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Milestone 3
Two anonymous MIT students
Jonathan Varsanik
Brian Moore
Julianne Palazzo
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• Academic and career focused network
• Two Components
– Challenges
• Access via web and SMS
– Goals
• Incentivize with “points” towards prizes
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System Layout
Web Page
Database
SMS
Bridge
Fellows
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Use cases
Post
challenge
Answer
challenge
Read
challenge
answers
Administrator
Rate challenge
answers
Write
Goals
Evaluate
goals
Student
Report
progress on
goals
Update
personal
information
Alumni
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View students’
profiles
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Usage scenario 1: Goals
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Usage scenario 2: Challenges
Administrator Posts
View /
respond
Fellow posts
challenge
Fellow’s friends
are notified via
text message
All people can
view challenge
on website
Fellow Posts
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Usage scenario 2: Challenges (2)
Mobile
Award
Highest
rated
challenges
/ responses
get
“points”
Post
Web
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Timeline to completion
• This term
– Website demo with SMS ability
– Posting challenges on current website to initiate
incentive structure
• How accept responses?
• Future
– All functionality moved to separate website
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Difficulties
• Deployment
– Integration of challenges with current website?
– Ability to smoothly host challenges on another
site?
– Will either of these be able to have SMS
integration?
• Will they use it
– That will come from upcoming conversations /
test challenges
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Two Kinds of Prototype
• Technical
– Website
– SMS
• Social
– Challenge attempt on current site
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Challenge Website Demo
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Questions?
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