Project - Introduction to Interaction design

1. November 2013
DD 301: Introduction to Interaction Design
Guide: Asst. Prof. Sharmistha Banerjee
Sleep and productivity
Explore the relationship between the various
aspects of daytime functioning and sleep parameters
Bhawna Agarwal
Richa Tripathi

2. We used a human-centered design approach to
examine the habits, motivations, and aspirations of
college students
Study of varied sleeping habits of college students extensive research on sleep patterns and sleepiness
in students. At the beginning stages of this investigation
we used the HCD methods of recruiting various backgrounds
and genders for our interviews.
Through our interviews we were able to create stories
and personas and find common themes from the students.

3. Fundamental Behaviours.
Human-centered design identifies
the fundamental elements to human
behavior. Many people view sleep as
merely a “down time” when their brains
shut off and their bodies rest. Students
may cut back on sleep, thinking it won’t
be a problem, because other responsibilities seem much more important.

4. Analysis of Literature Review

5. Daytime napping helps to restore one’s
energy and alertness.
• One of the core benefits of napping is that you can restore alertness
of your brain with just a few minutes of falling into light sleep.
• For some people, productivity takes a dip at 3pm every day. This is
exactly where to place a nap, and it has been one of the most powerful
ways to bring the productivity back to 100% for a good 1,5 hour session
after that.
• One of the key benefits of napping daily is to simply feel less tired.
• Make napping a consistent habit -both frequency and time.

6. Relation of sleep and productivity with
eating and other routinework
• Having large meals can cause indigestion that interferes with sleep.
• According to studies, after eating vegetarian food sleeping for 5 hours
makes one more productive than sleeping for 8 hours after having a
non vegetarian meal.

7. Mobile platform could serve as a
potential solution
• Mobile technology, is ubiquitous- and yes, the future too!
• Most people who own iPhones use them as their alarm clock — making
it all too easy to check email one last time before falling asleep and hard
to ever feel unplugged from work and social networks.
• Nearly three-quarters of people from the age of 18 to 44 sleep with
their phones within reach, according to a 2012

8. Balancing Quality of sleep with
Quantity
• Health care professionals should focus on sleep quality in addition
to sleep quantity in their efforts to understand the role of sleep
in daily life.
• Due to stress in lives of college students, the quality of sleep is
not good - while the quantity is good.
• Quality of sleep and the timing of sleep are as important as quantity.
People whose sleep is frequently interrupted or cut short may not get
enough of both non-REM sleep and REM sleep. Both types of sleep
appear to be crucial for learning and memory—and perhaps for the
restorative benefits of healthy sleep, including the growth and repair
of cells.

9. Our Approach
Our field work
Mediums?
5 weeks, 25 interviews: 15
Bachelors, 10 Masters.
Face to face interviews of IIT
Mwanza
Guwahati students
Via social media and other
communication facilities students of other colleges

10. Insights

11. - B.tech first year student
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12. Insight (if
Section2 necessary)
Academics and
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over here.
a one up position over
sleep in their priority list.
“Mid-sems and end-sems are
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the periods of back to back
night-outs.”
- CSE third Year Btech student
“After exams, partying, watching movies
all night is well deserved.”
- CSE third Year Btech student

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15. The Challenge!
Helping college students to optimize
sleep schedules for maximum productivity and minimum fatigue.
1. How much sleep do we actually need?
2. How do we balance sleep quality with sleep quantity?
3. How do we make students notice their decrease in performance?

16. We imagine
Designing a mobile application
Thank you.