1. Dynamically Updating Service Calendar Michael Dotterer (mdotter1@wam.umd.edu) Michael Reilly (mjreilly@wam.umd.edu) Developed for CMSC 434: Human-Computer Interaction Dr. Ben Shneiderman, Fall 2005

2. DUSC Goals in Brief Created for Alpha Phi Omega Give service information Dynamic calendar Incorporate static data Be intuitive Follow “Eight Golden Rules” Allow for authentication Be attractive and appealing Be unique Goals Back-end Front-end Intermission Usability Test Future Work

3. Back-end Requirements Database support Communication with website Protected access We chose MySQL and Perl Goals Back-end Front-end Intermission Usability Test Future Work

4. Front-end Requirements Eight golden rules Communicate with back-end Presentable on web Rich environment We chose Flash Goals Back-end Front-end Intermission Usability Test Future Work

5. Intermission

6. Usability Test Members of fraternity Formal and informal test Informal: round table Formal: pretest and posttest surveys Informal: tasks Changes applied to prototype Goals Back-end Front-end Intermission Usability Test Future Work

7. Future Work Content modifier Added account functionality Increase calendar error correction Edit member undo functionality Thanks to Professor Ben Shneiderman, Aaron Hopp, Hana Lee, Ben Parker, Zalian Za, and the Brothers of Alpha Phi Omega, Epsilon Mu Chapter. Goals Back-end Front-end Intermission Usability Test Future Work

8. Fin