Dynamically Updating Service Calendar

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Dynamically Updating Service Calendar

• Michael Dotterer (mdotter1_at_wam.umd.edu)
• Michael Reilly (mjreilly_at_wam.umd.edu)
• Developed for CMSC 434Human-Computer
  Interaction
• Dr. Ben Shneiderman, Fall 2005

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DUSC Goals in Brief

• Created for Alpha Phi Omega
• Give service information
• Dynamic calendar
• Incorporate static data
• Be intuitive
• Follow Eight Golden Rules
• Allow for authentication
• Be attractive and appealing
• Be unique

Goals Back-end Front-end
Intermission Usability Test Future Work
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Back-end Requirements

• Database support
• Communication with website
• Protected access
• We chose MySQL and Perl

Goals Back-end Front-end
Intermission Usability Test Future Work
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Front-end Requirements

• Eight golden rules
• Communicate with back-end
• Presentable on web
• Rich environment
• We chose Flash

Goals Back-end Front-end
Intermission Usability Test Future Work
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Intermission
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Usability Test

• Members of fraternity
• Formal and informal test
• Informal round table
• Formal pretest and posttest surveys
• Informal tasks
• Changes applied to prototype

Goals Back-end Front-end
Intermission Usability Test Future Work
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Future Work

• Content modifier
• Added account functionality
• Increase calendar error correction
• Edit member undo functionality

Thanks to Professor Ben Shneiderman, Aaron Hopp,
Hana Lee, Ben Parker, Zalian Za, and the Brothers
of Alpha Phi Omega, Epsilon Mu Chapter.
Goals Back-end Front-end
Intermission Usability Test Future Work
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Fin