2. Why I chose ‘Learning and Education’ ?
Source
Source
Dropout rate increasing
The figure for dropouts at the secondary
level was as high as 17%
Attention span of students reduced
It is estimated that the average millennial
picks up the smartphone 150 times a day.
Distractions are making students less
productive
Almost one-half of all college students use
social media for an estimated two to five
hours a day.
Students are feeling anxious
Students aged 18-22, known as Gen Z, 73%
report sometimes or always feeling alone,
up from 69% a year ago.
Source
Source
3. User Interview
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Not able to Concentrate
because of social media
Krishna Dev
Aditya Sreejith
Tom Varghese
5th Semester | Mechanical Engineering
5th Semester |Aeronautical engineering
5th Semester |
Computer Science engineering
Study alone for
long time makes
it really boring
Hard to find all my previous notes
as they get mixed up with other
files
4. Long Study meet which is not effective
Time getting wasted due to distractions
Not able to find the old files
Scattered Study Materials
StoryBoarding
Teachers shared notes in Whatsapp, Mails,
and MS Teams
Akshay thought of learning together with his
friends online We all talked off-topic
matters and even forgot
to cover many important
points
But it took long of time to
find the files from huge
number of mails and
other documnets
5. Problem Statement
How to make Self-Study efficient ?
What device to build for ?
Source
Smartphone is the primary mode of
online learning for Indian students
6. User Persona
Jaison John
Age:
20
Location:
Bengaluru
About
Want
Pain Points
Needs
Jaison John is an engineering student who is atteding online classes due
to Pandemic. Currently in his 3rd year of BE Computer Science Engineering
b Become a Software Engineer.
b Make his parents happy.
…‹ Not able to concentrate during self study‹
x‹ Social media Addiction‹
z‹ Not able to organize study materials as apps aren’t flexible enough‹
r‹ Not able to study with friends
b Give his best in his studies
b Be organised and productive
7. Target Group
Students who want to
study but can’t get rid
of social media addiction
Reason:
Notification acts as a
trigger and end up in the
endless scrolling
Students who are not
motivated enough to study
Reason:
They haven’t introspected
themself to find their
intrinsic motivation
Students who get
overwhelmed
by studying alone
Reason:
This is because process
is not structured or
organised well
Searching multiple application
for scattered study materials
causing missing of notes
Reason:
They unknowly gets into
social media or other distraction
due to context switching
8. Features
As the attention span of the
students are very less, Pomodoro
technique will help in studying
without lot of effort
No disturb Mode while studying to
avoid notifications
Studying as a group
(Accountability Partner) will make
students accoutable which will
push them to study better.
Voice enabled group study
will enable the students to
ask doubts to their friends
after each study session
Voice require only very less
bandwidth ( opted voice as
target users have internet
issues)
Now keep all your study
material well organised
and easy to share.
Join groups to
automatically share
your notes with your
friends
Shows the Analytics of
the study session done.
pomodoro timer
with friends
Group Study Study Material
Organiser
Study Analytics
Lets
Learn
9. Information Architecture
Home
Why I Study ? Groups Create Study Study Analtyics
Create Groups
Subjects
Create Subjects
Groups
Lets Learn
Study Notifications Profile
11. UI Design
Letting the user Introspect
themself and remind them
daily about their strong
motivation to study
Can create different
section for each subjects
for better organising
Reassuring the user
which can boost their
confidence
Semester or class
wise sorting of
subjects
12. UI Design User can create
modules or chapters
Can create different
tag according to the
type of materials
Can upload
any materials
in the section
Saved Links Saving Links
Create new tag inside
any chapter/module
13. UI Design
Different subject
Groups with multiple Students
Your subject view
in the group
You can access
your friend’s file by selecting
the members in the group
Friend’s materials view
with read only access
14. UI Design
Invite friends or you can
study alone by selecting
the subject and group for
accessing the files
The materials of the
chapter you selected will
be shown.
25 min of study with
no disturb mode on.
Audio will be disabled
once the timer starts
Study with no distraction
from notification
Using pomodoro timer
learning technique
No context switching
Friend’s materials view
with read only access
15. UI Design
Once the timer gets over.
ask doubt to friends if
any thus implementing
the Feynman Technique
In the 5 min break
after the timer, talk with
the friends for relaxing
then study again
Help in in avoiding the feeling of
loneliness by talking with friends
Notification for group
request and study
request
Will shows the analytics
of study session you did
shows the progress
16. Impact
Easy to organise study material
- Everything at one place
Can study with no distractio
- Focus on one thing
Sudy and chill with friends together9
- No more loneliness
Can share and get study materials from friends very easily9
- No more texts for asking study materials
Can Understand studying behaviour through analytic
- Understand yourself
prototype Link