Project Profile (CLE 1)

This project is based on previous discussions that can be found here: UX Improvement Project

MAIN DESIGN GOALS

To summarize, the overall plan is to re-design a few key areas of the CLE that will help end-users accomplish the following:

Immediately distinguish between the gateway (pre-login) and the main CLE (post-login).
Once logged in, quickly get oriented to the CLE by understanding the layout, controls, and overall UI metaphor.
Easily understand where to go to setup a site of their own.
Intuitively setup a site of their own without limiting any existing functionality.
Once a site is setup, easily understand how to make changes to it (edit it).
*Once user A sets up a site, user B should generally have no problems getting oriented to the environment even if it's his/her first time logging into the CLE.
Package the designs into an "implementation ready" kit.

*We'll have to see how this one goes. But in general, it shouldn't be out of reach.

SECONDARY DESIGN GOALS

Gain more insight into our end-user's needs and expectations.
Explore layouts and design concepts that push Sakai into a more modern application from both a technology and UX perspective (think Web 2.0)
Take an inventory of various systemic usability issues that go beyond the scope of this project and explore solutions that can be implemented into this project as a proof-of-concept for solving them in other areas.

DESIGN DELIVERABLES

Screen Designs - Includes virtually every *screen template needed for implementation.
Optional Materials - Any prototype, wire-frames, or other blueprints that document the user interactions through the design.

*Screens will be in PNG format and will represent the coalescence of all the UX design work and thought that goes into this project.

WEB DEVELOPMENT DELIVERABLES

Web Templates - Consist of HTML,CSS, and JavaScript. These web templates should correspond to each of the screen designs.

JAVA & DB DELIVERABLES