Project Objectives

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Project Objectives

• Identification of requirements
• Functional requirements
• Presentational requirements
• Learning how to Design Interfaces
• Create prototype that is more accessible to all
  stakeholders

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Limitations to Project

• Not considering budget
• All ideal services included in prototype
• Several different aspects of project and time
  constraints
• Focus only on student services

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Stakeholders-Students

• Around 100 nationalities
• 13 Majors, 8 Graduate Programs
• Many visiting and transfer students
• Diversity in experience with University systems
• Not centralized campus
• Must travel to AUP

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Stakeholders-Students Cont.

• Diversity important in experience and prototype
• Attempt to keep in mind typical characteristics
  of AUP

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Stakeholders-Other

• Registrar
• Time consuming tasks that can be eliminated
• Benefits both students, staff, and university as
  a whole
• ITS Department
• Technical logistics

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Stakeholders-Other

• Housing Office
• Placing students in housing in more timely
  fashion
• Bookstore
• Selling books online
• Bursar
• Security concerns
• Payments online

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Stakeholders

• Obtain requirements that can benefit for students
  and other stakeholders
• Understanding of time consuming tasks done that
  can be put online
• Understanding better students needs by
  ascertaining what services they most interact
  with the other stakeholders

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Methodology

• Six studies
• Diary study
• Determine how information accessed, where it is
  accessed and How long it takes
• Terms used to describe my.aup
• Comparative study
• How information is organized and accessed
• Keep in mind location and particularities of
  universities
• University of San Fransisco, University of
  Wisconsin-Madison, University of Washington

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Methodology Cont.

• Usability Study
• Understand students navigation of website
• Focus Group with Students
• Availability and Accessibility of student
  services on My.AUP
• Ability for discussion and elaboration

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Methodology Cont.

• Student Questionnaires
• Wider population of AUP than focus group
• What services students use the most and what
  would be ideal in the future
• Other Stakeholders Focus Group
• Better understanding of specific tasks done for
  students
• What can be put online
• What is important to do face to face

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Final Requirements

• 205 total requirements
• 118 Requirements that were given to us

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Final Requirements

• Key issues for AUP
• Lack of student awareness/involvement on my.AUP
• 176 Searchable dictionary with American
  university system terms (e.g. transcript,
  registrar, syllabus, sophomore, gpa, cv/resume)
  and all terms used online CS5 CD4 P5
• 190 Pages with sufficient amount of information
  without being too overloaded CS4 CD4 P4
• 191 Ability to customize some aspects of My.AUP
  (e.g. what is shown on the home page) CS4 Cd3
  P3
• 192 Aesthetics must be appealing including
  examples such as color scheme and recent
  photographs. CS4, CD4, P4
• 204 Have a filter system for email where
  students can subscribe to emails, but all
  important emails (i.e. registrar) will never be
  blocked. CS5 CD5 P5
• 205 My.AUP orientation session and launch party
  (for current students) CS3 CD3 P3

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Final Requirements

• More attractive for students
• Focus group-making more like facebook
• Organization
• Photos

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Final Requirements

• My.AUP is inconsistent
• But need to take this into account with diversity
• Use requirements to make website that is
  characteristic of AUP
• E.g. requirement 176 searchable dictionary

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Final Requirements

• More included on site
• More organized
• More attractive
• More AUP
• And More student involvement

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Thank You!

• -The CM/CS 348 Human Computer Interaction Class