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School management (UX Research & Design)

Project Description (received from client end)

A platform for school,which connects teachers, students, parents and the management.
Questionnaire to Client

1. What is the main objective of this application?
2. Could you please list the major pain points of which the 4 user groups has got right now?
3. How do you measure success of this application?
4. What kind of attitude or characteristic should the application convey to users?
5. What the user should accomplish from this app? What are they special features of this application?
6. Are we planning for virtual classroom feature through this application? 
7. Are we gonna prefer dashboard? (If yes-Operational Dashboard or Analytical Dashboard?)
8. Are there any applications to model or particular style would you prefer?
9. How do compare your product to competitor?
10. Do you visit any competitor application? Do you have any analytics data?
11. When you want to complete the project? And who will be the responsible for timeline of the project?
Work Process will recommend to client

1. Identifying users
 2. User Research
       a. User Interview (Individual)
3. Creating Personas that may contain:
       Identifying
       a. Needs, 
       b. experiences, 
       c. Pain points
4. Task analysis
5. Features List
6. Prioritizing task
7. Information architecture
8. Wireframe
       a. Creating sample prototype
       b. Will send to usability testing (user review, sample usability scale (SUS))
       c. Hydrated if any (correction)
       d. Finally will send to approval
       e. After approval
9. Mockup using Photoshop (Will send to approval)
10. Development
Why should I select teacher for developing wire frame?

School management, Parents, Students will equally depend upon teacher’s persona; they have more responsibility than others.
User Interview (Teachers)

Challenges

1. The teachers are fully responsible for student having their lunch.
2. The student won’t do their homework or project work on their own.
3. Management should not receive any complaint against teachers from parents end.
4. Management need 100% percent results from students, whether they are good or bad in education.
5. The teacher will have more work pressure. 

Benefits

1. Teachers will get cash award, if the students get 100% percentage.
2. After 3 years experience of teacher, will get one child full fee discount.
3. Teachers will have cash awards or gifts during functions or events.
4. Teachers will have a salary on the date and other benefits like PF and ESI.
5. Teachers & students will have 1lakh free accidental policy, if it’s happened in school campus. 
6. After completing 5 years, teachers will have a free 1lakh LIC policy, management will pay the premium.

Needs

1. Need more appreciation or recognition from management & parents.
2. Management should understand teachers’ difficulties.

Communications

1. The school will send the sms for homework on a daily basis or for an unexpected leave.
2. By using phone/sms, the school will contact for parents.
3. School staff is responsible for sending homework through sms.
4. Communication happens through sms, phone and suggestion. 
5. Parent meetings will be held once in a month.
6. Teachers meeting will be held on every Tuesday.
7. Students meeting will be held once in a month. 


Pain points

1. Teachers are fully responsible like organizing the functions or event happens.
2. Sometimes Office staffs won’t be in office. If any meeting happens, the teachers should take care of it.
3. Teachers will have a twenty late per year; each late will have only fifteen minutes. If it’s exceeds two late will          deduct half day salary.
4. The management will give memo, if the student was failed in particular subjects at an annual exam (Three 
     memos will lead to cut the increment and five memos will lead to dismiss).
5. Teachers should not beat/scold children, if it happen’s complaint or anonymous letter will send to the school 
     secretary by using suggestion box.
6. Parents have full freedom to raise a complaint against teachers, but teachers won’t.
7. If four or five complaints received against particular teacher, the management immediately dismisses the 
     teacher.
8. The Management wants teachers to have to maintain libraries for each class.
9. A monthly newsletter will be responsible for teachers (routine). 

Observation

1. If the 10th student got 1st or 2nd place in school, the management will give a full fee discount in 11th & 12th 
    standard.
2. Part time teachers (Sports, yoga) will have only three classes in a week, but they will get good salary.
3. Higher secondary teachers will have a good salary and increment. But they have to take 2hrs special class 
    daily for students.
4. Management needs original certificates.
5. Parents are important to management.
6. Partiality towards teacher is increasing now.
7. Twelve leave allowed per year.
8. If parents want to complaint against teacher, they can meet secretary daily from 11AM to 2PM.
9. If the parent was not involved in the project, but the project is not good too, the student will get some more           marks for his own try.
Teacher Persona using photoshop
Task analysis

