. The recording should not be a demonstration of the technological product, but a review of the same material required in the blog post. Ensure the recording meets the following criteria:
1. is 5–7 minutes long
2. uses the slides to enhance the presentation from part A
3. demonstrates effective delivery skills (e.g., speaks clearly, audibly, and at an appropriate pace)
Note:
• The video must feature your voice presenting the multimedia presentation. When recording, disable the webcam.
• You may use Panopto to record the multimedia presentation, or you may use another software of your choice and upload the resulting video file to the D339 Panopto Dropbox. Once the video file is uploaded to Panopto, copy the “view” link for the video to the submission area for Task 2.
• For instructions on how to access and use WGU’s Panopto, refer to the “Panopto FAQs” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For the direct link and directions to login to WGU’s Panopto, refer to the “Panopto Access” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For instructions on how to submit your Panopto video, refer to the “How to Submit a Panopto Video Link for Evaluation” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
Note: File Restrictions
File names may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.