EDUcater - Systems Design
EDUcater helps high school students understand the plethora of opportunities available for them around the globe to venture into, and take full advantage of them to pursue their further education. The service would help them go about the admission procedure and help them get into their desired college and pursue their desired course. It develops a holistic and collaborative approach of multiple educational systems into one universal service.
Mind Map
Problem Areas
↪︎ With a wide range of colleges all around the globe, it is difficult to compare the facilities each college provides.
↪︎ Don’t know which course is the most appropriate to choose according to one’s caliber due to the wide range of opportunities available.
↪︎ There is so much information that needs to be gathered that sometimes either important points are missed out or people don’t know what points need to be looked at in general.
↪︎ With fraudulent universities coming up to scam the public, the legitimacy of a university cannot be judged upon while applying for it from miles away.
↪︎ Student forums and discussion groups are set up for every individual college but students find it difficult to manage multiple communications at once.
↪︎ There are so many students aiming for the same university from the same country and there is no common link of awareness between each of them so they could share their preferences with each other.
↪︎ Students are unaware of opportunities for scholarship and exchange programs.
↪︎ There is no common link of coordination between a student and college where they could be notified 8. about admission procedures openings, acceptance letters and rejections and all the other communications conducted between a college and a student.
↪︎ There is no estimated value of colleges existing around the globe.
Research Findings
↪︎ Too much information out there.
↪︎ Hyped to make the university look good.
↪︎ University has multiple branches, but all show same information.
↪︎ Benefit of doubt developed.
↪︎ Too many features clustered that aren’t easy to use.
↪︎ Ultimately leads us to the university website even after using other database platforms.
↪︎ Manually taking notes simultaneously to compare.
↪︎ No link of communication with the alumni.
↪︎ Need an app that could update the user with information regarding admission processes and immediate notifiers on the go.
Market Study
EDUcater's offerings can include:
↪︎ Decision support system.
↪︎ Chanel the information to make it more meaningful.
↪︎ Making a university more approachable.
↪︎ Link to public forum.
↪︎ Inspection of college via alumni, or certified inspector of the city.
↪︎ Link with google calendar for reminders for interviews and application procedures.
↪︎ Upload legal documents to be verified as a student and make co
↪︎ Rating of college. (Referable rating based on all features.)
↪︎ World map of colleges. (Interactive map that shows all kinds of colleges to filter to according 9. to your preference.)
Information Architecture
Solution
