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What makes an environment inviting for posting on a bulletin board?
The most inviting factor about the environment of the first bulletin group was the purpose of the room. The printing room is a place where most students stay for a long time and work with computers, print their assignments and documents and even socialize with each other. The nature of this staying makes it more probable that the ads and notices being seen over time. The high traffic of the room and long stays exposes the boards to a large number of audience. Accordingly, most of the posts were about everyday needs of students and social ads that needs to be seen by as much persons as possible. On the other hand, the second bulletin group were located in an area that most …show more content…

Also, many of the students who study in that place are undergraduate students who does not have access to other systems in the labs at the campus and comes to the place on a daily basis, considering the categories of posts with most frequency including tutoring and social categories, it can be inferred that the main audience of the bulletins are undergraduate students who participate more in social events and needs a tutor for their courses.
On the other hand, the second bulletin group were limited access boards that did not have various posts on them and their posts had more text than the photos on them. Also, they were located close to offices related to student services and societies. Therefore, it can be concluded that the aim of the board was informing students about their services and opportunities and did not intend to just be seen by the greater number of audiences but to be seen by the right target group who are looking for that information. Although they also used the color for attracting the attention, the chosen color which was blue was not a vivid color and tried to keep the audience for longer time.
1. Having this in mind, the first factor that should be considered in designing a digital bulletin board is aim of the board and the selected audience. This factor can affect the

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