AU Health Administration Website Redesign Conceptual Design Abilash Kittanna (azk0007) Veeresh Kinagi (vmk0002)

Abstract The Objective is to redesign AU Healthcare Advisory board Website. To overhaul Website and to explore possible courses that would help students in the world of healthcare informatics. Auburn's Health Administration Program, also known as the HA Program, or simply "HA,“ combines courses from a number of traditional academic fields to link the concerns of administration and health care. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Services Administration.

Schedule: AU Health website redesign (This project should take approximately 40 hours) Week1 (Oct 12) Total work hours - 2 1 hour - Meet with Dr. Seals to gather requirements. 1 hour - Prepare the abstract and the tentative schedule for the overall completion of the project. Identify keywords for data dictionary/lexicon Week2 (Oct 19) Total work hours – 4 2 hour - Inspect the existing website, prepare and submit the detailed Wire Frame 1 hour - Meet with the actual client from AU health department to discuss details and preferences 1 hour - Read article and give 1/2 page summary (expected from each person in the group) Week3 (Oct 26) Total work hours – 6 4 hours - Prepare the conceptual design for the new website. 2 hours - Read 1 paper and 1/2 page summary per person Week4 (Nov 2) Total work hours – 4 2 hours - Prepare Cover/Title Page, Update Abstract (if necessary), Conceptual Model and 3-4 pages write up of work progress thus far, 2 hours - Appendix which includes papers read thus far and their summaries

Week 5 (Nov 9) Total work hours – 4 1 hour - Create documents to structure Usability Study of the application 2 hour - Create questionnaires that will be used to test user acceptance of the application - Pre-Questionnaires and Post-Questionnaires. 1 hour - Read 1 paper and 1/2 page summary per person   Week 6 (Nov 16) Total work hours – 4 3 hours - Evaluation of the website Week 7 (Nov 23) Total work hours – 6 6 hours - Begin Final Project report Week 8 (Nov 30) Total work hours – 4 4 hours - Final Project report Final Week (Dec 7) Total work hours – 6 4 hours - Final Project Report as conference style write up (should include results and conclusions) (use CHI format for report) http://sigchi.org/chi2004/ 2 hours - Prepare presentation

WireFrame

A.U. Health Administration Program Flash images Slideshow Logo A.U. Health Administration Program Images Links Starting out Who we are Our Faculty Finding Stuff What Now? Image News Related Links Contents Newsline People Organizations Careers Home

A.U. Health Administration Program Image Logo A.U. Health Administration Program Images General Description News Related Links Contents Newsline People Organizations Careers Home Starting out Who are we Our Faculty Finding Stuff What Now?

A.U. Health Administration Program Logo A.U. Health Administration Program Promoting Excellence in Health Administration General Description Multiple Banner Image Home Content A-Z Index Newsline Advising People Curriculum Organizations Graduate Study Careers Interning Jobs HA Program | Auburn, Alabama 36849 | Phone: (334) 844-4000 | E-Mail: burnsma@auburn.edu Copyright © 2008. All Rights Reserved Site Last Updated : 11/05/08

Conceptual Design

Hardware Personal Digital Assistance (PDA) Notebook Computer Palm Top Smart mobile phones with Java compatibility Blackberry

Software Internet Browsers compatible with Operating System namely Windows, Linux, Mac etc.(Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, Mac Safari etc. Drivers for supporting hardwares

RAD – Iterative Development Process It provides us with an opportunity to develop the product in stages, allowing us to deliver the product in parts if desired by the client We will add, design, test and deliver features in stages. Also as we learn more about the requirements, the product can be revised as and when required. This approach also attempts to make the product scalable for future feature additions or deletions

