Transcript Web-App-Slides - Kutztown University

Joo Tan & Heather Duncan
Kutztown University
of Pennsylvania
 Research
Grant
 Web application
• Autistic individuals
• Daily routines with minimal supervision
 Apple
iPad
 Survey
• 1 in 88 children (2012)
• Up from 1 in 110 children (2007)
 Categories
• Autistic (“classic”) disorder
 Severe
 Mid-range
• Asperger syndrome
 Apple
iPad
 HTML5
 jQuery Mobile
 Goals
• Easy to use
• Simple visual interface
• Precise instructions
• Reward phrases/prompts
• Detailed steps
• Video/Voice option
 Phase
1
• Surveyed existing mobile applications
• Surveyed existing features in apps
• Analyzed requirements
• Initial design (mockups)
 Use cases
 Scenarios
 Phase
2
• Gathered suitable tasks
• Created prototype web application
• Usage testing with one client
• Modifications to application
• Testing with four other clients
• Analyzed results
• Minor adjustments
Main Step
Include
detailed
instructions
&
Show
completed
steps
Main step
with detailed
instructions
Available tasks
Main step with
detailed
instructions
& completed
steps
 Supervisor
Interface
• Enter/update instructions
• Include audio/video
 Database
• Save/update tasks
• Populate task instructions
 Report
• Timekeeping/Duration
• Summary of attempted tasks
 Simple
yet effective web application
 Positive feedback
 Most useful for mid-range individuals
Questions?