urails/ta_queue — Issue #39: Login Confusion
Author: LeifAndersen
Created: 2011-11-04 15:54:27+00:00
State: open

I have had several students (and TAs) slightly confused by the login issue. Most websites require you to register before you can sign into something, and get a bit confused to realise that they just need to enter any old name and location. I know that there is text under that, but it is small and hard to read. And to be fair, most people (even CS people) don't read the text if they can avoid it.

So rather than username/location/log in, I suggest:

1. Name
2. Location
3. Enter

The combination of Username and Sign in makes them think the must register for something. I would change the third element to enter queue, but then I would be worried about students thinking that by clicking the button, they are now in the queue and just have to wait.