CHI '97 Design Briefings:
Review Form
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BEGIN: REVIEW FORM FOR CHI 97 DESIGN BRIEFINGS
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. This form should be filled out and
returned by email (as ASCII text, NOT
as an attached document) to your associate
chair.
2. The deadline is Thursday, October 17,
1996. PLEASE be prompt. If for any reason
you're going to miss your deadline PLEASE
inform your associate chair, with a
cc to thomas@apple.com
3. Enter your ratings and/or comments within the
pairs of angle brackets, << >>: <<Like this>>
4. You should treat the design briefings and
their reviews as confidential materials, not
to be discussed outside the CHI reviewing
process.
5. Please see the Reviewers Guidelines
document for more information.
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REVIEWER NUMBER: << >>
DESIGN BRIEFING NUMBER: << >>
DESIGN BRIEFING TITLE: << >>
1. Briefly SUMMARIZE the design briefing:
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2. Rate the QUALITY OF THE USER INTERFACE
using the scale:
1 = poor
2 = fair
3 = average
4 = good
5 = excellent
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Comments:
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3. DESIGN PROCESS: How interesting is the
story that is told about the development
of the interface?
1 = not at all interesting/nothing said
3 = somewhat interesting
5 = very interesting
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Comments:
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4. QUALITY OF SELF-CRITICISM: Did the
the authors critically reflect upon
content and process of their design?
Did they discuss problems in their
interface, and shortcomings in their
process as well as what went right?
1 = unconvincing / little was said
3 = a few insights
5 = very valuable
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Comments:
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5. DESIGN RATIONALE. Did the authors
explain the rationale behind their
design?
1 = unconvincing / little was said
3 = a few insights
5 = very valuable
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Comments:
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6. EVALUATION: Did the authors explain the
techniques they used to assess various
features of their design? Did they discuss
how they made tradeoffs between various
features and functionality?
1 = unconvincing / little was said
3 = a few insights
5 = very valuable
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Comments:
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7. Rate the QUALITY OF WRITING on the
following scale:
1 = poor, I had difficulty understanding
what they did and why
3 = OK
5 = excellent, clear and well-written
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8. Provide any OTHER COMMENTS you believe
would be useful to the authors.(e.g. How
could the writing be improved? Is there
similar work they should be aware of? Are
there particular things that should -- or
should not-- be emphasized in the
presentation?):
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9. OVERALL RATING: Should this design briefing
be accepted for CHI 97?
1 = Definitely reject
2 = Probably reject
3 = Could go either way
4 = Probably accept
5 = Definitely accept
(Note that your overall rating should not
be an average of the individual ratings;
it should reflect your expert opinion of
the value of this briefing for the CHI
community):
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10.SUMMARIZE YOUR OVERALL RATING of the briefing,
pointing out which aspects (both positive and
negative) you weighted most heavily:
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11.Rate YOUR EXPERTISE in the area addressed
by the design briefing:
1 = Very unconfident, really just a guess
2 = Rather unconfident, but I know a bit
3 = Moderately confident, I know as much as most
4 = Pretty confident, I know this area well
5 = Extremely confident, I consider myself an expert
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12. Provide any comments that you feel are
relevant to the review process but that
you do NOT want FORWARDED to the author(s):
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END: REVIEW FORM FOR CHI 97 DESIGN BRIEFINGS
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Updated on 8/19/96 by thomas@apple.com.