Rutgers Course Review

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Rutgers Course Review

• Group 4 Alex Acosta, Vlademir Aveno, Anujha
  Balasubramanian, Srinivas Putta

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Purpose of the Interface

• To enable students to make effective choices when
  selecting courses, by providing more background
  information about the class and professor.
• To assist the professors in providing more
  effective and student-friendly courses, based on
  the students feedback.

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Users of the interface

• Two types of users.
• - Students of the Rutgers University.
• - Professors of the university.

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Some scenarios of use

• A student is looking at the number of courses
  available during the registration time, and would
  like more help in making his/her choice.
• A professor has a high dropout rate for his
  classes, and would like to know why this is
  happening.
• A student has a heavy load of courses in a
  semester, and would like to select one more
  course that would be a little easy on time and
  effort.

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Student Tasks

• Login to website.
• View comments on courses and professors.
• Post comments on courses and professors.
• Choose to leave comments as anonymous.
• To post comments, student must prove they have
  taken the course.
• Leave a general rating for the professor.
• Communicate with others in the forum if any
  further information may be needed.

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Professor Tasks

• Login to the website with Professor privileges.
• View comments posted about them.
• Post comments about course.
• Upload course schedule or syllabus.
• Upload class statistics.
• Able to select between classes taught (if
  professor teaches more than one class).

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Prototype 1

• This prototype is for the task performed by the
  students.

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Welcome to Rutgers Course Review!
Home Login v Discussion FAQs
Search
Student Professor

• Purpose
• To enhance the course selection process for
  students.
• To help professors to gap bridge between students
  and professors.
• To help make courses more productive for
  students.

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Options

• Student Login
• Review comments and ratings
• Post comments and ratings
• 2. Professor Login

Back to Home Page
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Student Login
User ID
Password
Confirm
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Search Course (part 1)
Logout
Select Department
Information Technology and
Economics Engineering Food Science Information
Technology and Psychology Sociology
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Search Course (part 2)
Logout
Select Course
Human and Computer Inter
Administration in E-commerce Computer
Security Database Technologies Human and Computer
Interaction Social Informatics Web Design
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Search Professor (part 3)
Logout
Past professors of HCI

• Mya Bhatt
• Justin Case
• John Doe
• Jacek Gwizdka
• Will Smith

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Validation
Logout
Please provide the following information in order
to verify that you have taken the course.
Student ID Current GPA
Semester Taken
Course Grade
Confirm
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Student Posting Comments
Logout
(enter a comment about your professor or course
bellow)
In order to give a rating, please post a comment
first.
Leave Anonymous Comment? (Check box for
yes)
Confirm
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Leave Rating
Logout
How well would you rate this professor or class
(5 being the highest)?
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2
3
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5
Confirm
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Thanks
Logout
Thank you for your posted comment and rating. We
appreciate your input.
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Prototype 2

• This prototype is for the task performed by the
  professors.

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Welcome to Rutgers Course Review!
Home Login v Discussion FAQs
Search
Student Professor

• Purpose
• To enhance the course selection process for
  students.
• To help professors to gap bridge between students
  and professors.
• To help make courses more productive for
  students.

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Options

• Student Login
• 2. Professor Login
• Review comments and ratings
• Upload course overview and syllabus
• Upload class statistics

Back to Home Page
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Professor Login
User ID
Password
Confirm
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Class Selection
Logout
Please enter course ID for which you would like
to post statistics
Confirm
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Class Statistics
Logout
Please provide the following information
regarding the previously taught course.
Semester Taught Class Size
Drop Out Ratio
Average Grade
Confirm
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Class Statistics (part 2)
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Average attendance per class
Average mid-term grade
Average final grade
Confirm
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Professor Confirmation
Logout
Please enter course authorization code
Please enter RCI ID
Confirm
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Importance of Cognitive Walkthrough

• Aided in analyzing the design of the interface
• Visibility
• Showed the functions of the interface through the
  users perspective
• Usability
• Pointed out strengths/weaknesses of the interface

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Proposed Changes

• Addition of
• Log out button
• Colors
• Revision of
• Student tasks
• Professor tasks