Assignment

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Assignment

• Design an interface for a scholarship search
  engine that searches a database of scholarships
  (Due Date, August 29th class).

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Task Analysis (1 of 2)

• Choose Keyword Search or Profile Search
• If Keyword Search, one-box key word search
  (similar to Google)
• If profile Search, fill out Age, Gender College
  Level (entering freshmen, etc.)

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Task Analysis (2 of 2)

• Show Results
• If new keyword, show new results.
• If expanded profile request, gather expanded
  profile and show results.

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Context

• This is a commercial, non-critical, Web-based
  application for use in any environment. Primary
  customers will be advertisers interested in
  purchasing banners on web pages focused on
  students entering school (SAT/ACT software, etc.)

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User

• Primary users will be students either entering
  school or currently in school.
• Secondary users include others with an interest
  in a persons education (parents grandparents,
  teachers and professors).

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Market Review

• A very good list of current scholarship search
  engines can be found at http//www.college-scholar
  ships.com/free_scholarship_searches.htm.
• Reviewed FastWeb, GoCollege, CollegeNet
  BrokeScholar