ReadingTree An online community for kids who love books

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ReadingTreeAn online community for kids who love
books

• InfoSys 213 User Interface Design
• and Development
• Kirsten Swearingen
• Moryma Aydelott
• Amity Zeh

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We proudly present ReadingTree

• ReadingTree is a web-based, book-centered
  community for kids in grades 1 - 5, featuring a
  collaborative-filtering book recommender.

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Iterative design process

• Needs analysis
• Persona development
• Find a book without feeling stupid (Danny)
• Talk to friends about books (Jenny)
• Books, books, books! (Ayisha)
• Find information in books (Julio)
• Heuristic evaluation
• Usability testing
• Prototype revisions (5)

JENNY
DANNY
JULIO
AYISHA
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Our many iterations
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Design Decisions

• Many opportunities for kids to express themselves
  (ratings, reviews, polls)
• Bookshelf (their own place to go)
• Points and rewards for participation (make it
  like a game)
• Less typing, more clicking
• More graphics, busy pages
• Kid-to-kid interaction (moderated)
• Some activities that are not book dependent

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Pilot usability test findings
How bout you make all of these sports questions
games?

• The good news is basically, it works!
• The site appeals to children who like to read.
• Four of our five users said that they would use
  this site again and would recommend it to a
  friend.
• Navigational structure seems to support our
  personas in completing their primary goals
• Rated highly overall on ease of use and enjoyment
• Searching by subject
• Reading what other kids wrote
• Answering polls
• Getting points

Cool.
This is my new favorite website.
This computer doesnt really know grammar.
How do people with lockjaw eat?
Is this version 1.0?
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Demonstration

• Sign up
• Find a book by subject
• Get more information about it
• See bookshelf of another member
• Rate book
• Review it
• Visit the Treehouse and post message
• Find out Whats New?
• Answer a poll
• Get recommendations
• See your bookshelf and points page
• Member rewards