GR6 - User Testing
Design
Homepage
- Comment style of news
From the heuristic evaluation feedback, people like the comment style of news. They think it is “very clear as to what items are related or not”. “Visibility is good, and minimalist aesthetic is good”.
We are keeping the comment style of news as the homepage with deadlines displayed in a list on the right.
- Simplified drop-down menus
One problem mentioned by everyone and was evident from the HW2 feedback was the packed drop-down menu under “Teacher”. The final design hides optional features (homework surveys, recitation section management, and student team management). This streamlines the experience for administrators of simpler classes, and focuses on the most important features.
Implementation
We decided to build a Web application, so we didn’t have to worry about users installing software, but this exposed our UI to the limitations of CSS. For example, we initially designed the grade entry form as a full-screen sheet that has horizontal and vertical scroll-bars, and the first row and first column are fixed to offer context. CSS made this hard enough that we didn’t have time for it.
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