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Analysis
* Learnability:
Pros:
- seeing Seeing pictures of the students makes it clear how to access a student
- notifications allow users learn about the site. The user will learn about different features through them
- each individual student's page.
- Notifications (in the top right of the screen) help users to learn about different features of the website.
- The sidebar is The website has a standard layout that users are used accustomed to it .
Cons:
- the The "create form" page is confusing. It is not clear whether one has to add text in order to upload a PDF, and what the templates are for. (It is not evident that the user can use any one of these three methods to create a form.)
- It it is not clear to the user what will happen if he or /she pick chooses a template after writing a permission slip.
* Efficiency:
Pros:
- Having students pictures saves time
- notifications save time
- can upload PDFs
- uses templates
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Cons:
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- ' pictures is efficient because it gives the teacher a larger target on which to click.
- Notifications save time.
- Similarly, new items can be accessed easily in two different ways: through the notification buttons and from the sidebar.
- The teacher can upload a PDF of the permission slip if she already has one saved on her computer.
- The teacher is provided with templates that she can use to create her permission slip. This means that she only needs to edit a few fields (such as the activity and the date) to create a permission slip quickly.
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Cons:
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- Nested
- nested menus require steering of mouse.
- the The attendance table is just plain text, can't send a reminder
- might loss what we wrote if we move to template
- ; the teacher cannot send a reminder to parents who have not yet signed the permission slip.
- If the teacher selects a template after typing in the text box, she might lose what she wrote.
- Too many clicks are required: the teacher clicks on the class, then clicks Forms, then clicks Create New Form.too many clicks: teacher clicks on class -> clicks Forms -> clicks Create New Form
* Safety:
Pros:
- parents need password, so the kid won't be able to go in and approve
- The teacher is able to save a draft of the form in case we need to go backshe needs to stop in the middle and return to it later.
Cons:
- can't Parents cannot change their mind after they approved or denied the permission slip.