Task Scenarios Task scenarios for Novice Users: A User opens a browser and types in the URL to see the AU Health Administration Program. The User is taken directly to the Home page when the page loads. The User reads the History, The Program details from the Main Body section of the Home page. A set of menus are displayed on the left of every webpage to navigate through the website. These are the possible options available to the user and are designated as Primary Menus. User will know which page he is currently on because that Page Name will be highlighted on the primary menu bar. For e.g. if user is on page called Newsline then the Newsline will be highlighted on the primary menu bar on left of the webpage. So this will ensure that the user is never lost while navigating on the website at any point in time. Once the user places the mouse pointer over the menus, the corresponding Secondary Menus are popped out (Cascading menu feature.) Thus user does not need to go to every page to see the corresponding secondary menu options. The User is prompted to click on the option in the menu by highlighting that menu option over which he places the pointer. The Users click the menus randomly as they have no idea about the page they actually intent to view. (e.g.) If the user wanted to look at the Course curriculam, they might not know that they have to click the primary menu “Content” and then click “Curriculam”. The User might not know how to use “A…Z index”, instead might drag the page using scroll bar to reach the intended section. To avoid this scenario user is prompted to click on the A…Z index by highlighting the alphabet in the index on which user places the mouse pointer. The specific details of the website, such as the “Last modified date”, “Copyright” etc., which are present in the Footer section on the website help user to find out if there is any latest information added to the site.

Task scenarios for Expert Users: The user might open the URL from the Favorites section instead of typing it manually. Because if he is a frequent user he might add the URL for the website to his list of favorites. The user might directly go to the intended page either by loading the page address directly from the favorites list or by navigating to the page from the Home page. This is because the user is very clear about where he/she can find the intended information. This is due to the past visits of the user to this website. The User might not read the history and details of the website each and every time he visits the website. The User does not wait for a menu to be highlight in order to prompt him/her to click on it. He knows that he has to click on the menu to reach the intended page. The User knows well about the page he is intended to view. The User knows very well how to use the “A…Z index”. He clicks on the correct alphabet to reach the intended section. The specific details of the website, such as the “Last modified date”, “Copyright” etc., which are present in the Footer section on the website help user to find out if there is any latest information added to the site.

Task scenarios for Undergrad Students: Undergraduate students are interested in knowing the details related to their Courses & Curriculum, Faculty members, Jobs, Internships and Alumni. For courses & curriculum users will go to Contents  Curriculum. Users will find all the details related to the courses here. Thus this becomes a single point of information for the courses. To view details about the Faculty members like their contact and the courses they teach, users will go to People  Faculty. Users will find all the details about the faculty on this single page. This page can also link them to the respective faculty websites. For Jobs users will go to Contents  Jobs. Here users can find links to Part-Time jobs in and around Auburn, Guidelines for job hunting in their field and the job market. For Internships users will go to “Contents  Interning links” respectively. Here users can find details like where can they do their internships and how can they schedule their internships. For users to add itself as the alumni or to view the existing alumni contacts, user will go to People  Alumni link. Thus each of the above pages can be reached by not more than one navigation from any page at a point of time.

Lexicon HHAO Activities HA courses HSA major HA-Program Health Administrator HA-Advisory Council Careers Newsline HA Alumni Administration Organization

Functional Requirements 1) The System shall provide information to the users about the AU Health Administration Program. 2) The System shall provide information to the users about the AU Health Department events. 3) The System shall provide a functionality to the users to find information about Health Organizations. 4) The System shall provide a functionality to the users to search all contents of the website through an Index. 5) The System shall provide information to the users about the HA Alumni information and HA Alumni activities. 6) The System shall provide information to the undergrad students about the Career information. 7) The System shall provide information to the undergrad students about the Curriculum. 8) The System shall provide information to the users about the AU Health department’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations. 9) The System shall provide information to the graduate students about the Graduate Study. 10) The System shall provide information to the users about AUPHA - Association of University Programs in Health Administration . 11) The System shall provide Faculty support for Classes. 12) The System shall provide a functionality to the undergrad students to find information about Student Organizations.