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.	To have a link to eg. Google Maps such that a Parent or a Student can easily locate the school or get driving directions from and to the school.
2.	Under School Information, to add a little bit about the history of the school, when it was established etc.. In this part, notable alumni should be mentioned as well (anyone who graduated from school and then became a well known in his/her field Science, Arts, Politics etc...)
3.	Metrics and indicators about the quality of education (compared to other schools) and the performance of the school graduates.
4.	Major events should be on the School calendar online and to allow for a notification service, such that it can send those who asked a reminder that this event is today.

	
2. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed by STUDENT but are not wanted by PARENT.  (30 minutes)
	
5.	Each student should have an account on the school web site.
6.	Using this account students can be able to find the schedule of their classes, the curriculum of each one and any material posted by the teacher.
7.	Also they can get their assignments online and submit the solutions online
8.	In addition, have a discussion board online would allow the students to interact with each other and with the teacher more.
9.	Getting the results of the marking of the assignment and exams online would be useful as well.

	
3. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed by PARENT but are not wanted by STUDENT.  (30 minutes)
	
10.	To have accounts on the website.
11.	With these accounts the parents can follow the performance of their children.
12.	It would be very useful if they can as well interact electronically with the teachers getting feedback and discussing how can the improve the performance of the students.
13.	The website can allow the parents to see how their children compare to their colleagues. Also to have some graphs that would plot the scores of he student across years and across subject, this would help them find out which things needs more focus and work from the students.
	
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)
	
14.	Teachers need to have features that would allow them manage their classes and the content. Eg. they should be able to submit class material and create online exams and assignments as they wish.
15.	In addition, they should be able to make the system mark the exam electronically.
16.	The system should allow them to add marks from different assignments, quizzes  and exams. Being able to easily calculate the average of the class, the highest, lowest mark. And to be see the marks on a curve.
17.	Teachers should be able to easily interact electronically to Parents and Students. Either individually or with a group of them (e.g. parents of the student in a certain class). Also they should be able to interact with other teachers.
18.	School administration should be able to easily generate statistics from the system.