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• Searchers
  • Primary Intent
    • Discover different HASS classes.
    • Find HASS classes that have certain desirable characteristics (ie, small amounts of writing required).
  • Expectations
    • Site should be easy to navigate.
    • Site should be secure and anonymous
    • Site should have reliable information
  • Characteristics
    • Does not want to spend a large amount of time sifting through MIT Subject Evaluation pages.
    • Short attention span.
    • Want to be served both TLDRs and longer descriptions if necessary.
    • Anecdotes
• Informers
  • Primary Intent
    • Share information with people that they might not know
    • Prevent students from falling into pitfall HASS classes
  • Expectations
    • Should be very easy to submit information
    • Site should be secure and anonymous
  • Characteristics
    • Angry people who had a bad experience
    • People who had an above and beyond experience
    • People who liked the professor, but may not have like the class

Tasks

• Browse for easy classes (by type, CI-H, HASS A/S/H)
  • Integrated advanced search by variety of fields
    • Number of pages of required reading and writing
    • Hours of work each week
    • Time class meets
    • Number of class sessions each week
• Submit reviews of classes → gain user credibility
  • Link credibility rating to user’s certificate.
  • Enable hashtags for fast searching
• Give overall ratings (classes could be worth taking even if they aren’t easy)
  • One unified “central opinion” based on post ranking.
  • Submission form for 1-sentence opinions.