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This design is centered on a main window presenting most items required during daily use. This window – the dashboard – is composed of the following main items:
1) A tabs panel, corresponding to the classes subscribed by the student;
2) A messages panel, aggregating information from different sources (other students, instructors, system messages, etc.);
3) An assignments panel, listing the next due assignments for the student.
New classes and assignments can be created with the “+” icons, located in the tabs row and at the bottom of the assignments list.
The message panel aggregates information from different sources, such as notifications of new assignments entered by others (which must be accepted or declined by each student), news, reminders, and system messages.
The assignments panel lists the tasks already accepted by the student. An assignment can be added to the list in two different ways: by accepting it when it appears in the message window, or by creating a new assignment via the UI. Most of the times, only due assignments will be shown in the list, usually ordered by their due date or urgency.
This designed is well-suited for a web application, especially if techniques such as AJAX are used to provide high-level feedback and to improve UI responsiveness. In a typical dashboard layout, a large part of the user’s time should be spent on the main page (i.e., the dashboard). In the proposed design, frequent and simple actions will be performed in modal dialogs, while some specific tasks (especially those involving larger data entry) will be carried out in specifically designed pages.
This design also contemplates a smartphone interface, which will be used mainly to mark completed items when the student is not at a desktop computer.
This design is centered on a main view that presents most of the items required during daily use. This view – the dashboard – is composed of the following main items:
- A tabs panel, corresponding to the classes subscribed by the student;
- A messages panel, aggregating information from different sources (other students, instructors, system messages, etc.);
- An assignments panel, listing the next due assignments for the student.
New classes and assignments can be created with the “+” icons, located in the tabs row and at the bottom of the assignments list.
The message panel aggregates information from different sources, such as notifications of new assignments entered by others (which must be accepted or declined by each student), news, reminders, and system messages.
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