Page History

Create a Tournament

In order to create a tournament, Larry would first log in and then be taken to his account home screen.  At the top of the page there is a header bar which includes the “create tournament” button on the right side.  He would click on this button in order to be taken to the “create a tournament” page.  The header bar remains on the page.    
In order to create a tournament Larry must type in a name for the tournament and choose the type of tournament he wants (by checking the box, next to the different choices).  He can also specify the end date of the tournament joining period (using the standard popup calendar widget) and/or add extra information about the tournament.  Once he fills in this information he can click the “create” button which then updates the page with the following message and participation link:
  Your tournament has been created.
  Participation link. Send this link to anyone you wish to invite.
  link
Clicking on the link will take Larry to the tournament information page, where Larry can update tournament information, manage the tournament, and view the tournament. 

Pro:
This page includes familiar widgets such as the textbox, checkboxes, and popup calendar.The page is self-explanatory with brief descriptions for each component of the tournament creation i.e. name, type, join period and a “create tournament” button  

Con: 
No visible view/description of the different types of tournaments. This requires knowledge about the types of tournaments i.e. round-robin, single-elimination, etc.

Pro:
This one page includes all the information needed to create a tournament, so there is no need to go through multiple pages/steps.

Pro:
If Larry makes a mistake and wants to change the type of tournament, the join period, etc. he can click on the link and update the tournament information.

Con:
Editing information once he creates a tournament requires navigating to a different page.

Search/Join a Tournament

Moe already has a BrackeTracker account and since Larry forgot to include Moe in his initial invitation email to join the tournament, Moe decides to search for the office ping pong tournament.  Moe logs into his account and the uses the search box at the top of the page (located on the header bar) to find the tournament by name.  Moe is able to find the tournament name and clicks the “join” button next to the name of the tournament.

The search option has standard search box format- a textbox with a descriptive “search for tournament” button.

Pro:
Able to quickly search for tournament you want to participate in by name.
Con:Moe must know the name of the tournament you wish to join.

If Moe types in the wrong name he must re-search for the right tournament

Update a Tournament

As the tournament progresses Larry, Curly, and Moe must update their status and scores as they play their matches.  Each time a pair of opponents plays a ping pong game they must decide on the winner and update that information on their account. Larry and Moe just finished a match against each other and must update their match/score.  Larry and Moe both log into their accounts, choose the appropriate tournament, located on the left side menu, which opens up the tournament view on the screen.  The overall tournament bracket image appears, with their current status in the tournament highlighted.  At the top of the page appears the tournament information which includes the current opponent and the player status (player or admin/manager for the tournament).  Larry is an admin for the tournament and is currently playing in the tournament so his status reads “admin/player”.  Moe on the other hand is a tournament participant so his status reads “player.”  Next to the current opponent is the choose winner option (this is a drop-down menu with both players) and the confirm match winner button.  Once both players have confirmed the winner of the match the tournament view updates and changes the positions of the players in the bracket.

Easy to update winners for a match, this option uses a standard drop-down menu and “confirm” button, which are self-explanatory.

Both players must confirm the winner of any given match before either of them continues the tournament.

The page updates in real-time so players can see any update changes with match information, regarding winners. 

If a player accidently chooses the wrong winner for a match he/she can wait for the opponent to confirm the winner. If the confirm winner entries do not match, the system will automatically reset the confirm winner selection for both players and both players must resubmit the match winner information.

Once both players confirm the same winner of a match, only an admin/manager can change the match information.

Manage a Tournament

This option is only available to admin/managers of the tournament.  Since Larry is an admin/manager for the office ping pong tournament his status on his tournament page reads “player/admin” and he is able to manage the tournament which includes, editing the winner/score of match or booting inactive players by clicking on the “manage” button next to his status.  Clicking on the manage button enables editing for the entire tournament so Larry can click on player in the tournament and view his/her current status, edit the winner of any match or choose to boot player, which automatically updates the match winner.  The manager view also includes a list of all the players in the match.  Larry is also able to add other admin by changing the status of a player to "player/admin."  Any admin is able to add another admin for a tournament

There are two ways that a manager can edit the tournament status, either by editing the players list, or clicking on a node on the tournament/bracket image.  This page includes a short directions message for increased learnability (so managers know that they can click on players in the tournament image to get information on a player).

Any edits a manager makes updates in real-time and is visible to the other players.

If Larry makes a mistake he must change the mistake since there is no undo button.

View a Tournament

Larry, Curly, Moe and the other office players constantly view the tournament to check not only on their current standings, but also to view the overall tournament. The page for the view a tournament is the same as the update tournament page. For example, when Moe logs onto his account, he choose the appropriate tournament, located on the left side menu, which opens up the tournament view on the screen.  The overall tournament bracket image appears, with his current status in the tournament highlighted.  At the top of the page appears the tournament information which includes the current opponent and the player status (player or admin/manager for the tournament).  Moe can easily view his own position in the tournament and is able to quickly view his past and current opponents.

Clicking on the tournament name on the left-side menu brings you to the view a tournament page.  Viewing the tournament is a very straightforward and learnable task.

The visual tournament image with a player's current status highlighted allows makes viewing a tournament a quick and time-efficient task.  

Since a player can view and update a tournament on the same, he/she could accidently change/update a tournament.