Transcript Document 7704814

Websolutions:
Oakwood Elementary School
Issues of Usability and Sustainability
By Sean Fox-Elster
Oakwood Elementary School Site
Activities of Site
Parents
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Check on school closings
Check lunch menu
Learn about class activities
 Fundraisers
 New subject matter
 Class holiday events
Daily schedules
 Library
 Art
 Music
 Physical education
 Lunch
Teachers
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Create newsletter updating
parents on class activities
Update Individual websites for
class (if used)
Accessing teacher resources
Reviewing and answering email
Webmaster
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Post weekly newsletters
Update activity schedules per
semester
Post monthly lunch menu
Update school closing and
advisories
Website Issues
Usability Issues
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Slow loading pages
No consistency with
information from
teachers
Menu page is
unreadable
Site is boring
Should we add kids as
users?
Sustainability Issues
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No regularly updated
teacher sites
No consistent weekly
newsletter postings
Old html format with
multiple tables
Breakdown in Current Scenario:
Parent Newsletters
We use a newsletter to inform parents of class events
No enforcement
For consistency
Roles
Teachers
Inform parents
With a weekly
newsletter
Parents check
Site for updates
Parents
Webmaster
If no newsletter then
Parents have nowhere
Else to go
Copies information
Onto website weekly
If no information
Given then section
is blank
Where do I
Find the
Information?
Transformed Scenario:
Parent Newsletter
We use a newsletter to inform parents of class activities
Teachers
Produce weekly
Newsletter Using On-line template
Turn in to webmaster
Go to website
To view newsletter
Parents
Webmaster
Post newsletter on site with a
Common template and post
It as a printable page
I can print my Own copy
Research design chart (RDC)
Usability and Sustainability
Questions
How can we
update the
website to
make it
more user
friendly?
Do we want
to add kids
As a user?
If yes, then
What’s
Needed?
Data Sources
Methods
Teachers
Interview
And Survey
Parents
Webmaster
Scenario
And Survey
Interview
Teachers
Interview
And Survey
Parents
Interview
And Survey
Who?
Kindergarten Teacher
First Grade Teacher
Ami Kihn
Andrea Gruber
Shannon
Webmaster
Kindergarten Teacher
First Grade Teacher
Ami Kihn
Andrea Gruber
Shannon
When?
Week of
11/20
Week of
Thanksgiving
Week of
11/20 ?
Research design chart (RDC)
Usability and Sustainability
Questions
Can we
Simplify the
Input Process
for Less
web-savvy
teachers and
Future
webmasters?
Data Sources
Methods
Teachers
Interview
And Survey
Webmaster
Interview
Teachers
Interview
And Survey
Parents
Interview
And Survey
What do you
Want the site
To do for you?
Who?
Kindergarten Teacher
First Grade Teacher
Webmaster
Kindergarten Teacher
First Grade Teacher
Ami Kihn
Andrea Gruber
Shannon
When?
GANTT chart
Nov
December
Genre analysis (other elementary schools)
Interviewing, Surveying, and User Testing (on-going)
Teachers
Parents
Webmaster
Preliminary Recommendations
Progress
Report
due
Create samples
Web prototype
Draft final
Report
due
Final adjustments
Final
Report
due
Summary of Project Issues
Usability
Speed up loading time of pages
 Teachers
 Simplify information
input processes
 Parents
 Look at on-line, updated
newsletter
 Find information on
class activities
 Easy access to school
closing information
 Find easy to read lunch
menu
 Access for kids?
Sustainability
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Webmaster
CSS style sheet for easy
reading and updating
Increase upload speed
Provide easy way for teachers
to update newsletters
Simplify process for future
webmasters
Provide on-line templates for
teachers to input information
and to create individual class
web pages
Update design to be more
attractive to kids and parents