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- Searchers
- Primary Intent
- Discover different HASS classes.
- Find HASS classes that have certain desirable characteristics (ie, small amounts of writing required).
- Expectations
- Site should be easy to navigate.
- Site should be secure and anonymous
- Site should have reliable information
- Characteristics
- Does not want to spend a large amount of time sifting through MIT Subject Evaluation pages.
- Short attention span.
- Want to be served both TLDRs and longer descriptions if necessary.
- Anecdotes
- Primary Intent
- Informers
- Primary Intent
- Share information with people that they might not know
- Prevent students from falling into pitfall HASS classes
- Expectations
- Should be very easy to submit information
- Site should be secure and anonymous
- Characteristics
- Angry people who had a bad experience
- People who had an above and beyond experience
- People who liked the professor, but may not have like the class
- Primary Intent
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Task Analysis:
- Browse for easy classes (by type, CI-H, HASS A/S/H)
- Integrated advanced search by variety of fields
- Number of pages of required reading and writing
- Hours of work each week
- Time class meets
- Number of class sessions each week
- Integrated advanced search by variety of fields
- Submit reviews of classes → gain user credibility
- Link credibility rating to user’s certificate.
- Enable hashtags for fast searching
- Give overall ratings (classes could be worth taking even if they aren’t easy)
- One unified “central opinion” based on post ranking.
- Submission form for 1-sentence opinions.