John

John's First Encouter

Persona: John is a graduate student who is comfortable with computers. He has various writing projects on the go, including a thesis. He likes to procrastinate by surfing the web and reading up on digital humanities projects. He follows twitter and tweets occasionally.

Scenario 1: First Encounter

1. John hears about the Writing Game on twitter and follows the link to the site.
2. He clicks on the "3 Minutes About the Writing Game" video box to get a quick overview of the game.
3. He decides to try it and gets and account using the form on the page. The game sends him an account activation email that, when he clicks it takes him to a page that goes over the ethics issues. He has to click "I have read and agreed with the terms of this game" in order to continue.
4. He is now in the main page you get when you log in. This page gives him a couple of choices for new Projects he wants to start. Each of the possible projects includes a short description. The choices include: "Write a book", "Write an article", "Try Perl Writing", and "Customize your project".
5. He clicks "Write an article" and it opens the NewProject definition page that lets him customize how he wants todefine this project. He fills in the title with "Article onPlato". He fills in how many pages the article should be (hecan actually choose pages or words as the unit). In the case of anarticle length project there are no Milestones, just tasks. Thedefinition page prompts him to explain the project in the"What I'm doing" field and then to identify the majortasks giving him 5 fields to do so. The definition also prompts himfor the deadline date. All of this can be changed if he clicks onthe project again and then clicks edit.
6. He is then prompted to use the outline on the right to click one or more tasks. For each task he is