Platform and Software Requirements:
- Tested on Chrome (latest version v26) in a MacOSX environment
- Should work on Firefox (although only with the latest version, v20). We welcome any feedback that helps in making our application browser-agnostic.
- Should work in Chrome on other OSes (Windows, Linux), but not fully tested.
Instructions for Starting Up Prototype:
- Download the following zip files:
Starmarker.zip
KaJaM.zip - Go to the KaJaM! website.
- Login with username "kajam", password "kajam".
Scenario Tasks
Scenario |
Task |
|---|---|
Imagine you are a music director, Lana, and you wish to upload some albums to the digital library via the KaJaM! interface |
Open KaJaM! and log into the system |
You have downloaded 2 albums onto your computer: Starmarker.zip and KaJaM.zip and wish to import them to the library |
Import Starmarker.zip and KaJaM.zip into the digital library |
While KaJaM.zip is importing, you wish to preview one of the tracks |
Preview (play) a track in the KaJaM album |
The track from the KaJaM album sounds familiar, and you quickly realize you have already imported the album and don't need it again |
Delete the currently importing KaJaM album |
The Starmarker.zip file finishes importing, and you wish to make sure all the track details are correct |
Inspect track details* |
You find incorrect and incomplete track details you want to fix |
Edit track details to reflect the correct information** |
You wish to approve the album to officially file it in the digital library |
Approve the album |
Before you leave, you wish to complete College Media Journal reporting for the month |
Take a look at the reporting data in the digital library |
You notice the reporting data is displaying "Pop", "Rock", "Jazz" and "Country" albums, but you want to look at "Electronica" |
Filter the reporting data to show only "Electronica" |
Now all reporting data is on "Electronica" only, but it is not sorted by play count in the last month |
Sort the reporting data by play count in the last month, in descending order |
Everything looks good, but you still want to make adjustments to the reports based on physical CD play count before submitting them |
Export the reporting data to Excel file format for further editing |
Now that you are all done, you wish to go home |
Done! |
*The album contains tracks with pre-tagged information, but some are incorrect or incomplete:
Track # |
Track Name |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Release Date |
Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
While I'm Dead |
Starmarker |
Unknown |
Polyvinyl |
|
|
2 |
Sand Beauty |
Starmarker |
Unknown |
Polyvinyl |
|
|
3 |
Silvre Lining |
Starmarker |
Unknown |
Polyvinyl |
|
|
**The facilitator assumes Lana Googles the album information, so facilitator provides all the correct information to the user on a separate sheet of paper:
Track # |
Track Name |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Release Date |
Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
While I'm Dead |
Starmarker |
Killer Kilometer |
Polyvinyl |
20/02/2013 |
Electronica/RPM |
2 |
Sand Beauty |
Starmarker |
Killer Kilometer |
Polyvinyl |
20/02/2013 |
Electronica/RPM |
3 |
Silver Lining |
Starmarker |
Killer Kilometer |
Polyvinyl |
20/02/2013 |
Electronica/RPM |
Shallow Parts of the Prototype
- Files are not actually uploaded to the application, and the 'contents' of uploaded files are randomly generated (except for "kajam.zip" and "starmarker.zip", which are partially fixed for the purposes of following our scenario tasks).
- Similarly, changing or approving an album does not save any music on the server.
- The contents of the "All Uploads" tab is not a part of our scenario, or our design (it's more focused on managing uploaded music, rather than importing new music). As such, it has not been implemented at this time.
- Album information listed on the "Reporting" tab is not retrieved from a database, but is instead canned data.
Miscellaneous (Troubleshooting)
- Most problems should be related to the wrong version of browswer (make sure Chrome is v26 and Firefox is v20)
- Other times your local browser settings may affect the aesthetics (font, color settings etc.)
4 Comments
Unknown User (jchan927@mit.edu)
Looks good. Just a couple of comments attached! Heuristic Evaluation
Unknown User (ksiebert@mit.edu)
Here are some comments attached. Evaluation
Jayson R Lynch
Very nice site. Here is my attached evaluation.
Sarah E Lehmann
Fidelity: Great job following your scenario!
Usability: Great job with helpful tooltips! I could get more than one song to play at once. Your tabs take a bit of time to load without any feedback to the user-perhaps visually switch your tab and then load the content inside. On the track editing interface and the reporting tab, ""Add Genre"" looks clickable but it does nothing (it seems like you have to hit the ""+"").
Overall: Very polished submission!