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Student in FSILG:

• Eating Habits
  • Shares meals with large groups of friends
  • Eats at the same location for every meal-plan prepared meal
• Usually has some say in what food is prepared 
  • Usually only 1 menu per meal though
  • May not be able to find out the menu before a meal
• Usually has access to communal food in order to cook with on occasion
• Usually has access to nice cooking environment (commercial grade kitchen, lots of pots/pans, etc.)
• Persona:
  • Name: Andrew 
  • Age 19 (sophomore)
  • Course 9
  • Gets Andrew is a sophomore in Course 9 and lives at a fraternity 20 minutes from campus. He gets dinner 6 nights a week and lunch 6 days a week (if he goes back to his house)Has , and has to cook on one night of the week as part of a cooking teamSometimes cooks . He sometimes cooks for himself on the weekends
  • Travel time is about 20 mins from campus
  • Likes watching movies
  • Uses Facebook a lot
  • Checks email and has a sparsely-stocked personal fridge. Andrew is comfortable with a computer. He checks email a few times a day
  • Knows how to use a computer, but doesn’t know (or care) anything about how it works
  • Lives at the house and has his own fridge in his room, though personal fridge is usually relatively emptyand Facebook much more often.

Student on MIT Dining Plan:

• Eating Habits
  • Eats in a large dining hall with other students
  • May eat in a small group in this larger crowd
• Has very little say in what food is served
  • However, usually can choose from a variety of options among the food served (i.e. several menus available)
  • Can find the menu in advance on the MIT Dining website
• Exceptions to the above exist: some students on the required MIT Dining Plan don’t eat at the dining halls all the time, choosing instead to cook for themselves
• Persona: 
  • Name: Betty
  • Age: 20 (Junior)
  • Course 7
  • Lives in McCormick
  • Doesn’t Betty is a junior in Course 7 who lives in McCormick. She doesn’t mind the new mandatory meal plan
    • Really doesn’t like cooking
    Generally stays in because she doesn't enjoy cooking. She generally stays in her own dorm for meals and eats with other people on her floorOccasionally . Occasionally she goes to another dorm if a lot of her friends are goingHas a personal fridge which . Her personal fridge is usually stuffed with leftovers
  • Athletic and really active in IM sports
  • Doesn’t do varsity sports because she prefers just playing for fun with friends
  • Relatively outgoing
  • Very computer savvy
  • Knows enough programming to hack small odds and ends on the side
  • Checks Facebook dining hall food. She is very computer savvy and knows enough programming to hack small odds and ends. She checks Facebook and Twitter with her phone a few times a day Checks eand checks e-mail every 8 mins minutes or so.

Users Not on a Meal Plan
General notes:

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• Can more carefully monitor what they eat (and how much they spend on it)
• Seem to generally be willing to splurge every once in a while to get higher quality ingredients
• Often motivated to cook because it’s much cheaper than going out or buying in to the MIT meal plan
• Eats either alone or with small groups of friends/neighbors
• Goes to cooking websites for recipes, etc. (usually have just one that they really like)
• Persona:
  • Name: Christina
  • Age: 18 (Freshman)
  • Wants to be course 6-3
  • Cooks Christina is a freshman at East Campus aspiring to be Course 6-3. She cooks for herself because she’s pescetarian (vegetarian + fish)Really . She really enjoys cooking with /and for groups of people and tries to organize group meals usually about once a weekHas . She has easy access to a basic big kitchen on her floorDoesn’t . She doesn't have her own fridge because there’s plenty of , but there’s space in the communal fridge/freezerKeeps . She keeps a drawer well stocked with spices and seasonings Goes and grocery shopping shops twice a month
  • Really likes card games, and plays with people on her floor regularly for study breaks
  • Knows . She knows how to use a computer efficiently (including web browser), but doesn’t know anything about programming yetChecks . She checks email once a day.

Those who mostly eat out:

• Have a huge say in what they eat, but less of a say in what ingredients go into what they eat.
• Don’t always know nutritional information about food consumed, but might not care
• Spend more on food than people who cook all the time, since it’s usually more expensive to eat out
• Goes out once in a while with small groups of friends
• Orders food through websites like CampusFood.com, etc.
• Persona:
  • Name: Dave
  • Age: 21 (Senior) 
  • Course 8
  • Goes out to eat at Pour House on Saturdays with a group of other course 8 seniors
  • Orders food every Dave is a senior in Course 8 living at Burton Conner. He orders a large quantity of take-out, like a large pizza or a large dish of pasta, every 2 or 3 days, and saves the leftovers for the days in between
    • Generally orders large quantities of food, like a large pizza or a large dish of pasta or chinese food
  • Has a personal fridge to store the food in
  • Always looking for a good deal . As a result, he is always on the hunt for good deals on food, and uses online coupons Also uses sites like BuyWithMe or Groupon for discountsReally into console gaming; plays a lot of Halo Groupon. He goes out to eat at Pour House on Saturdays with a group of friends in his dormChecks other Course 8 seniors. He has a personal fridge to store the food in. Dave types quickly, checks e-mail constantly. Checks , and checks Facebook maybe once a month. Doesn’t know what Twitter is.
  • Can type quickly

Task analysis

I. Manage presence on website

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• Specify a new food log entry
• Enter information pertaining to the food eaten, such as:
  • Type of meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, other)
  • Date
  • What food items were eaten
    • User can optionally choose this from the list of food in possession
  • Optionally for each food item:
    • Amount of item eaten 
    • Food group that item belongs to
    • Calories
    • Cost
• Submit information
• As an alternative to the above, if a user is a member of a Group (see section IV below), user can simply import a Group food entry to own food log
  • User can further edit this entry once it is imported (e.g. to delete items he or she did not actually eat, or to add items)

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• Specify a new food log entry
• Enter information pertaining to the food eaten, such as:
  • Type of meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, other)
  • Date
  • What food items were eaten
    • User  User can optionally choose this from the list of food in possession
  • Optionally for each food item:
    • Amount of item eaten
    • Food group that item belongs to
    • Calories
    • Cost
• Submit information

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