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- Switching between problem sets
Many users forgot to switch to the right problem set during the paper prototyping user testing. We tried to solve the problem by giving the button "Switch" a different color, and making the header with assignment or exam name appearing bold and big on the top of the page. During our final user testing, forgetting to switch to the right pset continued to be a problem. We might solve the problem by change the button name to "Switch
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- Pset/Exam" and only highlighting the assignment and exam names in the title.
Forms (including "+ Homework")
In the heuristic evaluation, we got many feedback about our long forms. People also mentioned that they do not know what some fields are for in the form. In the final design, we simplified our forms, and added placeholder information in many fields as a sample.
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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