Dear Students:
Today you are going to generate ideas for the requirements of a computer-based system that is described in a document of a client who wants to improve the SIR JOHN A MACDONALD HIGH SCHOOL website http://sja.ednet.ns.ca/index.html.
You are going to use the power-only EPMcreate technique as the creativity fostering technique to generate your ideas.
The power-only EPMcreate technique consists of 5 mini brainstorming sessions. In each mini session, you will pretend to think from the viewpoints of two stakeholders(roles/users) STUDENT and PARENT, and for each pair of viewpoints, you will follow the steps 0-4 that are explained in the table below
Try to produce as many as possible, don’t evaluate any idea, and don’t inhibit anyone from participating. 
You have only two hours to carry out the steps, but you may end your session earlier if all of you agree that no more ideas are forthcoming.

0. Blank out your mind.	
1. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed jointly by STUDENT and PARENT.  (30 minutes) 	
1.	School Activities and Event
2.	Parent teacher meetings
3.	Grade reports
4.	General School Information and News
5.	Community Activities and Events
6.	Bus Schedule (re-organize the current material)
7.	Create link for both student and parent information to live
- Site wide calendar for events and important dates (cal)
8.	able to filter to specific types of events (important dates vs Big Bunch calendar)
9.	searchable, iCal link
10.	links to gallery for events
- Improved photo gallery
11.	Captions, Separate galleries for events
12.	Bulletin board for requesting events and providing feedback to the school
- E-Learning for communication with teachers
13.	homework
14.	questions about homework
15.	study strategies
16.	test dates (cal)
- Cafeteria menu
17.	nutritional information
18.	feedback about food
19.	recommended dietary information (canada food guide, etc)
- Sports
20.	sports available, facilities available
21.	dates of sporting events (cal)
22.	coach names, contact information
23.	participation costs, recommended vendors for equipment
24.	legacy/history of the programs
- Medical Information
25.	-  Needs reorganization, quick links, vacination/checkup schedule (cal)	
2. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed by STUDENT but are not wanted by PARENT.  (30 minutes)
	
- Library Improvements
26.	Contact Librarian service
  - Student accounts
27.	list of taken books, due dates, recall option, renewal
28.	reminders, fines
- Guidance Counseling
29.	Integrate site into main SJA site
30.	re-organize information, quick links for popluar information
31.	lots of empty space, pages have minimal content, bad navigation
32.	Academic Appeals process /information
- Student clubs
33.	Web space for club website and tools for memberships, events, calendar
34.	Links to all clubs
- Course websites
35.	link to e-learning
36.	teacher, textbooks, news, synopsis, schedule
- Sports
37.	intramurals web site, tools for scheduling/membership
38.	learning sports, new comers
39.	feedback for new sports to add to the program / intramural structure
40.	instructor led classes
- Student Advice
41.	information section for helpful tips, etc.
42.	study guides, focus, recommended projects/ideas, tools for brainstorming
43.	when to reach out for help, who to ask
- Community Involvement 
44.	volunteer opportunities
45.	- community groups	
3. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed by PARENT but are not wanted by STUDENT.  (30 minutes)

- NOTE: Parent Login to access without student knowledge to not discourage students from using school services

46.	Grade reports
47.	student performance
48.	attendance record
49.	medical reports, counseling
50.	punishments, disciplinary actions, fines
51.	feedback from teachers to parents about student
52.	ability for conversation with teachers and administrators
53.	accomplishments of the school with parent marketing focus
54.	academic excellence, facility upgrades
55.	teaching excellence awards, alumni of school successes
	
4. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are not wanted by both of STUDENT and PARENT, but are needed possibly by other stakeholders. (30 minutes)

56.	Fix navigation structure (some page missing links)
   - remove common links to student and parents and place in separate tools area
57.	Remove all PDF files (except for forms) convert to web pages
- Teacher web space
58.	what I'm teaching, interested in, etc
59.	guidelines / best practices for teaching
60.	lesson plans / tools
61.	reporting misconduct
- Redesign website
62.	Minimize link noise and replace with relevant content summaries with a More link.
63.	Use the common calendar recommended to feed the Important dates area of the site
64.	Use a blog style interface for news and load where needed on pages
- Community stakeholder
65.	successes of the school
66.	community involvement reports
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