Costly Required Course Materials at UMD
10+10 Brainstorm
Design Challenge:
To allow users to easily access textbooks and required course materials for free
Problems to Solve: Factors to Consider: Assumptions:
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All required textbooks/reading materials are not easily found on one database
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Confusing to know exactly everything you need for all of your courses
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It is too expensive to buy all of these materials
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Copyright concerns
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Financial ability of the university
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There is a place where every required material is readily available to students
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Students can easily find what they need and how to get it
Top 5 Ideas
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Create a mobile app that has a database of PDFS of reading materials required by every UMD course
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Make a free textbook rental process
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Work with publishers to provide cheaper materials for students
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Create a UMD specific database of free or shared materials
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Compile a list of links to the cheapest places to purchase materials for classes
Chosen Idea:
Create a mobile app that has a database of PDFS of reading materials required by every UMD course
Chosen Idea Sketch Variations + Chosen Variation
"We Believe" User Assumptions
