Abstract

This study evaluated the efficiency of Solent University’s web-based timetabling interface design.

A survey was conducted to gather views of students and lecturers on the current timetabling application.

Analysis of the data showed that most users face difficulties when booking and finding out about the availability of classrooms, laboratories and lecture theatres. The results were analysed to inform the design and implementation of User Interface which uses visual cues instead of the text-based User Interface.

The implementation employed the Dart programming language for the frontend of the web application together with Flutter a cross platform frontend development framework. Firebase Auth was used for the user authentication and firebase messaging was used for email correspondence throughout the application. This improvement focused on reducing clicks, using visual cues and intuitive colour codes to make it more user friendly.

An Evaluation of the Timetabling Application Interface Design