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?

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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?