2. Cohort: WRHU 88.7 FM Office
Characteristics:
● In the School of Communications
● Used by students, community volunteers, and staff
● Multiformat station (different types of shows)
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4. Observation Summary
● 3 rooms:
- Studio is used for engineering and producing shows
- Office is used as a collaborative space and signing out
equipment/ the studio
- Lounge area outside of office
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5. Unmet Needs
● Facilitate posting show schedules
● Reserving studio time
● Communicate with staff about shows or rescheduling
● Current paper based system is only accessible at one location
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6. Application Concept
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An application to make show scheduling at WRHU more
efficient and facilitate group problem solving.
7. Naming of the Application
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WRHU
Time
Slot
Time Slot
8. Ideation Session:
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● A schedule that allows free time to commit to the station
● Getting school credit for your WRHU work
● Maximizing the amount of airtime for students
10. Date Policy & Digital Footprint:
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Considerations
● Link to the main WRHU page
● Data tracking
● Targeted advertisements
Concerns
● Leakage to private information/ interview sessions
● User information
11. Application Research: Disney+
Disney Plus is a streaming service for all movies sponsored by Disney
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The homepage with a wide
variety of movies and genres
Access to your profile,
settings, and watchlist
Your watch list. Movies will be
removed from the list when
viewed
Explore page with different
types of Disney collections
12. Application Research: Canva
Canva is a design app to create posters and Instagram stories
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The homepage with the logo All of my designs are
automatically saved
Homepage with search engine
on top and access to your
designs
Research different types of
things to design and
customize
13. Application Research: Ellentube
EllenTube is an app similar to YouTube, but all the videos are about Ellen and her show
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The homepage with an
“accept” button
Trending videos on EllenTube,
similar style to YouTube
Shows clips that were already
seen on former shows
Other tabs to access games,
giveaways, and tickets to all
things Ellen
14. Application Research: Life360
Provides location-based sharing services
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The homepage with the logo Provides a map where you
can see if sharing services are
on
You can connect to where
your family members or
friends are located
Shows emergency contacts
and crime reports (safety tab)
15. Application Research: Virtual Keypad
App for safety that allows you to set your alarm in your house from your phone
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The homepage with the logo Shows the time and what
options you have to arm the
house
Alarm history Settings Page
19. Homescreen
● Button to sign out the studio
● Notification if someone can’t make their slot
● Search bar to see who has a slot
● Button to click the schedule
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20. Message Screen
● Messages from individuals or Administrative Board
● Search through messages
● Start a new personal message or group
● Public and personal requests for borrowing
● Notifies users when there are new messages
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21. You Screen
● Banner of choice
● Personal information of user
● Settings
● Schedule viewer
● Sign out history
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