Waiting room UI & OH queue - Student Interface

[JessCai06]

Student Interface

• “Join OH Voice” button on course site/portal
• Sees current status of the OH queue (students before you)
• shows instructor availability state
• Required to type in a short description of their question
• Student clicks → enters OH queue → gets auto-matched to an available TA

Acceptance Criteria

• join button is visible on the course site/portal
• student can see the current queue status (number of students before them)
• Before joining the queue, the student is required to enter a short text description of their question; the “Join” action is blocked until this is filled in
• After clicking “Join,” the student is added to the OH queue and their position is updated in real time
• When a TA/instructor becomes available, the student is automatically matched and transitioned into the OH voice session
• If no instructors are available, the student remains in the queue until matched or until they leave voluntarily.