Team 42 - FYP Portal

Tasks

1. You want to log in to see what supervisors are available, and you’re interested in finding a supervisor who would supervise Mathematics of Computing.

2. Assume you didn’t find a supervisor, you want to apply to be automatically allocated a supervisor.

3. You want to edit your application.

4. You want to view who your allocated supervisor is.

Expected Solutions

1. Log in page > Azure AD button > Select Student role > Search bar, “Mathematics of computing”. Results: Kirsty Blackman, Liz Twist, Luke Evans.

2. Apply > Student Application > Fill application.

3. Apply > View Application > Edit > Submit.

4. Apply > Your Allocated Supervisor.

User 1 comments, Student:

1. A little bit of hesitance when picking web role, curious to see what happens if they picked “Supervisor” instead of “Student”. Otherwise, followed the same steps, but browsed the list of supervisors before searching for “Math”. Found Kirsty Blackman, Liz Twist, Luke Evans.

2. Their first step was to click “Final Year Projects” in the navigation bar. After that, they correctly clicked Apply > Student Application. Noted the webpage took a bit long to load. Found the form relatively easy to fill out, aside from displaying slight confusion over what “second-choice research group” meant. Completed everything else with no trouble.

3. Correctly and smoothly progressed through the expected steps.

4. Correctly progressed through the expected steps but noted there was nothing to see on that page yet.

User 2 comments, Student:

1. Did not have issues logging in or picking the student role. Browsed the list for a short time before searching for “Mathematics of computing”. Found Kirsty Blackman, Liz Twist, Luke Evans.

2. Navigated to Apply > Student Application without trouble. Expressed dislike that the form was long. Wished he was redirected to another page once he submitted it.

3. Navigated to the correct page easily and quickly, remarked there are not too many tabs on the site to get lost in. Noticed there were extra questions, but they read the comment at the top of the page so there was no confusion.

4. Easily navigated to the page. The only further comments were that the user was satisfied with the navigability of the website.

Tasks:

1. You are required to log in and register as a supervisor.

2. You want to know what students you are allocated to supervise this year.

3. You want to report to the administration, per their instructions, that you agreed to supervise Teodora Lovin.

4. You want to edit your supervisor application.

Expected Solutions:

1. Log in page > Azure AD button > Select Supervisor role > Your Supervisor Application > Register as a Supervisor > Fill application.

2. Your Supervisees > View Supervisees.

3. Your Supervisees > Register Supervisee > Select Teodora Lovin from lookup.

4. Your Supervisor Application > View Application > Edit > Submit.

User 3 comments, Supervisor:

1. Logged in without issue. Claimed it was easy to sign in. Slight surprise when they were asked to pick a role but had no issues executing the task correctly. They took a second to familiarize themselves with the interface, then quickly found the Register as a Supervisor button. Filled in the application successfully, showing a bit of annoyance at having to pick ACM keywords one at a time. Slightly confused at where to find the teams meeting link required in the form.

2. The user followed the expected steps, commented it was convenient to see everything and everyone they are supervising at a glance.

3. Didn’t switch pages as per the expected solution, they just used the button on the View Supervisees page. Claimed it was easy to fill out but showed some concern over any privacy issues of being given a list of everyone’s names and emails.

4. The user has no issues with finding or editing this form. Claimed it was nice to be able to edit the form responses.

User 4 comments, Supervisor:

1. No comments on signing in. Selected the correct role. Navigated correctly to the supervisor application but wasn’t sure what exactly their supervision capacity was because they had to discuss this with the department.

2. They navigated correctly to the page to view their supervisees, which was also the home page they started on; however, it was empty.

3. They used the button on the page they were already on, View Supervisees page to add a supervisee rather than using the navigation bar to access the Register a Supervisee page. They had no issues finding the correct student contact and submitting the form.

4. They searched through the navigation bar for a second, clicked on their name, and then clicked on Your Application > View Application. They changed the content of some fields and clicked submit. They instinctively refreshed the page to see the updated application.

Summary analysis: The users used the system almost as intended, with few hesitations about where they might find the page they are looking for. In some instances, they took another approach than expected, however these alternative solutions worked perfectly fine and had the same outcome. These tests confirm that the user interface is largely intuitive, with some exceptions to the role selection. The users were overall satisfied with the interface, concluding a successful user acceptance test.