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Prototype Iteration
(Joao) Description of Changes
The interface for entering lunch information was also changed. The name of the page was changed to "Report Lunch" for clarity, and the structure of the interface was changed. Based on user feedback, it wasn't clear or intuitive how the different UI elements interacted, especially the meal entry portion of the interface and the child data entry sections. To remedy this problem, we opted to move the meal entry information into a sidebar and make the child data entry take the center stage in the pain part of the page.
We also modified the paradigm behind this portion of the interface, slightly. Instead of the lunch report feeling like a story that is "published", the lunch report now feels like a log, where you add information and submit it. Daycare workers can go back to the Report Lunches page at any time and edit the information entered if need be. As such, we eliminated the need for the checkboxes for the child tiles. This is a good change because we had problems with people knowing that they need to check or uncheck boxes when reporting lunch information for specific children.
Users were also confused by the fact that adding the first menu item will fill it by default to all child tiles, but not the second. Instead, we opted to make the meal sidebar not fill any information by default, and instead added a "Fill All" button next to each meal item.
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