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Client: the University of the Arts

Working with the University of the Arts to rethink the student enrollment system resulted in the delivery of a three-phased approach.allow students the ease of absorbing and retaining important information.of Absence, Withdrawal and Drop/Add forms had not been updated since their inception and didnt adequately portray proper information. expensive, an interactive online approach to a completely overhauled system.

enriched user testing platform that will

university-wide interviews, observations and surveys was the majority of our research and informed the projects future. of the more complex pieces of the project, team was able to elevate current issues and comprehensively understand the enrollment system.

Research

Interviews were the basis of our research and strongly directed the design process. to better distill relevant information.We parsed through each individual interview, aggregating the most important components. opportunities with color and allocating information graphic to not only ease information distillation, but to also afford the visual synthesis of data.

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problems and nest the related issues. of interviewee to enhance the equality of documented issues. Frequency and relevancy became immediately apparent, and helped focused the design approach.It was evident that we should design around advisor training, forms and course scheduling.

Advisor Training

Advisor inconsistency year-to-year

Students don't use assigned

advisor

Adjunct training

Advisor / Professor training for

international students

General advising training

Part-time faculty lack knowledge of course and responsibility for

advising

Confusing Forms

Too many communication

forms

Lack of communication

between advising forms and

registration

Forms lack clarity

Unclear purpose of forms

Course Scheduling

GRID based on Faculty

No University-wide time slot for Electives

Against shorter class period time

Rigid schedule due to great structure

Coordinating schedules of faculty

Courses scheduled

based on prior year catalog

Being reactive mode to other dept. in

terms of scheduling

Synthesis

Grid Con!icts

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with class

Students must work hard to keep up with

tight schedule

Students schedules do not fit LACR

courses well Music & dance dept. are main issue of

scheduling courses

Forms & Signatures

Forms require signatures

Title / signature on the forms is confusing

Too many signatures required for certain

forms

Forms require

signatures

Which dean required for what signature

Course Substitution

Transfer students & courses / credit

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Student difficulty taking courses

outside departmentUnclear substitution policy

Transfer Student

Transfer student difficulty

Transfer students on

wait-list

Transfer students difficulty

System

Portal is confusing

Too many university tools

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confusing

Degree Audit

Credit counting difficulty

Inconsistent Degree Audit

format

Degree audit inconsistency

Students & Advising

Students ignore advising sheet

Students dont look at Portal

25% students lack advising

Caps / Space

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decision

Cap overrides due to ensemble

Students are usually able to get a cap-override

signature Space issues when students

from other majors join

classes

Drop/Add

Students addicted to drop/add

Department of music and dance submit

late drop/adds due to ensemble auditions

Shorten the length of Drop/Add

Course bulletin confusion

Catalog is not printed

Bulletin / Catalog

Leave & Withdraw

LOA return policy is unclear to students

Advise and navigate LOA students

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member who schedules courses for their department. Understanding where and when space is available is a large issue.to see what, where and when a class is scheduled in a virtual space.

course information. students major.

A student can formulate multiple scheduling options by dragging a course into the weekly calendar template.

Deliverable

undergraduate progress. the course catalog. load by providing access strait from the Degree Audit to course catalog, without the need to remember class names or ID numbers.

class scheduling requirements.

machine shop or classroom.

prompts the selection of an available room through a suggestive queue (a

Deliverable

In challenging museum norms, conversation between museum patrons. Using a projector and three interactive platforms, the individuals transcend the boundaries of personal space. Here they are encouraged to converse through individual and group control of a digitally-projected story. the viewed piece of art.

information from the platforms.

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Collabritique: Enhancing Patron interaction in MuseumsClient: Archives and Museum informatics

We hate how Leda Atomica uses color to represent

America's atomic attack on Japan.

Interactive Platforms

Projector & Computer Housing

Top: Focus group with Museum Design students

Bottom: Testing and installation of Collabritique at Museums and the Web.

My team and I headed to the museum to observe how people interact with exhibits to better understand the social engagements that occur.

the style of art they were viewing.two main design concerns.

other, and therefore are missing out on added value of opinions and discussion.to take pictures and obtain information while viewing art.

Research

Top: Multiple groups and individuals in a room. One woman takes a picture of her friends with a smart phone.

Bottom: Patrons on a museum tour.

Shown on the opposite page is the basis

other individuals to begin the interaction.A provocative statement is shown once all three patrons are standing on the platforms.of art in their view.the provocative context.

