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Blue Valley App

Henry Stafford & Sydney Lenz

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Introduction

• Henry Stafford– Interactive Designer– Looking in going into either Computer Science or Computer

Engineering

• Sydney Lenz– Design Lead– Interested in fine arts and using hands to create.– Wants to go into photography or something to do with fine art. As well

as a degree in business.

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The Client

• Blue Valley School District has asked us to partner with Level 5 Solutions to create an iPhone App.

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Objective

• Develop a cross-platform mobile application • Provide timely and relevant information for students and their

parents. • Application’s content will be pulled from the district-approved

websites • Twitter• Facebook• bluevalleyk12.org

• Data will be presented to the user in an intuitive interface that will ensure repeated use and which will provide easy access to Blue Valley News and Calendars.

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Target Audience

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Target Audience(s):• Students (Freshman-

Seniors)• Parents in the district • Teachers in the district

History:• Website• Individual school communications

What we want:• Easy access to district info. • Available 24/7• Real time updates

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Message

• Make the app intuitive for all of our target audiences.

• Update and inform parents and students on what’s going on in the BV community in real time.

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Deliverables • Blue Valley School District

already has a website, logo, and social media network, so they have asked our team to create a phone application.

• The application isn’t a condensed version of the Blue Valley website. The information is going to be updated daily and easily accessible for parents and students at all times.

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Competitor Research• This project doesn’t have competitors, although, our

team has researched other schools’ applications

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Mansfield Independence School District

Application

KU ApplicationUT Application

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What we have created• Here is a basic layout for the app.

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Here is what might show when the app is opened.

Grades screenCalendars

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What we have created• Here is a basic layout for the app.

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What we have created• Here is a layout that you would pull down in.

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What we have completed

• Brainstorm Audience and Functions• Basic outline of what the app should

accomplish• Research other apps and design what our app

will look like• Start creating and finalizing designs• Upload designs to basecamp

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What needs to be completed

• We need to decide on a final design for the app. December 2,2011

• Start to create images for the chosen design. (continuing to next semester)

• Make sure app is fast and efficient. (continuing to next semester)

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Questions & Comments

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