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Websolutions:Websolutions: Oakwood Elementary School Oakwood Elementary School
Issues of Usability and SustainabilityIssues of Usability and Sustainability
By Sean Fox-ElsterBy Sean Fox-Elster
Oakwood Elementary School SiteOakwood Elementary School Site
Activities of SiteActivities of Site
ParentsParents Check on school closingsCheck on school closings Check lunch menuCheck lunch menu Learn about class activitiesLearn about class activities
FundraisersFundraisers New subject matterNew subject matter Class holiday eventsClass holiday events
Daily schedulesDaily schedules LibraryLibrary ArtArt MusicMusic Physical educationPhysical education LunchLunch
TeachersTeachers Create newsletter updating Create newsletter updating
parents on class activitiesparents on class activities Update Individual websites for Update Individual websites for
class (if used)class (if used) Accessing teacher resourcesAccessing teacher resources Reviewing and answering emailReviewing and answering email
WebmasterWebmaster Post weekly newslettersPost weekly newsletters Update activity schedules per Update activity schedules per
semestersemester Post monthly lunch menuPost monthly lunch menu Update school closing and Update school closing and
advisoriesadvisories
Website IssuesWebsite Issues
Usability IssuesUsability Issues Slow loading pagesSlow loading pages No consistency with No consistency with
information from information from teachersteachers
Menu page is Menu page is unreadableunreadable
Site is boringSite is boring Should we add kids as Should we add kids as
users?users?
Sustainability IssuesSustainability Issues No regularly updated No regularly updated
teacher sitesteacher sites No consistent weekly No consistent weekly
newsletter postingsnewsletter postings Old html format with Old html format with
multiple tablesmultiple tables
Breakdown in Current Scenario:Breakdown in Current Scenario:Parent NewslettersParent Newsletters
We use a newsletter to inform parents of class events
Roles
Teachers
Parents
Webmaster
Inform parentsWith a weekly
newsletter
Copies informationOnto website weekly
Where do I Find the
Information?
Parents check Site for updates
If no newsletter thenParents have nowhere Else to go
If no information Given then section is blank
No enforcement For consistency
Transformed Scenario:Transformed Scenario:Parent NewsletterParent Newsletter
We use a newsletter to inform parents of class activities
Teachers
Parents
Webmaster
Produce weekly Newsletter Using On-line template
Turn in to webmasterGo to website
To view newsletter
I can print my Own copy Post newsletter on site with aCommon template and post
It as a printable page
Research design chart (RDC)Research design chart (RDC)Usability and SustainabilityUsability and Sustainability
How can we update the website to
make it more user friendly?
Teachers
Parents
Questions Data Sources Methods Who?
InterviewAnd Survey
ScenarioAnd Survey
Kindergarten TeacherFirst Grade Teacher
Ami KihnAndrea GruberShannon
Webmaster Interview Webmaster
When?
Week of 11/20
Week of Thanksgiving
Week of11/20 ?
Do we want to add kids As a user?If yes, thenWhat’s Needed?
Teachers
Parents
InterviewAnd Survey
InterviewAnd Survey
Kindergarten TeacherFirst Grade Teacher
Ami KihnAndrea GruberShannon
Research design chart (RDC)Research design chart (RDC)Usability and SustainabilityUsability and Sustainability
Teachers
Questions Data Sources Methods Who?
InterviewAnd Survey
Kindergarten TeacherFirst Grade Teacher
Ami KihnAndrea GruberShannon
Webmaster Interview Webmaster
When?
What do you Want the siteTo do for you?
Teachers
Parents
InterviewAnd Survey
InterviewAnd Survey
Kindergarten TeacherFirst Grade Teacher
Can we Simplify theInput Processfor Lessweb-savvy teachers and Future webmasters?
GANTT chartGANTT chartNov December
Interviewing, Surveying, and User Testing (on-going)
Teachers
FinalReport
due
Parents
Create samples
ProgressReport
due
Web prototypeDraft final
Report due
Genre analysis (other elementary schools)
Webmaster
Preliminary Recommendations
Final adjustments
Summary of Project IssuesSummary of Project Issues
UsabilityUsabilitySpeed up loading time of pagesSpeed up loading time of pages
TeachersTeachers Simplify information Simplify information
input processesinput processes ParentsParents
Look at on-line, updated Look at on-line, updated newsletternewsletter
Find information on Find information on class activitiesclass activities
Easy access to school Easy access to school closing informationclosing information
Find easy to read lunch Find easy to read lunch menumenu
Access for kids?Access for kids?
SustainabilitySustainabilityWebmasterWebmaster
CSS style sheet for easy CSS style sheet for easy reading and updatingreading and updating
Increase upload speedIncrease upload speed Provide easy way for teachers Provide easy way for teachers
to update newslettersto update newsletters Simplify process for future Simplify process for future
webmasterswebmasters Provide on-line templates for Provide on-line templates for
teachers to input information teachers to input information and to create individual class and to create individual class web pagesweb pages
Update design to be more Update design to be more attractive to kids and parentsattractive to kids and parents
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