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Users can click on the label for each panel to switch to that view, or drag the label in order to see two views simultaneously.

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Sally signs up on the HAAG website. Once she logs in she is greeted with an empty task list, except for an encouragement to start adding classes. Sally wants to add 6.005 to her classes, so she clicks on the Find Classes Label.

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Searching for 6.005 brings up two results, and Sally clicks the subscribe button next to the feed for the current semester's version of the class.

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Unfortunately, Sally's search for 6.813 doesn't turn up any results, so she clicks on the New Class button and is greeted with the following screen. She enters the information for the class and clicks the Create! button.

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After creating the new class feed, Sally is automatically brought to the Add Assignments panel, where she enters some assignments for the class. Once she has finished adding assignments, she clicks on the Submit button to add them to the class feed.

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Going back to the Task List view, Sally can see the upcoming assignments for 6.005 and 6.813. Checking the Show Completed Assignments checkbox lets her see that the assignments Add Some Classes! has automatically been marked completed.

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Since Sally has already completed the HW1 assignment for 6.813, she decides to mark it as completed by clicking the Complete button next to the task. She is given the option to rate the assignment's difficulty and record how many hours it took her to complete it.

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To remind her to study, Sally decides to add a private assignment for each 6.813 nanoquiz. She drags on the Add Assignments label until her view is split between it and the Task List. She then creates an assignment that repeats every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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Later, Sally remembers that she completed a 6.005 assignment the night before. She doesn't want to pull out her laptop, so she uses her iPhone to mark the assignment as completed.

Analysis

Learnability -
positive points

  • Seeing two views at once lets users see the results of their changes. For example, they can add assignments while seeing the task list, and add classes while seeing their subscription list.

Learnability -
negative points

Efficiency -
positive points

  • Repeating events are easy to create

Efficiency -
negative points

Safety -
positive points

Safety -
negative points