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Grouper UI Analysis
The purpose of this UI analysis is to gather input, feedback, ideas and functional enhancements for the Grouper User Interface. This effort is currently (January '08) spearheaded by the University of Pennsylvania.
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The approach taken was to create a wire-frame model from the perspective of an end user who may want to search and find a group to join (opt in). Administrative functionality was then added without disrupting the consistency of the interface. The idea being that the interface remains the same and the amount of functionality exposed to the user is dependent on their underlying permissions.
Wire Frame
The wire frame is in PDF format and represents, conceptually, a different approach to a grouper front end
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- Buttons and navigation are not used in a consistent manner
- Inconsistent or inappropriate terminology for users to understand
- The use of 'Saved' (in navigation) implies persisted across session while clipboard or workspace implies session specific
- Cancel is used as a back button
- No context sensitive help
- Delete doesn't have a confirmation dialog
- Make names more friendly (Terms like 'stem' or 'extension' don't convey an intuitive meaning across broad user groups)
- Search Results don't show enough identifiable data to distinguish between two people named 'Ed Smith'
A navigation flow diagram shows the interaction between pages and functions. This was helpful in determining that search is a core utility that precedes most other site actions. This leads to the following conclusions:
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