Month: March 2017

Finals!!!!

Shruti

This post is referring to the finals of the Interface Design class. Every group did a wonderful job doing their pitch, presenting their Apps. Here a glance of what happened in the finals.

Cipher

The presentation can have the best user experience that the onboarding where can help to understand the product, so in this way it can to improve the App. The beautiful part of this app is the use of the camera because of looks like Instagram. This is a good reason how to use the camera and apply the use the typeface.

BR Help!

Help to users to find a clean bathroom with a TP. When people need to find the bathroom they can use the app. One of the big feedback was that this app can incentive business to use the app, so can bring more clientele to them.

Halcyon

This app is for college students that suffer mental health. For the reason, this app can help to improve their lives. Social media can be greatly connected to Instagram. the journal aspect needs to work more. The way that the app can work help to people to communicate messenger Chat. A good feature.

Also, this app can be a good opportunity for people are down because this could be something that helps people that with depress problems.

Serif Sheriff

App to detect fonts anywhere. The app works with Adobe. This app works with a library where the users can save the typefaces in their phone. The app has to lovable and connects with new fonts.

Iceberg

Fitness app, this app for people that they want the app mark on their bodies. Use Instagram to make profits.

E-park

Parking App for Savannah, this go overnight and started to with 30 minutes sessions. Excelente idea for a city like Savannah.

Pupwalk

An excellent idea to walk puppies around the city. Also, this app function of this app is similar to Facebook.  The only change that this group has to do is the map has to change so the experience can be better.

Script

This app is excellent to create a community where the users can share the books. Also, this app will help the users to connect with new young writers.

Trippy

This app can help young people to find their new adventures all over the world. The big feedback that this group have to improve is the onboarding of the app.

 

Mission Statement

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This class was amazing because every group talks their App. The professor encourages everyone to work hard and find out that the App that is designed in class will success in the final presentation. Also, in this class, every student can have the chance to collect feedback from their classmate.

The class was really motivational because the professor showed some videos where the students can learn how to present their project in a way that no one gets bored. For this reason, it is important in presentations show everything in a way the audience get enchanted.

In the second part of the class, every group work in the different platform such Sketch App, Marvel, and Proto.io. Even more, students have improved their skills in this software. However, I think that school should be buying these software, so students can use them for free.

 

 

Work Day

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Today students are working very hard to finalized their APP. They are prototyping, testing, and create new layouts when the App need to change. Also, students are managing Sketch App, Proto.io, and Marvel to provide to the Apps realism. Every class students are showing progress on their Apps, logos, colors, layouts, and dynamism.

 

   

Also, here are some websites that can provide more information in how the visual elements of the App can help the users to understand the functions.

Facebook Design Principles

IBM Research

Google Design

Microsoft

UX Magazine

Google

 

User Testing

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User Testing:

What is the goal of the user testing? It is being user specific. Found the patterns and gap that will help the designers to improve the App. Also, in this point, students need to know what/how the App can be successful. For this reason, every student has to do this separately in this way everyone can be on the same page.

In addition, the groups have known their competitions very well. It is part of the research that every group needs to go and see what the competitions do it. Also, a good resource, read the complaints of the users against the competition will bring new ideas to improve the App. Checking what the competitions are doing it or what they are don’t do it, in this way the product can test it. For this reason, the opportunity to test the product have to be with tentative/real users.

Today we have the visit of Ariana Nicoley from Google. Every group has the chance to meet with her. She gave to the group good feedbacks related to their projects,

     

Check the videos from this class

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Second Pitch

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Second Pitch

Every group in this class gave the second pitch. Their pitch was related to their product and how they are dealing with their ideas. At this moment, every classmate gave their feedbacks. Some groups had problems with the wireframe, some had problems with the journey of the persona, and some group had problems with the final design of the App. This class was really uplifting to everyone so the can improve their final project.

Also, the most group are using Proto.io and Marvel to prototype their work.  For now, every student is working hard reach the final product.

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