11/06/2023

 Course Details

 @Mohammad Munzir Khan (Unlicensed)

 Few Feature Designs

 @Waseef (Unlicensed)

Rafi

•  Proposed new scheduling features for Planner

  • Charts vs table

    • Charts are more readable

    • Table could be color coded

    • Decision: Visualization always better

    • If we like the feature, we can refine UI

    • We like the idea of integrating Trends/Skedge into planner

    • Question: Why do we need this if Trends already exists?

      • Want user feedback on if users like snapshots of Trends vs using both as separate tools

    • Ragini: We could have a link in Trends to “add to plan” in Planner

      • Link to Trends, check professors for this course

      • In Trends, we can say “add to plan”

      • Team: Sections aren’t relevant for long term planning, the product doesn’t do this currently

    • Is one integrated product better?

    • Need to decide distinction between long term and short term degree planning

  • Can link into Trends with their URL schema, or even use their API

  • Mission of Planner

    • It’s a long-term degree planner

    • These features are targeting a short term schedule planning

    • Could have a future and long-term mode

    • How many plan upfront and how many plan each semester?

    • Value of Trends is in choosing professor, not choosing course

  • Add course to user’s cart

    • CourseBook has no API to do this

  • User interviews

    • most people want to see courses in Planner

    • they likely don’t know about Trends

    • So we could integrate trends data, with a link into Trends

  • Can Canva design the UI in 3 days or so