CHILLIN IN THE FREEZER By: Allison, Gregory, Landon, Christian H., Lauren.
RU Chillin’ Final Presentation (1)
-
Upload
joshua-rochotte -
Category
Documents
-
view
73 -
download
1
Transcript of RU Chillin’ Final Presentation (1)
Mobile App for Social Connections
Martin Aranas, Joshua Cole, Cheryl Litwinczuk and Josh Rochotte
TEAM LateKnightCoffee
The ProblemFinding peers with similar interests
University of Illinois:
“brief diversions from a task can dramatically improve one’s ability to focus on the task for prolonged periods.”
Conflicting schedules
Limited social ties
The UsersOn campus & commuter
studentsCommon frustrationsConnecting with peers
Finding events
Scheduling
User Persona - MelanieAge: 19Off campus housingFrustrations
Niche interest
Roommates
Lack of existing social media functionality
User StudyFindings show that:
Issues with current search systems
Information overload
Or lack of information
User Tasks - Scenario 1
User Tasks - Scenario 2
Requirements AnalysisReduce information overloadIncrease information transparencySupport ad-hoc requestsSupport group controlMeetup safety
BrainstormingInitial sketches:
RU Seeking input screen
BrainstormingInitial sketches:
An individual event with details
Low-FidelityInitial sketches:
User profile screen
Low-FidelityInitial sketches:
First Iterations (1)
Low-FidelityInitial sketches:
First Iterations (2)
WireframesSecond iteration:
Register screenHome screen
WireframesSecond iteration:
Instructional popoutNotifications
Wireframes
Mid-Fidelity Wireframes
Through many iterations, we ended up deciding on ice and cold themes because this is a chill app.
This echoed into our color palette choice and theme execution
Who doesn’t love a penguin?
Why so Icy?
=
Positive:
Branding - design and layout
Aesthetics
Criticism Summary:
Remove “Melt”
Issues with navigation
Lack of visual feedback
Scrolling functionality
Evaluation Summary
Post-Heuristic Evaluation:
Simplified tasks
Increase visual feedback
Fixes to navigation
Improvements
High Fidelity Prototypehttps://www.justinmind.com/usernote/tests/22373657/22393053/22439759/index.html
Future App Functionality
Enhancement to “ice cube tray” interactivity
Improved “RU seeking” interaction flow
Improved event communication
GPS functionality?
Include CAS authentication
Moving Forward
So… RU Chilling?
Questions?
Comments?