Leda Atomica Salvador Dali (1949)

conversation and power of context, the patrons come to a consensus on the stories outcome.patrons speak about a piece of art, and to interact with each other in this enhanced atmosphere.invisible interface and the constructs to

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After the initial introduction and testing iteration has continued.contextual interaction.

of the University of the Arts. valuable and has helped guide the next stage of development. being scheduled and we are working

sentence, enhancing user control.with color coded sentence structures.directions for the user.story is projected at the end of the interaction, i.e. a group button / lever.

iteration

Top Left: White boarding with a focus group.

Bottom Left: Testing out blob detection.

Top Right: Focus group session.

Bottom Right: Sketching story line infrastructure.

PRojECt ovERviEwUsing the augmented reality application experience by adding contextual information to curated art exhibits. illuminate the relationships between pieces of art through the use of augmented reality technology. the user enable this interaction.from the application to a Wikipedia page on the artist and a website that adds contextually relevant information.

museums to incorporate technology, the museum experience.An added addition is the ability to easily connect into current museum phone tours.

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Top and Bottom: On display at Museums and the Web in April of 2011.

Left and Right: Examples of the interface.

Reference links: http://nicolascoia.com/abduction_Europa.htmlhttp://nicolascoia.com/last_supper_remixed.htmlhttp://nicolascoia.com/goya.html

Phone Tour: 619.630.9404

Research

My colleagues and I observed patrons in a museum and their interactions with technology. museum patrons interact with

pictures of art.

information to an art exhibit.

Offering an augmented reality space for museum patrons to access information not readily available would add value to any patrons museum experience.interactions with the application. It was apparent that providing a historically relevant time line that augments provided information from a placard was a valuable addition.Many individuals were interested in integrating the technology into their museums and wondered how it could be further developed.

Left: A woman using her smart phone to photograph a painting.

Right: A patron listening to an audio tour.

testing

Initially, determining the Z-coordinates was imperative.However, after testing its consistency (or the application automates height to the individuals coordinates. We iterated multiple interface layouts.Interface layouts concluded to show the artwork viewed with links to additional

reliability of Z-coordinates.

Middle: Testing Layar development

Right: Testing application GPS reliability, positioning and design.

controlled with a single button. Safety and control were critical operational principles affording the user freedom of movement and peace of mind. By leveraging a simple button, the design is scalable to puff and lever controlled systems.number of actuations to perform each primary action.

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PRojECt ovERviEwuse those principles to evoke happiness through design.My team and I chose the element earth With these guiding principles, we distilled meaning out of the terms and discussed how to best incorporate our beliefs into an experience.something very natural and all around us. It is, however, a lost piece of the urban environment. the concrete of our sidewalks and in the wood of our benches. Many see past this and feel surrounded by an unnatural environment.

paced urban dweller to relax, evoke patience in their daily lives and focus on the natural elements with which they are surrounded. Our audience became the urban explorer and we decided to design a relaxing and educational experience. parks that an urban explorer can stumble When sitting in one of the serene parks the dweller navigates to mediations that focus on the surrounding natural elements.

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Bottom Left: Trail marker

Middle: Trail Marker on a street sign

Bottom Right: Visual showing that cities are representative of all the elements of earth.

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culminated after a two day brainstorm.and water to truly come to terms with these elements.We then approached the whiteboard with ideas around the numerous virtues

what element and virtue to focus on was virtues in another, we chose our future.

be imagined.various nature preserves embodies the spirit of earth by highlighting its frequency.helps evoke the feeling of patience and illuminates the qualities of earth surrounding the dweller. to sit, relax and meditate on how the park represents the earth around you truly creates happiness.

ideation

Top Left: Trail marker in a Tree

Bottom: PhillyPath trail markers, stencil and marketing collateral.

Top Right: Serene earth location

Middle Right: Trail marker on a street post

Wooden BenchNotice the bench upon which you sit,It is no longer alive, but in it are the lines of its life,Take a moment to think about this bench and its life,Allow yourself to connect with it,Although surrounded by man-made buildings and benches,They are still natural pieces of earth, just in a reborn state,Take a few deep breaths and contemplate your involvement with these surroundings.

Iron GateThe gate before you is iron,A natural element on the periodic table,To allow you and other dwellers to enter and exit this resting place,Elements are natural pieces of the earth,This gate is your connection to earth,Enjoy the gate, it welcomes you.

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