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Drawing inspiration from the heuristic evaluations, I aimed for simplicity in redesigning the aesthetic appearance and layout of the gradebook. I restructured a significant amount of the back-end to support user modification of gradebook entries and provided more affordances on the front-end for the user to identify the grade modification functionality. These changes provide a more dynamic experience by allowing the user to modify grades by simply clicking on the grade entry itself, entering a new score into a popover, and pressing "save." I also added user customization and feedback to sending grade reports, which treats assignments like attachments in email and allows for the addition of messages.
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