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TaskTask CriticalityWhereDescription of IssueImpactP1P2P3P4P5FrequencySeverityIntervieweesImpactTask Criticality
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OnboardingOnboarding: Create a brain and name it after yourself4Startup Screen User is confused about whether the green color of the "connect" button indicates the robot is successfully connected.3111111.0012.00P1: Will5 (blocker) 4 Essential Task
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4Startup Screen User clicks into the tab and was confused about all the different brain names110.200.80P2: Sean3 (major)3
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Onboarding: Start the Brain4Startup Screen User did not save the brain.5110.408.00P3: Yiyang2 (minor)2
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Scenario 1Task 1: Add 1 neurons and set it to "highly active"4Run Time ScreenUser did not realize that they need to go to "Design Mode" to make changes to the brain.311110.809.60P4: Julie1(suggestion)1 Not Essential At All
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4Design ModeUser is confused about what do the numbers after "A," "B," "C," "D," and "ID" mean.1.5110.402.40P5: MJ
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4Design ModeUser is confused after clicking on "add a neuron", because nothing happens210.201.60
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Task 2: Add 4 new neurons and set each neuron to "quiet"3Design ModeUser thought that they had to click "Add Many Neurons" if they wanted to add more than one neuron, not realizing that this button allowed them to upload a new brain. This required user to start new brain from scratch.411110.809.60
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3Design ModeUser mentioned that they skipped the buttons because they didn’t know what it meant. Button labeling issue 210.201.20
Theme: Issue with button labels do not fit user's mental model.
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3Design ModeUser tried to change numbers while adding a new neurons, they wanted to see how changing numbers will affect neurons.
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Theme: No way to undo work, cancelling, giving user a chance to fix mistakes
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3Design ModeUser tried to delete multiple neurons at once but failed to do so.210.201.20
Learnability: Decent
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3Design ModeAfter clicking on "Add Many Neurons," a drop-down menu with a list of terminologies (Brain names). The user is confused about these terminologies and unsure what these terminologies refer to.1110.401.20
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3Design ModeUser tried to undo the last action performed (uploaded a existing brain) but failed to do so.5110.406.00
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Task 3: Extend an excitatory axon from the presynaptic highly active neuron to each of the quiet neurons.
4Design ModeIt is too easy for user to add a new neuron by accidentally clicking on screen. This requires user to constantly delete accidental neurons.3111111.0012.00
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4Design ModeUser had difficulty remembering which neuron is "active" vs "quiet." This required user to either delete/create new neurons, or rely on memory to remember which neuron is which, or reset each neuron's type.4111111.0016.00
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4Design ModeUser did not know which direction the neural signal was flowing (postsynaptic to presynaptic or presynaptic to postsynaptic). This required user to delete axons and recreate the axon extension.511110.8016.00
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4Design ModeUser tried to add neurons on the sensors (eyes, wheels)2110.403.20
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4Design ModeUser was confused about what the number 100 indicates when creating an axon.210.201.60
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4Design ModeFour antennas show around the neuron after clicking on the "Extend an Axon" button. User thought he should select one of the antennas first to extend an axon to another neuron.110.200.80
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4Design ModeUser mentioned there is no easy way for them to cancel the selection of a neuron.31110.607.20
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4Design ModeUser complains that adding axons for 4 neurons is simply repetition work. User expect to multi-extend axons instead210.201.60
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Task 4: Increase each axon's weight (mV) voltage by increments of 10 starting at 0 to 30.3Design ModeUser thought that "Edit Properties" meant they could change the axon's weight, not realizing that they changed the neuron.31110.605.40
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3Design ModeUser clicked "Run Script" and could not find the "Cancel" button to go back to the main menu.310.201.80
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3Design ModeUser did not realize that they had to go to "Extend an Axon" then RECREATE the axon extension to edit the Axon Weight.5111111.0015.00
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3Design ModeUser was confused about what an axon's weight means.1110.401.20
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3Design ModeNot being able to delete an axon: User accidentally added an extra axon while trying to edit the weight of other axons and had hard time finding a way to delete the extra axon before realizing that they need to set the value to 0 to delete.511110.8012.00
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3Design ModeUnable to undo the step of clicking the button "extending an axon". In order to undo this step, user need to finish creating the axon first then delete the axon.3110.403.60
