GR3 - Paper Prototyping

Prototype photos

Briefing

We introduced Spotlight to our users, telling them that it is a collaborative photo sharing site. We explained that this is a social site that can be used to share photos, similar to Facebook because people can view photos and comment on them. However, we informed the user that our site is different because it has the added benefit that friends can be allowed to add, delete, or rearrange photos in addition to just viewing the photos. We described that our site is similar to Google Docs, but for photos, where the owner of a circle can allow contributions from their friends.

Scenario Tasks

The tasks we asked our users to perform were as follows:

1. Create an account.
2. Create a new circle of friends and add photos to your circle.
3. View a circle, either one that was newly added by a friend or one that has updates.
4. View a photo and comment on it.
5. Add photos to an existing circle.
6. Change share settings on one of your circles, either by adding more people, or changing the privacy settings.

We came up with two hypothetical personas that we gave to our users so they could get in the correct mindset while using our site. The first persona is a college student who is new to Photo Circle and wants to create a new circle to share photos with friends. This person was asked to perform tasks 1, 2, and 6. The second persona was a college student who was added to a circle and wanted to view newly posted photos in the circle. This person was asked to perform tasks 3, 4, and 5.

Observations

Prototype iteration