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Information Consolidation:NU Review
Sam RossoffJared KlingRyan ButerbaughJimmy TangYimming Liu
RTFM-6Fall 2005
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Background:So where should I live Freshman year?
● Lack of consolidated information on NU and Evanston services– Online information at NU's site is sparse
● Dorms: What the heck does a “TV Lounge” mean?● Dining halls: Am I getting ripped off by the meal
plans?● Classes: CTECs are often vague
– “THIS CLASS ROCKS!”– “Professor X can't lecture for $*(#@&”
● Where should students and prospective students turn?
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Turn to...
NU REVIEW*!
*Working Title
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What is NU Review?
Mission Statement:To create an online review site for the
Northwestern community consisting of:● Pages of factual information on the institution being
reviewed● Student reviews of said institution● Covering institutions of concern to the Northwestern
community– Dorms, dining halls, area restaurants, possibly classes or
professors
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Specific Objectives:Online Community
● Create an online Northwestern-based community– Facebook.com, Instant Messaging, Blackboard,
CTECS, HereAndNow, and others all have deficiencies
● Mainly, lack of interactivity– Even in CTECS
● No ability to respond to CTECS – No ability to review events on HereAndNow or suggest– alternatives
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Specific Objectives:Reviews, Reviews, Reviews
● Provide a venue for commenting and reviewing which does not currently exist– Ability to respond to reviews
● Does not exist in CTECS– To review unreviewed (or poorly reviewed) NU
and Evanston institutions● Dorms● Dining halls
– Allow for linking between reviews● What dining halls are near specific dorms?● What specific classes or professors go well together?
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Specific Objectives:Well that all sounds good...
● Determine if such a site would provide wanted service to the Northwestern community– We believe it would
● But admit we could be wrong
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Why NU Review:Well, what's our competition?
● Current Northwestern systems are...– without any review ability
● HereAndNow's schedule guide– not in real time
● CTECS– subject to censorship or selection
● CTECS– difficult to use
● ASG's restaurant guide● And again....CTECS
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Why NU Review:Because we just love prospies
● Help newer members of the Northwestern community– Older students can share experiences
● Create base content to build off– Newer students benefit from the knowledge base
● Add their experiences● Help those that follow
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Project Scope and Launch-Critical Goals
● Initial launch would cover only dorms– Leave room for addition of other categories in
the future● Launch-critical goals
– Wiki System● Base website
– Seed Data● Initial information● Possibly initial reviews
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Project Scope and Launch-Critical Goals
● Launch-critical goals, continued– Improved Comment System
● Deficiencies of current MediaWiki discussion system– Able to edit entire discussion– No Threads– Not conducive to reviews
– LDAP / Northwestern Authentication● Limit the community to Northwestern members● Downside: Graduated students cannot participate● Possibly create ex-student accounts
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Future Goals
● Allow viewers to rate reviews● Provide benefits for logging in
– Reputation● Posting highly rated reviews bumps your reviews
higher– Automatic suggestions
● “Based on what you have looked at, you might also be interested in...”
– Email notifications● Upon response to a review● Upon updating a “Watched” page
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Current Available Resources
● MediaWiki– Allow for user editability– Previously noted Discussion limits– No Northwestern-based wiki with the scope
which we plan to cover● Static NU information pages
– Provide some information we plan to cover– No direct user feedback
● Cannot respond directly to CTECS● Cannot respond at all to dorm descriptions on
University Housing's website
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Tools
● MediaWiki– Underlying framework– Will require reconfiguration to meet our specific
purpose● LDAP integration
– Extract information– User authentication
● Northwestern University websites– Gather information for launch
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Tools
● Surveys– Pre-launch survey
● Determine interest– Post-launch survey
● Determine awareness● Determine Response
● Publicity– Listservs– Flyering sidewalks
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Pending Issues
● Actual page layout– How and where are reviews placed?
● How much should be editable?– Determine through reputation system?– Free for all, in the spirit of Wikis?– Compromise between the two?
● How usable is a wiki to the average student? Will users be able to effectively participate?– Surveys and beta testing will help answer these
questions
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NU Review
“To boldly go where only ASG has gone before. Also, a couple of the Northwestern University websites.
But they all failed.”
Any questions?