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3Design ModeUser thought it was weird to have nothing when the axon weight is 0, even though the user thought it kind of makes sense.110.200.60
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Task 5: Go to the “Run Time” Dashboard and observe the patterns of the neurons. 3Design ModeDid not immediately realize the difference between "Runtime" and "Design Mode" and did not realize that user had to go to "Runtime" to see a reaction3110.403.60
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3Design ModeUser expected some feedback after clicking on the “save the brain” button to indicate the user had successfully saved the brain.2110.402.40
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3Run Time ScreenConfused by what a "blinking" neuron means: Does it mean, "error message?" or that the neuron is "activated."110.200.60
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Task 6: LEARNING OBJECTIVE: What is the minimum synapse weight to trigger spiking of the quiet neuron?3Run Time ScreenUser did not notice the Neuron plot graph at the bottom of run time2110.402.40
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Usability TaskTask 1: Can you change one of the highly active neurons to quiet?2-
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2Design ModeUser tried to drag the neuron in order to move it before realizing that it doesn't work. 3110.402.40
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Task 2: Can you move the active neuron to the right and group the quiet neurons to the left side of the brain?
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Task 3: Can you delete a neuron?4-
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Task 4: Extra challenge: Can you delete an axon?4-
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Task 5: Can you save the brain?4-
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Task 6: [Once they save the brain, take them to the main screen] Can you upload the brain that you just saved?4Run TimeDid not realize that "Stop" would take user to onboarding screen.31110.607.20
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4Design ModeUser was confused about wheter or not they shoud save the brain before returning to the Run Time210.201.60
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Scenario 2: Make the robot move forward when it sees red.Task 1: Make a new brain4-
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Task 2: Place one neuron on the left side and another neuron on the right side of the brain.3-
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Task 3: Extend an excitatory axon from the left eye to the right neuron. Extend another excitatory axon from the right eye to the left neuron.4-
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4Design ModeInconsistency of flow and menu when extending an axon from the sensory nueron and from the nueron inside the brain.310.202.40
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4Design ModeUser is confused about what "red-left" and "red-right" mean. User wonders whether he should select "red-left" when extending axon from the left eye instead of selecting "red."31110.607.20
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Task 4: Extend an excitatory axon from the left neuron to the left motor and set the strength to 15.4Design ModeUser is confused about how the brain on the interface map with the robot.(ex: User is confused about which wheel on the platform matches to which wheel on the robot.)310.202.40
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4Design ModeUser was initially confused about what motor means. Proceeded to click wheels guessing that they can be motors. Because the user couldn't click on the motor, they were still confused where the motor is.210.201.60
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4Design ModeUser tries "attach script" thinking that will create a connection between neuron and the motor. It didn't work and the user was frustrated.310.202.40
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Task 5: Test the brain by making the robot move forward. 3Runtime ModeUser had hard time finding the eyes/camera of the robot. 210.201.20
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Scenario 2: Make the robot move backwards if it runs into an objectTask 6: Add a third neuron, and make it quiet.
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Task 7: Extend an axon from the distance sensor to the newly created third neuron and set the distance to medium.3Design ModeUser is confused about which neuron on the interface refers to the distance sensor. It takes the user some guessing to figure out which is the distance sensor.3110.403.60
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Task 8: Extend an axon from the third neuron to the motor neuron.
4User did not realize he had to extend the axons to both sides of the wheels.110.200.80
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Task 9: Test the brain by making the robot move backwards.40.000.00
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Scenario 2: Make the robot make a sound when it moves backwardsTask 10: Extend an axon from the third neuron to the speaker neuron.4Design ModeThought that the microphone was the speaker, so accidentally connected the neuron to the microphone.210.201.60
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Task 11: Run the Brain4-
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Task 12: Put an object in front of the robot again, does the robot make a sound when it detects the object in front of it and moves backwards?
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Extra Credit: 40.000.00
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