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Multimedia Café
Albert Chang, Shawn Joseph, Christine Le, Takako Nunomura,
David Roth
Selected Initial Learning Commons Requirements
Provide flexible, multi-use space and services.
Promote cross-disciplinary inquiry and discourse.
Create a sense of community where students, faculty, researchers, staff and community both contribute to and take from a knowledge creation and dissemination process
Our reason
Students don’t have a place to eat, drink, study, access computers, relax, and socialize in one location.
Proposed Solution
Multimedia Café Addresses the problem description
Provides multi-use space. Creates a community where students of different
disciplines can come and work together.
Café Requirements
Access to food and drinksStudy and eat/drink concurrentlyStudy individuallyStudy in groupsRelax/leisure time Work Tables
FoodBooks
ComputersCaffeine
+_Couches__ STUDENT HAVEN!
Initial Design: Café Functionalities
Group Tables w/ computer terminals – group work
Internet Bar & Work Tables – individual work
Coffee & Snack Counter – food/drinksCoffee Tables & Couches –
relaxation/leisure
Initial Design: Other Functionalities
Restroom AccessWireless Internet ADA approved access
Can be used by visually, hearing, and mobility impaired users.
Initial Design: Layout
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User Data Collection
We surveyed approximately 100 students in the reserve room, in the CSLs, and in The Park.
User Data Collection Results
90% said they liked the idea of the Café
74% said they would use the Café at least occasionally
Use of Multimedia Cafe
7%
19%
40%
24%
10%
1: Never
2: Seldom
3: Occasionally
4: Regularly
5: Frequently
Do you like the idea of a Multimedia Cafe?
90%
10%
yes
no
Types of work done
73% said the Café would be useful for individual work
81% said the Café group tables would be useful
Usefulness for Individual Work
17%
10%
27%24%
22%1: Never
2: Seldom
3: Occasionally
4: Regularly
5: Frequently
Use of Group Tables
3%16%
28%34%
19%1: Never
2: Seldom
3: Occasionally
4: Regularly
5: Frequently
Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation
Surveyed similar system Food/drink selection Study environment for both individual & group
work Access wireless internet (T-Mobile Hotspot) Access to books and study materials
Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation
• Good things Lots of access to magazines Quiet atmosphere Food and drink available
Barnes & Noble’s Starbucks Evaluation
Bad things Tables only for customers Wireless only for T-mobile subscribers Laptops were only computer access No database for searching books
So you built a diorama?
After doing 3 projects on the internet café we wanted to build something that would bring all the pieces together.
So we built a prototype based on our initial brainstorming and storyboard, the user survey’s we conducted, and our usability evaluation.
Aspects that changed due to user input
Coffee tables and group tables were switched to put the loud group tables closer to the coffee bar.
Added a central aisle to promote easier movement.
Added a magazine stand inside.Added high quality printing.
Prototype – Layout & Group Tables
Prototype – Lounge & Internet Bar
Prototype – Individual Workstations & Bathrooms
Prototype – Café Bar
Final Assessment
We feel that the data we gathered help us to make the Café more user-centered.
Based on the reactions we received and our own opinions we feel that a Multimedia Café would be a good addition to campus.
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Questions and Comments
Any questions?Any comments on the final design?How’s our driving? 1-900-555-5483