Brainstorming Winha Wille (student page)
Candidate roles:
- Students
o Finnish speaking
o English speaking
o Beginners users
o Advanced users
o Bachelor degree
o Master degree
o Adult education
o Frequent user
o Rare user
o Field of study
o Present students (physically present at school)
o Distant students
- Exchange students
Main user type:
- Bachelor degree present student, who is frequent user, in any study field
- Master degree student
WinhaWille was created to assist students in making individual study plans.
We intend to improve interface in order to increase usability of the WinhaWille student page. In our project we are focusing on Metropolia students only.
User profile:
1. Number of users: about 14 000
2. General responsibilities and activities: study year enrollment, course enrollment, individual study plan, monitoring study progress.
3. Computer skills: experienced user
4. Domain expertise: user must know the fundamentals of study plan (enrollment for the study year and courses, option studies, basic studies, elective studies)
5. Goals: WinhaWille is designed to assist students to plan individual studies, to monitor study progress, registering to courses and enrollment to study term, to enroll to exams, to record and change student data and review courses' details.
6. Benefits: administrative affairs (distant management of study process, gives clear visibility of study progress, facilitate work of academic staff and students , faster processing)
7. Usage context: it depends on the users location like cafeteria(more distraction), university premises, or home.
8. Software Ecosystem: school calendar, Tuubi, Metropolia, lessons schedules, Study plan information (Basic studies, Optional studies, Professional studies and etc), Excel file, Word file, work or other activities schedules, .
9. Collaborators: teachers,tutors,other students,helpdesk,administrators.
10. Frequency of use: before and at the end of each period.