1. Teachers want to view their class absentees of students.
2. Teachers want to see all her demographics in home screen.
3. Teachers want to share her ideas to management & parents.
4. Teachers want to give feedback to particular parent about their student.
5. Teachers want to remind about homework to parents at 7pm.
6. Teachers need prior alert to get responsibility of meeting.
7. Teachers will have rating as marks for event organizing, so they reach limit, management will provide cash 
    award.
8. Teachers can convert one leave into multiple permissions.
9. Teachers want to know her schedule like event management through calendar feature.
10. Teacher’s students & parents will have notice board (feature) to know management thoughts and activities.
11. Teachers will have calendar feature to know her work schedule like event management, student leave
12. Teachers want MY TIMETABLE (feature) to know schedule.
13. Emergency messages would share management & parents.
14. They need Chat feature to speak with student & parents, they can share photos, videos and online resource.
15. Teachers can see her late and leave status, event score, my memos, warnings, weak students etc.
16. Emergency messages will share to management & parents.
17. If teachers can see the students leave class test result etc.
18. Teachers can see the complaint or suggestion towards her.
19. Teachers also raised a feedback towards student & parent.
20. Teachers can also chat with other teachers.
21. Teachers would like to see the whole class of students.
22. Teachers like to see today absentees.
23. Teachers like to see top ranked & weak students vice vera.
24. Teachers like to see, the efforts took for a weak students.
25. Teachers want to see student’s activity like participation in events, sports.
26. Teachers want to see students leave status.
27. She wants to hear student problem.
28. She wants to know the troubling parent.
29. News feed about school activities.
30. News letter (about school activity) have to prepare by teachers.
31. Event photos and videos can see by teachers.
32. She wants to view her rewards (My reward).
33. The management want teachers have to maintain library.
34. She want student has to participate in sports.
35. Announcement (feature) from management.
36. Teachers want to list of holidays.
37. She wants to know student birthday.
38. She wants  student talent like dancing, drawing, painting.
39. She wants to know fee payed details.
40. She wants to give feedback against parent coordination.
41. She like to have parents details. 


Task prioritizing

Primary task

1. Teachers want to see all her demographics in home screen.
2. Teachers want to give feedback/suggestion to particular parent about their student.
3. Teachers want to remind about homework to parents at 7pm.
4. Teachers need prior alert to get responsibility of meeting.
5. Teachers will have rating as stars for event or function organizing, if they reach the limit of 5 stars, management will provide cash award.
6. Teachers can convert one leave into multiple lates.
7. Teachers want to know her schedule like event management through calendar feature.
8. Teachers, students & parents will have notice board (feature) to know management thoughts and activities.
9. Teachers want MY TIMETABLE (feature) to know daily class schedule.
10. They need Chat feature to speak with students, parents & teachers. They can share photos, videos and online resource.
11. Teachers can see her late and leave status, event score, my memos, warnings etc.
12. Teachers like to see the student’s class test result, Assessments result etc.
13. Teachers can see the complaint or suggestion towards her.
14. Teachers would like to see the whole class of students.
15. Teachers like to see today absentees.
16. Teachers like to see top ranked & weak students.
17. She wants to hear student problem.
18. The management advice teachers to mark the troubling parent.
19. News feed about school activities.
20. News letter (about school activity) have to prepare by teachers.
21. She wants to view her rewards (My reward).
22. The management want teachers have to maintain library.
23. She want student has to participate in sports.
24. Emergency Announcement (feature) from management.
25. She wants to know fee payed details by students.
26. She like to know parents details.
27. Emergency messages would share to management & parents. 


Secondary task

1. Teachers want to view their class attendance of students.
2. Teachers want to share her ideas to management & parents.
3. Teachers can also raise a feedback/suggestion towards student & parent.
4. Teachers can also chat with other teachers.
5. Teachers like to see, the efforts took for a weak students.
6. Teachers want to see student’s activity like participation in events, sports.
7. Event photos and videos can see by teachers.
8. Teachers want to list of holidays.
9. She wants to know student’s birthday.
10. She wants student talent like dancing, drawing, painting.
11. She wants to give feedback against parent coordination & support.


Information Architecture (Teacher) using Axure
User work flow library (feature in maintenance tab)

(Desktop Version)

(The main objective of the screen is lending books (like the library). The parents are only responsibility for assigning books to the students. The students can returned the books from their end.)


Brainstorming
Low fidelity wireframe
High Fidelity (Teacher) using Balsamiq
School management (UX Research & Design)
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School management (UX Research & Design)

A platform for school,which connects teachers, students, parents and the management.

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