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{{Tan Message|For MIT [[College Application]]}}
{{Green Message|Tell us about something that you have created. This can be, for example, a design, a device, an object, an idea or concept. (Please limit your answer to 500 words or fewer.)}}

I am proud of the visual and information design of SeniorQuoter. (http://seniorquoter.org) SeniorQuoter is an open-source, installable PHP application which makes it easier for yearbooks to collect senior quotes. The visual design includes the branding of the project, the application’s administration panel, and the choices we provide to the schools for creating their submission page. (bad sentence: parallism, awkard)
Note: You might want to follow along with screenshots posted online: http://snipurl.com/seniorquoter
I created the logo using custom vector paths in Inkscape. I purposely created my own letters to communicate the feeling of handwriting. The pencil furthers the feeling of handwriting and it serves as the favicon. The way it comes off of the S and is the dot of the “i” further personalizes the logo and pulls it together and it provides a slight cursive element.
The administration page is based off of the visual design of previous versions of the Wordpress blogging software. I split the sections into tab areas. In order to increase the visual appeal of the interface I added famfamfam icons.
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 I am proud of the visual and information design of SeniorQuoter.  (http://seniorquoter.org) SeniorQuoter is an open-source, installable PHP application which makes it easy for yearbooks to collect senior quotes.  Note: You might want to follow along with screenshots posted online: http://snipurl.com/seniorquoter

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+Tell us about something that you have created. This can be, for example, a design, a device, an object, an idea or concept. (Please limit your answer to 500 words or fewer.)
-I am proud of the visual and information design of SeniorQuoter.  (http://seniorquoter.org) SeniorQuoter is an open-source, installable PHP application which makes it easier for yearbooks to collect senior quotes.  Note: You might want to follow along with screenshots posted online: http://snipurl.com/seniorquoter
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-I created the logo using custom vector paths in Inkscape.  I purposely created my own letters to communicate the feeling of handwriting.  The pencil furthers the feeling of handwriting and it serves as a recognizable icon.  I also linked the pencil to be both the slightly, curved, cursive-like top of the “S” and the eraser to be the dot of the “I” in order to create a more cohesive, distinct shape to the logo.  The logo is in all black for easy printing on any type of surface.
+I created the logo using custom vector paths in Inkscape.  I purposely created my own letters to communicate the feeling of handwriting.  The pencil represents handwriting and it serves as a recognizable icon for SeniorQuoter.  I also extended the slightly curved, cursive-like top of the “S” to lead to the pencil so that the eraser could create the dot of the “I.” This connection creates a cohesive, distinct shape to the logo.  The logo is in all black for easy printing on any type of surface using any type of printing method.
-The administration panel is based off of the visual design of previous versions of the Wordpress blogging software.  I admired the way Wordpress split the operation of the site into several main sections.  Although Wordpress has since totally redesigned their administration panel, I think that our current design still meets our needs.  The different sections are divided by data type.  In order to increase the visual appeal of the interface I added famfamfam icons.  The icons make each section easier to recognize and add more color to the administration area.
+I selected the design of the quote submission page to simplify the submission of quotes and maximize the personality of the school.  The quote submission page is very simple to use.  There are no sidebars or extraneous links.  In order to keep the code simple we do not support templates.  Instead, we support color customization using an AJAX color selector.  We also allow schools to upload an image of their mascot.  This fits the needs of schools, since school’s branding relies on their colors and mascot.
-I selected the design of the quote submission page to simplify the submission of quotes and maximize the personality of the school.  The quote submission page is very simple to use.  There are no sidebars or extraneous links.  In order to keep the code simple we do not support templates.  However instead, we support full color customization and the uploading of a main image, commonly a mascot.  This fits the needs of schools since school’s branding relies on their colors and mascot.
+SeniorQuoter has been used for two years now at our school.  There were no reported problems with the usability of the site and seniors reported that the system was easy to use.  We had problems with getting seniors to get around to submitting their quotes (motivation) as well as seniors not receiving their private invite codes since the codes were distributed offline through homeroom mail.
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-SeniorQuoter has been used for 2 years now at our school.  There were no reported problems with the usability of the site and seniors reported that the system was easy to use.  We had problems with getting seniors to get around to submitting their quotes (motivation) as well as seniors not receiving their private invite codes which were distributed offline.
 In my opinion, SeniorQuoter is a clean, simple, laser-focused web application.  It’s flexible where it needs to be, but is not too customizable as to make it impossible to test or develop.
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 I am proud of the visual and information design of SeniorQuoter.  (http://seniorquoter.org) SeniorQuoter is an open-source, installable PHP application which makes it easier for yearbooks to collect senior quotes.  Note: You might want to follow along with screenshots posted online: http://snipurl.com/seniorquoter
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 The administration panel is based off of the visual design of previous versions of the Wordpress blogging software.  I admired the way Wordpress split the operation of the site into several main sections.  Although Wordpress has since totally redesigned their administration panel, I think that our current design still meets our needs.  The different sections are divided by data type.  In order to increase the visual appeal of the interface I added famfamfam icons.  The icons make each section easier to recognize and add more color to the administration area.
-We allow schools to create their own color scheme instead of templates.  Schools have very well known colors and their branding relies on that and their logo.  They can also upload their logo.  This fits the needs of the school and keeps the code simple.
+I selected the design of the quote submission page to simplify the submission of quotes and maximize the personality of the school.  The quote submission page is very simple to use.  There are no sidebars or extraneous links.  In order to keep the code simple we do not support templates.  However instead, we support full color customization and the uploading of a main image, commonly a mascot.  This fits the needs of schools since school’s branding relies on their colors and mascot.
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-The quote submission page is very simple to use.  Very clean
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-In trials at our school, everyone could use the website.  Where the trouble was was getting people to submit their quotes and forgetting of codes.
-In my opinion, SeniorQuoter is a clean, simple laser-focused web application.  It’s flexible where it needs to be, but is not too customizable as to make it impossible to test or develop.
+SeniorQuoter has been used for 2 years now at our school.  There were no reported problems with the usability of the site and seniors reported that the system was easy to use.  We had problems with getting seniors to get around to submitting their quotes (motivation) as well as seniors not receiving their private invite codes which were distributed offline.
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