My University Portal as a Result of Personalization Process Hana Netrefová, Milan Šorm, Arnošt Motyčka Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Business and Economics Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic EUNIS 2005 Manchester, June 21 – 24, 2005

IS at Mendel University User-friendliness of the IS Introduction IS at Mendel University User-friendliness of the IS Personalization approach UIS portal UIS designs User designs My University Portal June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

IS at Mendel University Complex University information system (UIS) study subsystem (study departments, teachers, students) research subsystem paper-free office subsystem of central applications other applications… June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

User-friendliness of the IS One of the most important characteristics Hard to define – personal opinions In general – simplicity, intuitive work, complexity Personalization aspect – the system should be adapted to users’ needs and requirements Portal solutions June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

Personalization approach System should be well designed – no personalization is necessary Personalization = extension of the system “Personal approach” – users’ work with the system Real meaning of the personalization – users can change some parameters of the system of system layout or behavior June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

UIS portal Main portal features only the accessible links for each user all subsystems have the same user interface (uniform layout and behavior) simple and lucid navigation system (menu pages for subsystems, header and footer navigation links) several types of predefined designs, tools for user designs standard design – identical with the public web presentation of the university June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

UIS designs June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

UIS designs June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

UIS designs June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

User designs Creation of user designs is on the same basis as predefined designs Definition of design components basic description cascading style sheets page fields images mapping First experience with users designs Each user can set any design as implicit and then use it (either private or public design) June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

Design prototyping June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

User designs June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

User designs June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

My University Portal My University Portal Design personalization – first step in portal solution It is provided on the basis of the component model We can consider other characteristics as components (page layout, navigation system, etc.) System behavior is a “component” as well – if we are able to describe it Unification of the UIS, public web university presentation and eventually further web working tools with adjustable characteristics University Portal adjustable IS working environment for each university user convenience use of IS integration and further extension My University Portal June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester

Thank you for your attention Hana Netrefová: hanac@uikt.mendelu.cz Milan Šorm: sorm@uikt.mendelu.cz Arnošt Motyčka: mot@mendelu.cz http://is.mendelu.cz June 21-24, 2005 EUNIS 2005, Manchester