1. Interview with ITS & FOCUS GROUP Regarding Course Registration System
Jiyoung Mun

2. The results of interview with ITS
Date of interview held: March 23rd, 2007
Participants
Director of ITS
External Consultant
The purpose of the meeting
To gather requirements/ suggestions/ feedbacks

3. Overview of the interview with ITS
Indication of the possibility to override rules
How to manage priority in waiting lists
What happens to a student on the waiting list when the spots are available?
What is the maximum number of waiting lists a student can be listed?
Does a student want model schedule to guide his or her selection?
How can the system make the difference between courses taken and required courses?

4. Requirements/Suggestions
Possibly define and propose multiple course schedules to the students
Depending on
Major
Class standing
Time
Professor
Requirements
Create a waiting list
Participant would automatically get into the class he or she desires
Give priorities according to his or her major and the course required for class standings

5. Considerations/Requests
Overrides
Administration
Faculty
ITS
Requests
A place to store override actions and possibly reversal of these action
Define the priority for waiting list placement, whether it be class standing, whether the course is required for the major or other criteria
What is the maximum depending on the number of courses still need to be scheduled?

6. Part Ⅱ. Interview with FOCUS GROUP

7. The Results from Focus Group
Date held: April 3rd, 2007
Informed consent form
Purpose of the meeting
To share opinions and to assess requirements on creating online registration system
To figure out the way to trust the system
Compare and confirm the current AUP registration system to online registration system
Participants
Nilou
Michaelr
Hadrien
Noah
Class standing
Senior
Junior
Freshman
Major
International
Economics
Business
Film/International
Communications
Psychology
Age 21 22 19
Sex
Female
Male /
Full-time

8. Modification of Current system
Let students register and browse courses at the same time
Give indication of courses-full with the exact number
Give priority to certain percentage of students to register
(e.g. by class standings or majors)
Search Parameters of online registration system
Time
Professor
Major

9. Ideal System
If a course is required for a major, give priority to student in that major
Keep add/drop available all the time until it closes
(※ this can be different from what ITS have said)
Notify that the class is automatically registered for you
(Give feedback if necessary)
No limits on how many waiting lists he or she is on
Booklists to be posted when registering
Buy books on online
Other ideals?
Let student take courses with their friends
Phone registration system
Out of prototype of our project

10. Any Questions?