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Golden College Project
IS3500 : Information Systems Design & Development
-Martin Schedlbauer
Anthony Kelley - Jackson MacKenzie - James Martinez - Alexa Ross
Project Charter
•Provide an affordable and cost-effective solution with maximized features
Affordability
•A solution that closely mimics a real classroom environment
•Easy to use interface for faculty and students
Usability
•Minimal maintenance and support so that no separate IT or Helpdesk divisions are required
Self-Maintenanc
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Approach
Project Manager•Oversee and assign tasks•Responsible for status updates
Team Members•Work together as a group•Define individual roles for
smaller projects
Iterative Approach•Changing requirements•Mini-projects•Frequent, but agile management
Requirements Elicitation Strategies
Brainstorming Interviews Surveys Prototype
Discover new insights through informal group discussion
Review Golden College's request and translate it into requirements.
Understand daily processes of faculty and students
Learn in-depth concerns and hopes of system
Personalized analysis
Large number of participants
Find trends from faculty and students
Reporting tools for analysis and comparisons
Golden College has little experience with virtual learning
Allow users to evaluate software before implementation
UI testing
Brainstorming
Data Model to understand how the system works
Identify essential processes
Identify and name all actors in the system
Interviews
Prepare
•Devise questions (brainstorming)
•Create template for continuity
Interview
•Follow guidelines set forth in class book
•Stick to the template and answer all questions
Analyze
•Compare interview results
•Extract requirements by looking for action verbs and requests
Surveys
Base questions off of interviews and brainstorming
Make sure questions are understandable
Used eSurveysPro.com for our software
Create Social networking (Facebook) to spread the survey
Diverse and random selection of students and faculty
Allowed 2 weeks for all users to take survey
DistributeUse reporting tool provided by website to analyze results
Find trends in the numbers and prioritize requirements
Review short answer questions and extract use cases
Analaye
Prototypes
Pros• Test user
interface• Free trials• Sample
systems
Cons• Not
representative of paid solutions
• Unrealistic expectations
Non-Functional Requirements•Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Mac OS X Tiger, and Mac OS X Leopard
Multi-Platform
•Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Internet Explorer (6-8)
Web Browser•32-bit and 64-bit machines
System Architecture
•Grades, emails, and files
Security
•Largest class size between 80-200 users
Capacity
•No extensive downloads or installations
Web Based
•Average student takes 12-16 classes per week
Multiple Classrooms
Gathered Use Cases
Most Important Features (Based on weighted importance)
Feature Importance
View Grades Online 5.84
File Sharing 4.21
Web-Based (No Downloads Required)
3.59
Collaborative Whiteboard
3.23
Math & Science Symbols Toolbar
3.18
Video Chat 3.17
Class Recording 3.05
Screen Sharing 2.84
Context Diagram (I/O)
Shows how the actors interact with the system (and vice versa)
Gives a general understanding of how the virtual classroom must function
Constraints
eGrading
Paid
Integrated with
classroom
Requires hosting
Free
Separate website
Hosting not
required
Gap Analysis
List available features
Compare Requirements & Prices
Match closest
result to our ideal
solution
Recommendation
Virtual Classroom:
WiZiQ
Free
Web Based, 500 user capacity,
Whiteboard, File Sharing
and Presentation,
Class Recording,
Symbols, Share Screen
Online Grading:
enGrade
Free
Assignments calendar, grade book, separate
courses and assignments, attendance
reports, teacher
administration
Pause for Prototype/Tour
http://www.wiziq.com/ Login
Username: [email protected] Password: isu3500
http://www.engrade.com Faculty Login
Username: GoldenCollege Password: isu3500
Student Login Username: JacksonMacKenzie Password: isu3500
Conclusion
Remaining IssuesPaid
Possibilities
Lessons Learned
• Trial the software with Golden College
• Receive final stakeholder input
• Full integration of virtual classroom and grading
• More professional layout
• Functioning as a team• Iterative project
development• Interacting with
stakeholders