Prototype Photos

Briefing

Scenario Tasks

1. You are an undergraduate Student in Course 6 looking for a summer internship. Search for a relevant posting and send a message to the creator of the post to inquire about the details of the Position
2. Browse for internship in Course 6 and select one that you like. Follow that job post to get regular updates on the position.
3. Create a post to recruit a technical partner for a start-up you have been working on.
4. For the post you just created, write a message to all users following the post.

Observations

Day 1

1.     User 1 tried to sign up even though the briefing we gave said “You are an MIT student..” and the home page says “Sign in with MIT Certificate”.

2.     User 1 was looking for a link to message followers of a post he had created directly from “My Posts”.

3.     On the post pop-up two users noticed it was not clear who was allowed what actions on a post. Clear distinction needs to be made such that creators of a post know they can save/edit/message followers of a post and viewers of a post know they can follow/unfollow/message creators.

4.     User 2 did not realize that when he added a filter, posts would be dynamically updated. He was looking for a “Search” button while adding filters.

5.     User 3 was looking for ways to follow a post or message creator directly from the browse page.

Day 2

1.     User 1 mentioned it would be useful to have a search bar to search on company, location etc.

2.     User 3 accidentally deleted a post, and wanted to be able to undo the delete. We need more undo’s for actions.

3.     User 2 mentioned that while creating a message usually the “To” is already populated with either followers of a post, or creator of a post. We need to have a drop down for the “To” with separate headings for “Followers of my posts” containing names of  posts you have created and “Creators of posts I’m following” containing names of posts you are following.

Prototype Iteration