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Final
Testing outcomes
- Understand the information needs of current students - including new undergrad students, students considering postgrad study and current postgrad students.
- Understand their use of different channels, including the Vic website, and their channel preferences.
- Understand the relevance of faculties and schools to current students.
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- Six current students, representing: 2x new students (ideally, just started), 2x students considering PG study, 2x students involved in PG study.
- We prefer earlier appointments to later, with no more than three students on any one day. Sam and Anne to attend all interviews.
- Each session will take a max of 45 minutes.
- Each participant will get a $30 pressie card at the start of the session.
- Sessions will take place in a uni meeting room. (Hunter? or out in the Hub where students are more familiar with the environment?)
- Sam Motion (Unlicensed) to book meetings with as many of these students as necessary to get the required/representative groupings
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| Time | Name | Details | Status |
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| 9-9.45am | Schyana Sc | BA majoring in Psychology, minoring in German and Educational Psychology - 3rd year - planning to do postgrad | Confirmed (meeting at SU) |
| 10-10.45am | SophieSo | BA majoring in English literature, Education and Psychology - 1st year | Confirmed (meeting at SU) |
| 11-11.45am | LizzieL | BDI majoring in Culture+Context and minoring in Marketing, BA majoring in Philosophy - 2nd year | Confirmed (meeting at HU319) |
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| Time | Name | Details | Status |
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| 9-9.45am | MatthewM | LLB/BA majoring in Law, Politics, and Industrial Relations, 2nd yearConfirmed (meeting in HU319) | Forgot. Rescheduling? |
| 1.45-2.30pm | ThomasT | Physics and philosophy, 3rd year | Awaiting txt responseConfirmed (meeting in HU319) |
| 3-3.45pm | RosarioR | BBmedSc majoring in Human Genetics, 3rd year - planning to do postgrad | Awaiting email responseConfirmed (meeting in HU319) |
| 4-4.45pm | CarrieC | Masters in Psychology, 5th year but 7th at Victoria | Confirmed (meeting at SU) |
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Talk about them as a person:
- Where are they from?
- Where do they live (halls, flatting, home)?
- What are their interests?
- Are they into social media - what social media sites do they use - what for?
- What sorts of 'devices' do they use?
Vic student
- How long they've been at uni, what they're studying, how long they have to go.
Thinking about PG?
Expectations
What were your expectations about uni when you enrolled - how did you think it would be?
What was the reality? How have you found it?
Enrolment process and acceptance
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If older: transferring or related process
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Course schedule
What process do you use when you're building your study course schedule for the following year?
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Have you ever looked on the Vic website to find out about news or events? Where would you look? (eg, Home, F&S).
PG info
Thinking about it? When started thinking about it?
What info do/did they need?
Careers - job
Thinking about it? When started thinking about it?
What info do/did they need? (eg, likelihood of employment? Earnings?)
Other information from Vic
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How do you find out that information?
Channels
How do you get updates?
What works well for you and what doesn't? What could make things easier?
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What interactions do you have with the school? How do you get info from them? Do you use their site?
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Explore site (if time)
Get them to look at some of the content they've been talking about.
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- Thank YOU - site will improve as a result of your input.
- Interested in signing up to have more input in the future? - eg, looking at prototype
Extras
If the information needs conversation hasn't been very fruitful, it might be useful to have some questions up our sleeve to help direct both the channels and current information conversations.
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