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- Simplified drop-down menus
One problem mentioned by everyone and was evident from the HW2 feedback was the packed drop-down menu under “Teacher”. The final design hides optional features (homework surveys, recitation section management, and student team management). This streamlines the experience for administrators of simpler classes, and focuses on the most important features.
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- Switching between problem sets
Many users forgot to switch to the right problem set during the paper prototyping user testing. We tried to solve the problem by giving the button "Switch" a different color, and making the header with assignment or exam name appearing bold and big on the top of the page. During our final user testing, forgetting to switch to the right pset continued to be a problem. We might solve the problem by change the button name to "Switch Pset/Exam" and only highlighting the assignment and exam names in the title.
Forms (including
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posting a new assignment)
In the heuristic evaluation, we got many feedback about our long forms. People also mentioned that they do not know what some fields are for in the form. In the final design, we simplified our forms, and added placeholder information in many fields as a sample.
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