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Once the sign in process is completed, Pepe goes to the homepage and looks for the coolest events on campus in the “What’s Hot?!” section. He then notices that there is a huge party the upcoming Friday. He goes to the event page and notices that there is a 200 message thread about the awesomeness that is going down on Friday. He then adds the party for his weekend “to do” list. Pepe logs off feeling that his social life is taking a turn for the better.
Designs:
Design #1:
Beaver Buzz home page. If the user visiting the page is new, he can sign in by clicking on the sign in button. Old users can input their user names and passwords in the supplied boxes. The homepage also has a search bar which This design shows as many article info (author, title, date added, etc) as possible at the cost of not allowing users to preview the articles before having to access their page. The suggested interface shows the most commented events and discussions on the home page. It also allows users to search for topics, user posts, etc. The main feature of the homepage is the events, authors, tags, etc from the "search" bar. Events and Posts can be sorted using a simple drop-down menu. This design focuses on simplicity.
Storyboard - Design 1
Justin Beaver, a Freshmen, is visiting the Beaver Buzz home page for the first time. Justin is excited about the website, since he can learn about what is going on in the MIT community and discuss topics with his peers. He notices that the "What's Hot?!" section which is a scroll bar interface which displays the most commented Events and Posts.
talked about events and posts. He likes the idea of posting and commenting posts or events and decides to become a member.
Before getting to the Beaver Buzz sign in page, Justin was asked for his MIT certificate (we want to ensure that only MIT affiliated people can access the website). In the sign in page, Justin decides to use "username" as his username and enters a secret password.
Now Justin accesses that "Events" page to see what's going on in campus. He decides to sort events by "upcoming". Now he explores his options for possible weekend outings.
After finishing a PSET, Justin decides to procrastinate by looking into other student's thoughts. He browses the "Posts". After 15 minutes, he goes back to work.
Design #2:
This design trades off how much information you get from each article preview for more articles visible on the screen at once. Discussion posts are sorted by topic and events are sorted by groups/hosts.
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