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Feature Brief
Context
This feature will will help users understand the grade distribution of the courses and in the end help in the process of deciding the courses and prof. selection.
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I am user who relies on past data to help me plan my courses. I am trying to choose a prof. and a course for my degree plan. But its tough to decide the prof. because there are lots of courses/prof. to choose from and there is no single page with all data which makes me feel tired and frustrated.
Goals
To organize the course/prof. data in a visually appealing manner.
To help the user decide the prof/course easily using appropriate metrics easily understandable by the user.
To help user decide with ease meaning in as least time as possible.
To improve the overall conversion rate rate and improve user satisfaction.
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V1: Develop the Grade Distribution Dashboard to display course grade and course evaluation distribution data including the teaching style of the professor. (See requirements for more details)
Later Versions: Add features addons
Project Size: This is a medium-sized project.
Rollout/Testing Plan:
A/B Testing the Designs.
Roll out to a select group of users for beta testing before a full release.
Key Trade-Offs & Decisions
We considered a more elaborate recommendation system but decided to prioritize data transparency and user control over automated recommendations. So we do not recommend courses in any way.
Concept Mocks
Include some mocks or a prototype to illustrate the concept. (Add links)
Review Feature Brief before continuing
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Create a dedicated "Grade Distribution Dashboard" easily accessible.
Cleanup:
Remove box and whisker plots as it is confusing for the user.
The number of grades displayed is not accessible. User has to look a lot to find the number.
Dashboard:
Aggregate and display historical grade distribution data for courses and professors.
Display the number of grades or number of students who enrolled clearly.
Be able to compare all professors in the course. No limits on that
Display over grade score and overall course evaluation score.
Use can easily understand how many passed/failed in the course.
Use can easily understand the teaching style and interest level of prof. in a detailed manner through course evaluations.
Implement filtering options for users to narrow down their selections for viewing the grade distributions in a better way based on specific criteria such as from- to for semesters.
Implement filtering options for users to narrow down their selections for viewing the course evaluation distributions in a better way based on specific criteria such as from- to for semesters.
General Coursebook information - user can easily view the syllabus contents in a single page and can have access to amount of assignments, exams, grading style and other information.
UX:
Ensure the dashboard is responsive and user-friendly on both desktop and mobile devices.
Design clear and intuitive visualizations to present the data effectively.
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