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- I don't imagine myself doing this in one sitting; need a way to save
- I wouldn't want to do the four-year plan and plan the current semester at the same time
- Would be cool if the software generated a schedule (with labs and recitations) for me, and then just allowed me to change if I didn't like certain of the choices made
- Maybe focus on the four-year plan and scrap the scheduling option, the four-year functionality is cooler
- Be careful with how you present restricting options by graying out, be clear about why this option is taken away
- Important to present information on each of the courses (pop-up), double click isn't necessarily the most intuitive
User 2, Iteration 1
Task 1:
- Is not Course 6, does not know pre-requisites or requirements.
- Looks at the list of requirements and starts to drag and drop the courses into his four-year plan. (Picks based on the course number). Also tries to balance classes between Course 6 and HASS classes.
- Goes in order by semester (Sophomore Fall, Sophomore Spring, Junior Fall, etc.).
- Puts class in Fall semester although it is not offered; blocking out was not done; an easily evident way has to be shown for actual site.
- "It would be cool to have the class ratings."
- Successfully filled out the four-year plan with generic classes. Did not know how to put in specific classes. Had to be explained how to pick specific Lab courses and AUS's. Not intuitive because some are clickable and others are not.
- Would like to see a sum of the workload (units) per semester.
Task 2:
- Quickly understands to pick a class in the class list and clicks the radio button to pick a recitation.
- Would like to see all the options (Lectures, Labs, and Recitations) even those that may conflict.
- May want to have a next button that would save the current settings and move to the next class down the list.
- Wants to see the classes grayed out after they pick the recitation to show completion.
Task 3:
- Sees that no classes are shared; does not care too much.
- Does not really use friends to help pick classes; finds them distracting during class.
Comments:
- Wants course evaluations to decide courses, generally does not ask friends.
- Would like course evaluations to deciding on balancing of courses between hard courses and easy courses.
- Did not plan a four-year plan; went semester by semester. Does not see reason to plan four-year plan.
- "It would be kind of nice if it could extract the information from evaluations to see the ratings of the professors and the workload."
- Would like to see the exam schedule throughout the semester.
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