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Multimedia Café

The Multimedia Café is a flexible space that provides food, study areas, computer access, and a relaxed atmosphere for students to eat, drink, study, and socialize. It promotes cross-disciplinary inquiry and creates a sense of community. Students can work individually or in groups while enjoying food, drinks, and leisure time.

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Multimedia Café

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  1. Multimedia Café Albert Chang, Shawn Joseph, Christine Le, Takako Nunomura, David Roth

  2. Selected Initial Learning Commons Requirements • Provide flexible, multi-use space and services. • Promote cross-disciplinary inquiry and discourse. • Create a sense of community where students, faculty, researchers, staff and community both contribute to and take from a knowledge creation and dissemination process

  3. Our reason • Students don’t have a place to eat, drink, study, access computers, relax, and socialize in one location.

  4. Proposed Solution • Multimedia Café • Addresses the problem description • Provides multi-use space. • Creates a community where students of different disciplines can come and work together.

  5. Café Requirements • Access to food and drinks • Study and eat/drink concurrently • Study individually • Study in groups • Relax/leisure time Work Tables Food Books Computers Caffeine +_Couches__ STUDENT HAVEN!

  6. Initial Design: Café Functionalities • Group Tables w/ computer terminals – group work • Internet Bar & Work Tables – individual work • Coffee & Snack Counter – food/drinks • Coffee Tables & Couches – relaxation/leisure

  7. Initial Design: Other Functionalities • Restroom Access • Wireless Internet • ADA approved access • Can be used by visually, hearing, and mobility impaired users.

  8. Initial Design: Layout

  9. User Data Collection • We surveyed approximately 100 students in the reserve room, in the CSLs, and in The Park.

  10. 90% said they liked the idea of the Café 74% said they would use the Café at least occasionally User Data Collection Results

  11. 73% said the Café would be useful for individual work 81% said the Café group tables would be useful Types of work done

  12. Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation • Surveyed similar system • Food/drink selection • Study environment for both individual & group work • Access wireless internet (T-Mobile Hotspot) • Access to books and study materials

  13. Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation • Good things • Lots of access to magazines • Quiet atmosphere • Food and drink available

  14. Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation • Bad things • Tables only for customers • Wireless only for T-mobile subscribers • Laptops were only computer access • No database for searching books

  15. So you built a diorama? • After doing 3 projects on the internet café we wanted to build something that would bring all the pieces together. • So we built a prototype based on our initial brainstorming and storyboard, the user survey’s we conducted, and our usability evaluation.

  16. Aspects that changed due to user input • Coffee tables and group tables were switched to put the loud group tables closer to the coffee bar. • Added a central aisle to promote easier movement. • Added a magazine stand inside. • Added high quality printing.

  17. Prototype – Layout & Group Tables

  18. Prototype – Lounge & Internet Bar

  19. Prototype – Individual Workstations & Bathrooms

  20. Prototype – Café Bar

  21. Final Assessment • We feel that the data we gathered help us to make the Café more user-centered. • Based on the reactions we received and our own opinions we feel that a Multimedia Café would be a good addition to campus.

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  23. Questions and Comments • Any questions? • Any comments on the final design? • How’s our driving? 1-900-555-5483

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