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An online forum for University of Maryland students and faculty to discuss events, classes, and policies anonymously. Users can seek advice, rate professors, and discover campus secrets. Usability test results show easy navigation with minor layout bugs. Future plans include adding Twitter support and filtering non-UMD email registrations.
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UMDSurvival 12/7/2009 Emmanuel T. Apau – kaveiii@gmail.com Tom Rogan – trogan@umd.eduEd Nishihama – enishiha@gmail.comAlan Jackoway – jackoway@umd.edu
The Problem • Many things about college are best learned from other people. • Some things can only be learned from experience. • Many University programs and policies are not well known. • It can be difficult to anonymously advertise events on campus.
Last time, on the Internet. • Free Stuff @ Maryland • Gives information about free events • College Confidential • Gives information “only a student would know” • Rate My Professors • Gives information about professors • OurUMD • Gives information about classes and professors
Approach • Forum-based community • Allows discussion on many topics of interest to students such as • Events • Class Ratings • University Policies and Secrets • Users remain anonymous if desired • Only Univeristy of Maryland students/faculty allowed.
Demo or Pictures • THIS IS NOT DONE
Usability Test • 8 UMD Students and 1 Prospective Student • Students were given a few actions such as: • Post an event and verify its post • Register for the site • Find a good class for next semester • Find information about a free food event • Look for help pertaining to the site • Give feedback to a thread creator
Usability Results • Overall, most found the site easy to use. • Some layout bugs were discovered • Need more here
Future Work • There are some features, such as a special notation for events with food, we would like to add. • We would like to add Twitter support. • Currently, we are not filtering new registrations by email address, but we may filter non-umd emails out.
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