The SIMians Course
Comment Forum (CoCoFo) opens with an introduction page. The sections
along the top and left of the page are constant elements that will always
be there to help you navigate the system. The center section contains
the changing information.
This prototype was
designed to support three different scenarios.
- You are a SIMS
student getting ready to sign up for your second semester classes.
You are thinking about taking a networking class and want to look
at the course reviews for IS 250.
- You are a SIMS
student getting ready to sign up for your second semester classes.
You are thinking about taking a user interface design class and want
to look at the course reviews for IS 213.
- You are a SIMS
student who has just finished taking IS 250. You really enjoyed the
class and want to write a comment so future students can read it.
You liked the course, thought the professor was excellent, and thought
the coursework was challenging but worth it.
We encourage you
to use different mechanisms to find the requested information (i.e.
search, browse, etc).
A few notes about
the system:
- The system works
best on Netscape Navigator.
- When you log
in, you can use any user name and password combination. Because the
system is not secure, it is best if you do not use your SIMS user
name and actual password.
- Once you are
logged in, try not to use the back button. It may place you in a semi-logged
in state, with some of the screens thinking you are logged in and
others thinking you are logged out.
- When you are
finished using the system, please log out. Otherwise the system will
think the next user is already logged in.
- The search mechanism
does not support unlimited searches; rather, we have seeded it with
a few preformatted search results based on the defined scenarios.
Search terms that work at the moment are: "network," "internet," "user,"
and "usability."
For additional details,
refer to Limitations of the Prototype.
Thank you for testing
our system.