Studymates is a web app that matches students with study partners based on their working preferences to avoid sifting through posts on forums like Piazza. It surveys users on the importance and satisfaction of matching features like location, availability, and sending email introductions. Feedback was generally positive but suggested improving the design and allowing weekend availability. Testing supported the hypothesis that the app can efficiently match compatible partners without users expending effort to find one themselves. Lessons learned were that UI is important and being adaptable is key.

1. Studymates
A Web App that finds a partner for you based on your working
preferences.
Runyu Ding, Sai Canchi, Yeonsoo Kwon
Studymates@umich.edu

2. Elevator Pitch
● For: students who want to find a partner for a class
● Who are dissatisfied with: sifting through pinned piazza posts to
find a compatible partner
● Our product is a: matching app
● That provides: Students the ability to be matched with a partner
with similar working preferences
● Unlike: Piazza
● Our product: Our match making app makes partners for students
on their behalf based off of their working preferences

3. Changes and Demo of MVP 2

4. Report on Data Collection
Features Importance(1-5) Satisfaction(1-5)
Matching with Location 4.25 4.3 3.625 4
Matching with availability
for the current day
4.375 3.75
Matching with availability
for the week
4.25 4.5 3 4.25
Sending email with
matched partner
4.625 3.1429 4.25
Overall rating 4.375 4.45 3.3795 4.1

5. User Quotes
❖ “The email is much more informative”
❖ “What if I am available to meet-up on weekends?”
❖ “Website design looks a little bland. Maybe organize content in a more
appealing manner.”
❖ “UI seems to be degraded, but selection boxes are more intuitive than
they were before.”

6. Revisiting the Hypothesis
Hypothesis:
- Students will be matched with a partner they are compatible with
without having to waste time and effort to find one themselves.

7. 2 Lessons to Take Away from this Project
❖ UI makes a big difference
❖ Have to be ready to adapt/improvise