Prototype Report. LEMA Pilot School Integrated Family Accountability System. Team 4

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1 Prototype Report LEMA Pilot School Integrated Family Accountability System Team 4 Teawon Han: Project Manager Zhen Huang: Feasibility Analyst Ziming Wei: Operational Concept Engineer Xiaoli Ma: Life Cycle Planner Ian Williams: Requirements Engineer Kimberly Krause: IIV&V, System Requirements Engineer 09/28/11

2 Prototype Report Version 1.2 Version History Date Author Version Changes made Rationale 08/15/09 SK, AL 1.0 Original template 09/28/11 IW 1.1 First Version N/A Initial draft for use with ICM EPG Template version /02/11 IW 1.2 Added elements from Easy Grade Pro Added student views of reports Client wants product to mimic the look and feel of Easy Grade Pro PRO_FCP_F11a_T04_V1.2.doc Template Version Date: 5/7/2010 ii

3 Prototype Report Version 1.2 Table of Contents Prototype Report...i Version History... ii Table of Contents... iii 1. Introduction Purpose of the prototype report Status of the prototype Navigation Flow Critical Issues and Risks Prototype Grade Reports Attendance Reports Grade Input Attendance Input Parent Communication Page Book Reservation System Prototype Report Template Version Date: 5/7/2010 iii

4 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the prototype report The prototype report is used to mitigate the riskiest aspects of the project. Once all of these aspects are gathered, the prototyper creates prototypes to model proposed solutions for that risk. The client reviews these models and provides feedback about how to improve. This document records the steps in this process. 1.2 Status of the prototype 09/28/11 - First version. 10/02/11 - Added new report pages that show what a student would see instead of a teacher. - Updated Navigation Flow to make it more clear that the grade/attendance reports for teachers and students are similar (teachers can see everything that students can see). - Mimicked some aspects of Easy Grade pro to make teachers more comfortable with the layout. Prototype Report Template 1

5 2. Navigation Flow Figure 1: Navigation Flow of Volunteer Tracking System Teacher Public Internet Teacher Login Teacher and Parent View Teacher and Parent View Grade Reports Grade Input Attend. Reports Attend. Input Parent Comm. Book Reserv. Parent View Parent View Parent/ Student Login Parent Parent Cell Phone Student Public Internet Public Internet Parent Prototype Report Template 2

6 3. Critical Issues and Risks Name UI Look and Feel Cross-project Cooperation Page Load Time Description Client is unsure how they want the UI to look. They have asked the developers to create a prototype based off of one of their existing systems (EZ Grade) and they will provide feedback. Client wants this system to interface/combine with a system from another project the class scheduling and registration system. The level of cooperation is unclear. One of the current systems takes several minutes to load. Client wants this time to be cut to 5 10 seconds. However, it is unclear what the cause of the lag is and they may require a new server to host their own database to speed up the load time. Since this is the first report, the only risk that we are able to prototype is the UI Look and Feel. The client did not help with this prototype except for pointing out that they want the UI to look generally like one of their existing products. Prototype Report Template 3

7 4. Prototype The prototype screens were created using Balsamiq, a tool designed to rapidly design realistic UI pages. This tool was chosen because the prototyper has previous experience using it. It is a good choice for low-tech prototypes because it contains many pre-built UI components that can be quickly combined to create simple pages. It is a good choice for test-drivable prototypes because it provides more powerful options such as page templates and page linking that can be used to create realistic pages. The following screenshots depict the main screens that the client has requested. Prototype Report Template 4

8 4.1 Grade Reports Description Displays a table of grades as well as a series of graphs that show a student s grades (or the entire class grades). Related Capability Win Conditions 64, 65, 72, 109 Pre-condition User is logged in and requests the Grade Reports menu drop-down Post Condition Student data is displayed in both tabular and graphical formats. Figure 1.1. Teacher s Grade Report for a Single Class Prototype Report Template 5

9 Figure 1.2. Teacher s Grade Report for All Classes Prototype Report Template 6

10 Figure 1.3. Parent s/student s Grade Report for All Classes Prototype Report Template 7

11 4.2 Attendance Reports Description Displays a table of grades as well as a series of reports that show a student s attendance across all classes. Related Capability Win conditions 64, 65, 72 Pre-condition User is logged in and requests the Attendance Reports menu drop-down. Post Condition Student data is displayed in both tabular and graphical formats. Figure 2.1. Attendance Report for Teachers Prototype Report Template 8

12 Figure 2.2. Attendance Report for Parents/Students Prototype Report Template 9

13 4.3 Grade Input Description Displays an interface for each class that the teacher teaches which allows him/her to input student grades whenever they want. Related Capability Win conditions 65, 109 Pre-condition User is logged in and requests the Grade Input menu drop-down. Post Condition Student data is displayed in both tabular and graphical formats. Figure 3. Grade Input Page Prototype Report Template 10

14 4.4 Attendance Input Description Displays an interface for each class that the teacher teaches which allows him/her to input student attendance. Related Capability Win conditions 64, 65 Pre-condition User is logged in and requests the Attendance Input menu drop-down. Post Condition Student data is displayed in both tabular and graphical formats. Figure 4. Attendance Input Page Prototype Report Template 11

15 4.5 Parent Communication Page Description Displays an interface that allows teachers to send messages to parents in the form of s/texts. Related Capability Win conditions 63, 57 Pre-condition User is logged in and requests the Parent Notification tab. Post Condition Teacher is presented with a list of predefined messages to send to parents with an option of either text or . Figure 5. Parent Notification Page Prototype Report Template 12

16 4.6 Book Reservation System Description Displays an interface that allows teachers to keep track of the books borrowed by students. Related Capability Win condition 113 Pre-condition User is logged in and requests the Book Reservation tab. Post Condition Teacher is presented with a list of all books lent out for each of their classes and an easy-to-see indicator of all overdue books (along with the offending student). Figure 6. Book Reservation Page Prototype Report Template 13

17 The Balsamiq tool proved its utility. The low-tech prototypes in the previous section were created rapidly and ought to elicit valuable feedback from the clients once they review it. Prototype Report Template 14