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Plan for School is a university application organizer that provides tools to manage application information and deadlines. User research found it difficult for applicants to track requirements and deadlines without notifications, and for recommenders to keep track of many recommendation requests. The application addresses these issues through an interface with modular school pages, breadcrumb navigation, and an accordion sidebar. Usability testing found the layout intuitive but identified confusions over saving requirements and adding recommenders. Suggestions included online document editing and version control.

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PLAN FOR SCHOOL user centered research evaluation carnegie mellon university
Plan for School is a university applications organizer that provides tools to manage the information required for the successful and timely completion of university applications.
WHY PLAN FOR SCHOOL ?
USER RESEARCH
PROSPECTIVE PROFESSORS GRADUATE STUDENTS STUDENT (recommenders) (domain experts)
USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS AFFINITY DIAGRAM
USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS ARTIFACTS
USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS ARTIFACTS
USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS ARTIFACT DIAGRAM
USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS CULTURAL DIAGRAM ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM What information do I need to fill? Fill all this What Fill in all the information, information. information do I Can you remind Also look at other need to fill? me about the unnecessary information Sorry there are no deadline? Can you reminder emails. Sorry, there are remind me about no reminder emails the deadlines? Can you review my APPLICANT Can you recommend RECOMMENDER Gather all the me to this college? Frame the admission documents? application information recommendation letter Ask for Complete the It looks fine. recommendations Can you give me recommendation FRIENDS Maybe you Complete the online the details? Can you please should change application I completely forgot Provide suggestion this. Send the application about the deadline? consider this applicant and feedback materials for admissions? Look at my Can you please portfolio. Also I am tell me about your interested in working with you. research? DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR UNIVERSITY Review application PROFESSOR requests Guide prospective students
USER RESEARCH FINDINGS - PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS It is hard to keep a track of specific requirements for each college. The applicants (prospective students) have to constantly look at their excel sheets or notebooks to determine approaching deadlines. There are no notifications. Users do not carry all important documents everywhere and therefore are limited to completing their applications at home. Applicants face many complications when asking for recommendations and trying to keep track of the recommendation status.
USER RESEARCH FINDINGS - RECOMMENDERS It is hard for the users to keep track of all the recommendation requests. They find it tedious to make a list of pending requests. Some of the recommendation systems employed by University application administrations do not send deadline notifications. The recommenders usually get 75-100 emails everyday because of their work profile and it is easy for a recommendation email to get lost in the email list.
SKETCHES
INFORMATION FOR UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS
NAVIGATION MAP
HOME PAGE / DASHBOARD Modular Interface Design The interface was designed to support separate modules in the same view
SCHOOL PAGE Breadcrumb Navigation Provides an easy way to navigate between view hierarchies Accordion Style Sidebar Navigation Allows user to quickly browse & reference inner links
WIREFRAMES
Home Page Individual School Page HOME PAGE
LETS TAKE A LOOK
USABILITY EVALUATION
PROSPECTIVE PROFESSORS GRADUATE STUDENTS (recommenders) (domain experts) STUDENT
USABILITY EVALUATION FINDINGS Users found the layout of the pages and navigation to be very intuitive and easy to use. The breadcrumb navigation was very helpful. For the most part users relied on breadcrumbs for navigation. Users were confused about saving a new requirement to the to-do list and adding a new link for each college. Users failed to add a new recommender to a particular college when no recommenders were on the list of common recommenders.
USABILITY EVALUATION SUGGESTIONS 1. System should support online viewing and editing for documents. 2. Provisions to maintain multiple versions of the document would be helpful.
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APPENDIX - SKETCHES
COLLEGES PAGE
ADD COLLEGE PAGE
RECOMMENDER PAGE
PERSONAL INFORMATION PAGE
RECOMMENDERS HOME PAGE
APPENDIX - WIREFRAMES
HOME PAGE
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  • 1. PLAN FOR SCHOOL user centered research evaluation carnegie mellon university
  • 2. Plan for School is a university applications organizer that provides tools to manage the information required for the successful and timely completion of university applications.
  • 3. WHY PLAN FOR SCHOOL ?
  • 5. PROSPECTIVE PROFESSORS GRADUATE STUDENTS STUDENT (recommenders) (domain experts)
  • 6. USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS AFFINITY DIAGRAM
  • 7. USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS ARTIFACTS
  • 8. USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS ARTIFACTS
  • 9. USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS ARTIFACT DIAGRAM
  • 10. USER RESEARCH - DIAGRAMS CULTURAL DIAGRAM ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM What information do I need to fill? Fill all this What Fill in all the information, information. information do I Can you remind Also look at other need to fill? me about the unnecessary information Sorry there are no deadline? Can you reminder emails. Sorry, there are remind me about no reminder emails the deadlines? Can you review my APPLICANT Can you recommend RECOMMENDER Gather all the me to this college? Frame the admission documents? application information recommendation letter Ask for Complete the It looks fine. recommendations Can you give me recommendation FRIENDS Maybe you Complete the online the details? Can you please should change application I completely forgot Provide suggestion this. Send the application about the deadline? consider this applicant and feedback materials for admissions? Look at my Can you please portfolio. Also I am tell me about your interested in working with you. research? DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR UNIVERSITY Review application PROFESSOR requests Guide prospective students
  • 11. USER RESEARCH FINDINGS - PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS It is hard to keep a track of specific requirements for each college. The applicants (prospective students) have to constantly look at their excel sheets or notebooks to determine approaching deadlines. There are no notifications. Users do not carry all important documents everywhere and therefore are limited to completing their applications at home. Applicants face many complications when asking for recommendations and trying to keep track of the recommendation status.
  • 12. USER RESEARCH FINDINGS - RECOMMENDERS It is hard for the users to keep track of all the recommendation requests. They find it tedious to make a list of pending requests. Some of the recommendation systems employed by University application administrations do not send deadline notifications. The recommenders usually get 75-100 emails everyday because of their work profile and it is easy for a recommendation email to get lost in the email list.
  • 16. HOME PAGE / DASHBOARD Modular Interface Design The interface was designed to support separate modules in the same view
  • 17. SCHOOL PAGE Breadcrumb Navigation Provides an easy way to navigate between view hierarchies Accordion Style Sidebar Navigation Allows user to quickly browse & reference inner links
  • 19. Home Page Individual School Page HOME PAGE
  • 20. LETS TAKE A LOOK
  • 22. PROSPECTIVE PROFESSORS GRADUATE STUDENTS (recommenders) (domain experts) STUDENT
  • 23. USABILITY EVALUATION FINDINGS Users found the layout of the pages and navigation to be very intuitive and easy to use. The breadcrumb navigation was very helpful. For the most part users relied on breadcrumbs for navigation. Users were confused about saving a new requirement to the to-do list and adding a new link for each college. Users failed to add a new recommender to a particular college when no recommenders were on the list of common recommenders.
  • 24. USABILITY EVALUATION SUGGESTIONS 1. System should support online viewing and editing for documents. 2. Provisions to maintain multiple versions of the document would be helpful.