1. Sara Snow & Kirk Yoshida

2. Presentation Overview
Site concept
User research
Design strategy
Design decisions & technology implementation
Site organization, navigation & layout
User testing
Live demo
Lessons learned
Results summary
Desired improvements
Initial idea: refer to your original proposal
Objective: design document executive summary, paragraph 3 and/or mission
Audience: design document audience

3. Site Concept Initial Idea Objective Audience
Initial idea: refer to your original proposal
Objective: design document executive summary, paragraph 3 and/or mission
Audience: design document audience

4. User Research Heuristic evaluations Interview results
Active volunteers in Austin
People new to Austin
People who organize volunteer groups
People new to volunteering
Implications
Heuristic evaluations: design document page 6-15
Interview results: design document page 15-17
Implications: design document page 17-18

5. Design Strategy
Blueprints
Blueprints: design document page 19-21

6. Design Strategy Wireframes Wireframes: design document page 22-29
Wireframe testing: Implementation Report III (we called it II) submitted to UT Blackboard 4/21 (says 4/7 in header)

7. Design Decisions
Fonts & Colors
Logo

8. Technology Implementation
10 hours of pain for every one fleeting moment of joy

9. Site Homepage Organization Navigation Layout
Heuristic evaluations: design document page 6-15
Interview results: design document page 15-17
Implications: design document page 17-18

10. User Testing Methodology No major flaws! Main issues
Events vs. Opportunities
Banner
Calendar
Post a Review

11. Live Demonstration nova.ischool.utexas.edu/drupal/frontpage
Find an Opportunity (Calendar & Search)
Post an Opportunity
Post a Review
Search results
Event or opportunity example (from search results)
Organization profile

12. Lessons Learned Detailed project schedule is important
Second round of testing is important
Difficult to choose CMS before implementation
Drupal
High learning curve
Drupal 6 vs. 7
Immediate professional-looking site
Persistence required – don’t panic!

13. Results Summary Accomplished objective, similar to original plan
Exceeded our own expectations
Exerted (some) will on Drupal
Great user response

14. Desired Improvements Customize theme (banner size, font & colors)
Add “order by” to search results page
Add images
Add more current content to homepage
Minor changes
Increase size of help text font
Add labeling to calendar buttons