SLNotes Student-Lecturer Notes CS160 Group 6 Brian Chu, Jen Hsu, Eva Lo, Orna Tarshish

Overview Current Problems Faced by Students Solving the Problems - SLNotes Representative Tasks for SLNotes SLNotes’ Evolution Final SLNotes’ UI Description Future Works of SLNotes Summary

Current Problems Faced by Students Difficulties faced by students in viewing notes in a large-sized lecture room Inefficient note-taking practices which prevents students from engaging themselves in lecture Confusions generated when students have creative questions on lecturer’s notes

Solving the Problems - SLNotes Provide real-time lecture notes for students Help students in viewing and managing their notes Allow students to annotate the professors’ lecture notes instantly Allow students to convey idea to the professor more easily

Representative Tasks for SLNotes Tasks are chosen in order to meet with the major difficulties encountered by students in current lecture setting: 1) Receiving and annotating on real-time lecture notes 2) Moving between lecture notes 3) Sending questions with annotations to the professor

SLNotes’ Evolution I (Idea to Lo-Fi) Major Changes: Renaming of pull-down menu items Change of graphics for icons

SLNotes’ Evolution II (Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi) Major Changes: Integration of notes window and margin notes window into 1 window Use of send question window Change of “Go To Page” to include all lecture notes with page numbers Other Changes: Change from graphical icons (“  ” and “  ”) to textual icons (“send” and “cancel”) Move toolbar to the bottom of the window Highlighting arrow buttons to indicate updates from professor

Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi Modification I Lo-Fi Prototype Hi-Fi Prototype Integration into 1 window

Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi Modification II Lo-Fi PrototypeHi-Fi Prototype Use of “Send Question” window

Lo-Fi Prototype Hi-Fi Prototype Change of “Go To Page” Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi Modification III

SLNotes’ Evolution II (Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi) Major Changes: Integration of notes window and margin notes window into 1 window Use of send question window Change of “Go To Page” to include all lecture notes with page numbers Other Changes: Change from graphical icons (“  ” and “  ”) to textual icons (“send” and “cancel”) Move toolbar to the bottom of the window Highlighting arrow buttons to indicate updates from professor

Major Changes 1) Included “Bubble Text” over icons 2) Integrated send free-form question and send overlay question windows SLNotes’ Evolution III (Hi-Fi to Final) Hi-Fi Prototype Final Prototype

Other Changes 1) Fixed inconsistency in file menu 2) Modified main menu title to show users’ connection status 3) Changed Pen Color Dialog 4) Rearranged toolbar icons 5) Added “Tip of the day” message SLNotes’ Evolution III (Hi-Fi to Final)

Future Work on SLNotes Incorporate keyboard usage – Add hot-keys for often used actions Add further editing options such as highlighting, undo, redo etc List & status of sent questions Custom design of the main window layout

Summary SLNotes is the next step towards the “digital classroom” SLNotes emphasizes learning through interaction SLNotes avoids confusion and shortens the distance between professors and students SLNotes provides flexibility for students to organize and manage notes efficiently

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