Olin Degree Audit

Mel ChuaRob QuimbyNick Zola

Human Factors and

Interface DesignNov 1, 2005

Phase 1: Proposal

What is a Degree Audit? Tool for viewing progress towards a degree

Goals: Create something useful for Olin Design functional system

Phase 1: Current System

Phase 2: User Interviews and Results

4 students, 2 faculty, 2 staff Students:

Can I graduate? What do I still need? What degree am I closest to?

Advisors: Can my advisees graduate? What do they still need? What does Olin need to offer so that they

can graduate?

Note: We didn’t actually interview these people.

Phase 2: Personas

Audrey Holden Got-it-together

ECE, certain of where she’s going

Wants easy way to plan ahead and see what she’s done

Neil Lennard E with…

something Taken a lot of

classes but not sure where he is

Wants to see what he’s closest to

Prof. Sophia Bentley

Capable ECE Program Chair

Good advisor, but lacks time

Needs quick way to check on advisee progress

Phase 3: Task Matrix

Tas

ks

Phase 3: Scenarios

Neil - Choosing A Major (current system approach)

Audrey - Choosing A Major (ideal system approach)

Sophia - Clearing For Registration (task-based approach)

Sophia and Audrey - Transfer Credit (current system approach)

Phase 3: Design Space

The process of choosing a degree at Olin.

And where we think we fit…

Phase 3: Initial Design Ideas

Phase 4: Low-Fidelity Prototypes

AuditBar Graphic-based

interface Shows visible

progress toward degree

Color-coded by semester

Remaining reqs in white

Future planning

iAudit Cross between

Excel and iTunes Resort by

category Display options Compare multiple

degrees at a time

Auditime Timeline-based Expand/

collapse years, including future

Remaining reqs in sidebar

Phase 4: Results and Decisions

Overall very positive Liked intuitive, flexible feel of iAudit/Auditime

Concerned with ICB Group, no cumulative stats, pop-up windows

Liked graphical, quick info-providing AuditBar Concerned with course redundancy, busy-ness, time

to learn

Our choice: AuditBar Design challenge (vs. recreating Excel) Innovative way of tracking degree progress Visually appealing, more interesting to create

Phase 5: First Interactive Prototype

Implemented changes: New color-code Easy-to-read key Cumulative Stats No redundancy Display options Consistent results for

same action Distinguish courses

taken, taking, need to take

Demo!

Big Lesson and Future Phases

Biggest Lesson Learned:Goals aren’t sometimes foods

Future PhasesHeuristic Evaluation2nd Interactive PrototypeUser Evaluation3rd Interactive PrototypeSleep…