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This project aims to redesign Berkeley Academics' information systems to facilitate growth and expansion, making administrative and communicative tasks easier and more efficient. The project includes a needs assessment, database design, UI design, implementation, and future development plans.
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Berkeley Academics Information Redesign Andrew Iskandar Lulu Guo Advisor: Ray Larson
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Project Goal • The goal of this project is to redesign the current information systems of Berkeley Academics to facilitate the growth and expansion of the company making administrative and communicative tasks easier and more efficient.
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Background • Berkeley Academics is a non-profit tutoring company in Alameda, CA. Est. 2003 • 3 full time administrative staff • 8-10 college tutors • 30-40 students • Tutoring/Classes/Scholarships • Growing and Expanding • New Location: San Ramon, CA • 4-5 full time staff • 10-15 tutors • 50-60 student
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Problem: E-mail • Synopsis of E-mail • Characters • Admin Staff: Sue, Jeannie • Tutors: Jenny Kim, Esther • Story: E-mail from Jeannie • Sue is sick, Jeannie asks Esther to cover her tutoring duties • Jenny’s student doesn’t come in, did not know about it • Sue scheduled a make-up session for a student, but didn’t tell anyone • Two new sign-ups show up for session, no one knew about it. Asked to be tutored in subject no one could tutor
Problem: Problem Areas • People-Based Information Systems • Admin staff hold information in head • Forgot to propagate/communicate information • Processes are manual • Paper-Based Information Systems • Ad-hoc • Transient/easily lost • Inefficient, slow • Hard to communicate with
Problem: Examples Student Record File Filing Cabinet of Student Records
Problem: Examples Tutor/Student Schedule Student Application
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Needs Assessment • Initial Interviews • Personas • Task Analysis • Scenarios
Needs Assessment: Initial Interviews • Initial Interviews • Gathered business and use case requirements from client • Observed workflow and working environment • Collected sample documents
Needs Assessment: Personas • Personas: • User 1: Scheduler/Administrator - Amy • User 2: Administrator/Tutor – Jane • User 3: Tutor – Stanley
Needs Assessment: Task Analysis • Task Analysis: • Scheduling • Record keeping • Process Applications • Tutoring • Payments
Needs Assessment: Tasks H: High; M: Medium; L: Low (indication of task importance)
Needs Assessment: Scenarios • Scenarios • Scenario 1: Parent submits a paper application • Scenario 2: Student reschedules a session • Scenario 3: Parent comes in to see if they owe money • Scenario 4: Admin checks status of payments • Scenario 5: Tutor prepares to meet a student and finishes session
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Database Design • Berkeley Academics has existing database schema (handled online sign-ups) • Expanded schema for our project • Facilitated integration • No data migration
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
UI Design • Comparative studies • WebCalendar • My Databook • Comdev Event Calendar • Interviewed campus tutoring center administrator WebCalendar My Databook Comdev Event Calendar
UI Design Evolution - 1 • Initial Sketches • Based on the initial interviews • Captured all of the important functionalities and use cases
UI Design Evolution - 2 • Paper Prototype • Allowed a certain level of user interaction • Tested initial task workflow with client
UI Design Evolution - 3 • Low-fidelity Prototype • Incorporated detailed design changes • Tested basic interactivity with client
UI Design Evolution - 4 • High-fidelity Prototype • Based on the feedback of the second round user testing • Tested full functionality of prototype
UI Design Evolution - 5 • Final Prototype • Last round of user testing provided user evaluation and minor look-and-feel suggestions
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Implementation • Web-Based Application • PHP/MySql • PHP Objects • Abstraction layer between DB and application • Eclipse/CVS/PHPEclipse Plugin • CSS/Javascript
Outline • Project Goal • Background • Problem • Needs Assessment • Database Design • UI Design • Implementation • Demo • Future Development • Conclusion
Demo • 4 Representative Tasks • Assigning a new student • Rescheduling a student • Student Note Review • Payment Summary