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UMDSurvival

UMDSurvival. 12/7/2009 Emmanuel T. Apau – kaveiii@gmail.com Tom Rogan – trogan@umd.edu Ed Nishihama – enishiha@gmail.com Alan Jackoway – jackoway@umd.edu. The Problem. Many things about college are best learned from other people. Some things can only be learned from experience.

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UMDSurvival

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  1. UMDSurvival 12/7/2009 Emmanuel T. Apau – kaveiii@gmail.com Tom Rogan – trogan@umd.eduEd Nishihama – enishiha@gmail.comAlan Jackoway – jackoway@umd.edu

  2. The Problem • Many things about college are best learned from other people. • Some things can only be learned from experience. • Many University programs and policies are not well known. • It can be difficult to anonymously advertise events on campus.

  3. Last time, on the Internet. • Free Stuff @ Maryland • Gives information about free events • College Confidential • Gives information “only a student would know” • Rate My Professors • Gives information about professors • OurUMD • Gives information about classes and professors

  4. Approach • Forum-based community • Allows discussion on many topics of interest to students such as • Events • Class Ratings • University Policies and Secrets • Users remain anonymous if desired • Only Univeristy of Maryland students/faculty allowed.

  5. Demo or Pictures • THIS IS NOT DONE

  6. Usability Test • 8 UMD Students and 1 Prospective Student • Students were given a few actions such as: • Post an event and verify its post • Register for the site • Find a good class for next semester • Find information about a free food event • Look for help pertaining to the site • Give feedback to a thread creator

  7. Usability Results • Overall, most found the site easy to use. • Some layout bugs were discovered • Need more here

  8. Future Work • There are some features, such as a special notation for events with food, we would like to add. • We would like to add Twitter support. • Currently, we are not filtering new registrations by email address, but we may filter non-umd emails out.

  9. Conclusions • ?

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