User Interactions on Website Brainstorming
Resident logs onto longhorn sharing project using two factor authentication
Front Page:
Welcome banner at the top (catchy slogan under that)
Most recent items listed below (20 per page)
Top Tabs:
Gives (default)
Requests
Requests:
Automatically takes to list of requests
Plus sign at top right to add request
Search button
Gives:
Plus sign at top right to add a donation
Title
Select filters
Description (add a short description of your item, you could include weight, additional details, a quick history on the item, etc.)
Search button
Filters on Gives:
Category
Food
Apparel
Jewelry/Accessories
Dorm Furniture (must be small like lamps, footstools, etc.)
Dorm Decoration
Personal Care Items
Dorm
Condition
New
Barely Used
Well Used but Good Condition
Worn and Torn
Clicking/Requesting an Item:
Overview of item
Button at bottom to request item
Auto generates a message to the owner's email linked to EID (“First Name Last Name” requested your “item title”. Contact them at “email address” to set up your giveaway. Make sure to…..[suggested guidelines])
Once this button is clicked, we hide the item so multiple people don’t request item
If the initial giveaway did not work, it is up to owner to change their account settings so that we can unhide the item
Person who requested the item is prompted to report whether the exchange happened successfully or not.
If successful: permanently delete item
Else: unhide item and prompt
If an item has been on the page for 3 months and no one has taken it, message owner in their website account if they’d like to renew item
If yes: keep item
If else: remove item (no or hasn’t responded in 48 hours)
Notifications:
Every time owner or requestor has received a notification in their account (new message, someone has requested your item, etc.) auto-generate and email to their eid account
“You have a new important notification in your Longhorn Sharing Account! Please click here to view your message.”