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Olin Degree Audit

Olin Degree Audit. Human Factors and Interface Design Nov 1, 2005. Mel Chua Rob Quimby Nick Zola. Phase 1: Proposal. What is a Degree Audit? Tool for viewing progress towards a degree Goals: Create something useful for Olin Design functional system. Phase 1: Current System.

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Olin Degree Audit

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  1. Olin Degree Audit Human Factors and Interface Design Nov 1, 2005 Mel Chua Rob Quimby Nick Zola

  2. Phase 1: Proposal • What is a Degree Audit? • Tool for viewing progress towards a degree • Goals: • Create something useful for Olin • Design functional system

  3. Phase 1: Current System

  4. Phase 2: User Interviews and Results • 4 students, 2 faculty, 2 staff • Students: • Can I graduate? • What do I still need? • What degree am I closest to? • Advisors: • Can my advisees graduate? • What do they still need? • What does Olin need to offer so that they can graduate? Note: We didn’t actually interview these people.

  5. Phase 2: Personas Prof. Sophia Bentley • Capable ECE Program Chair • Good advisor, but lacks time • Needs quick way to check on advisee progress Audrey Holden • Got-it-together ECE, certain of where she’s going • Wants easy way to plan ahead and see what she’s done Neil Lennard • E with…something • Taken a lot of classes but not sure where he is • Wants to see what he’s closest to

  6. Phase 3: Task Matrix Tasks

  7. Phase 3: Scenarios • Neil - Choosing A Major • (current system approach) • Audrey - Choosing A Major • (ideal system approach) • Sophia - Clearing For Registration • (task-based approach) • Sophia and Audrey - Transfer Credit • (current system approach)

  8. Phase 3: Design Space The process of choosing a degree at Olin. And where we think we fit…

  9. Phase 3: Initial Design Ideas

  10. Phase 4: Low-Fidelity Prototypes Auditime • Timeline-based • Expand/collapse years, including future • Remaining reqs in sidebar AuditBar • Graphic-based interface • Shows visible progress toward degree • Color-coded by semester • Remaining reqs in white • Future planning iAudit • Cross between Excel and iTunes • Resort by category • Display options • Compare multiple degrees at a time

  11. Phase 4: Results and Decisions • Overall very positive • Liked intuitive, flexible feel of iAudit/Auditime • Concerned with ICB Group, no cumulative stats, pop-up windows • Liked graphical, quick info-providing AuditBar • Concerned with course redundancy, busy-ness, time to learn • Our choice: AuditBar • Design challenge (vs. recreating Excel) • Innovative way of tracking degree progress • Visually appealing, more interesting to create

  12. Phase 5: First Interactive Prototype • Implemented changes: • New color-code • Easy-to-read key • Cumulative Stats • No redundancy • Display options • Consistent results for same action • Distinguish courses taken, taking, need to take • Demo!

  13. Big Lesson and Future Phases • Biggest Lesson Learned: • Goals aren’t sometimes foods • Future Phases • Heuristic Evaluation • 2nd Interactive Prototype • User Evaluation • 3rd Interactive Prototype • Sleep…

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