Student Collaboration in Meetings

Trust and communication.

Team A+ | Fall 2010

Step 1Concept

Development &

Testing

Step 4Step 3Step 2Competitive

AnalysisDetermine

Student Habits & Practices

Identify Key Insights &

Opportunities

Habits + PracticesFace-to-face communication preferred

85% hold meetings on campus, 8% at home on computer, 5% at coffee shops, 2% Other, n=100

Most work is done individuallyYes 49%, sometimes 49%, no = 2% (n=100)

Common meeting goals:Task delegation

Compiling all work into one document

Insights: TrustStudents struggle with project management.

“What are your concerns?”51% said “not enough accountability” and/or “harder for me to stay on task”

40% said “information gets lost”

Student Mobility

OpportunitiesIncrease student awareness and usage of document collaboration in Office Web Apps

Give students a simple way to keep track of group members’ responsibilities

Provide new ways for students to keep updated about the project

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Concept 3 - Notifications

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RecommendationsHave option to include access to document revisions when sending an email with an attached document.

Build a responsibility management tool that compliments synchronous, face-to-face meetings and asynchronous working habits.

Add ability to enable SMS, push notifications and email notification to all document collaboration tools.