Senior Design Projects
ECS193 A/B Winter & Spring 2019
RAMS - user experience
| smwaddell@ucdavis.edu | |
| Name | Shane Waddell |
| Affiliation | JMIE/NRS |
Project's details
| Project title | RAMS - user experience |
| Background | The Reserve Application Management System ( http://rams.ucnrs.org/ ) is a web-based platform for managing research, teaching, and other use at Reserves in the Natural Reserve System ( http://www.ucnrs.org/ ). It handles applications and reservations, including housing, vehicles, and staff-time requests. It tracks user information and provides reporting metrics for types of use and users. It includes a calendar of activities and it manages billing. However, its presentation is dated and users find it cumbersome. |
| Description | Students would be asked to improve the user experience by providing suggestions for upgrades to the interface and possibly system architecture. This would include: • Stakeholder interviews and/or questionnaire regarding need for improvements in the user interface, includes researchers, teachers, public, site managers, and administrators • Assessment of the system: o First-timer – what is confusing to a new user? o Repetitive user – what is repetitive or cumbersome? o Manager/Administrator – Is there information not needed? o Other issues? • Content Audit – Dive into the current website’s content, identifying highlights and gaps and flagging opportunities for improvement • Examine the back end of the system look for structural improvements to the database to speed up the processing, exclude redundancies, and improve dataflow. |
| Deliverable | • Results of interviews/questionnaires identifying common themes or needs • Proposed improvements to the front end • Story boards and/or web page examples of improvements • Proposed improvement to the back end |
| Skill set desirable | • Sense of style with web layout and design • Interest in user experience studies and design • Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript ( web development ) • Knowledge of mySql and Ruby on Rails |
| Phone number | 530-754-7108 |
| Client time availability | 30-60 min weekly or more |
| IP requirement | Open source project |
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