Open AccessDesign and Development of a Prototype for a Web-Based Interface for Online Material for Tanzanian Youth
Author(s) -
C. Chumo,
E.A.M. Mjema
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
tanzania journal of engineering and technology/tanzania journal of engeering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1821-536X
pISSN - 2619-8789
DOI - 10.52339/tjet.v31i2.432
Subject(s) - dar es salaam , interface (matter) , the internet , world wide web , user interface , web application , participatory design , computer science , identification (biology) , citizen journalism , engineering , tanzania , geography , mechanical engineering , botany , parallels , bubble , environmental planning , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , biology , operating system
A prototype of a web-based interface for an online database was developed to be used by youth organizations in Dar-es-Salaam. A participatory approach involving secondary students in the identification of user interface requirements, in designing and testing the prototype was used. A questionnaire was designed and manned in seven secondary schools in Dar-es-Salaam to estimate the Internet usage. Interviews were conducted to countercheck the questionnaire responses. The interview and the questionnaire helped to come up with a set of user requirements for the web-based interface of an online information search. From thespecifications of the user requirements the author was able to create a youth-friendly web based prototype that can be used by youth groups in Dar-es-Salaam.