Group 1 - Study Assignment Tracking and Support Platform

Describe your project

We are creating an online platform for students to plan their university assignments and projects. Our idea is that this will be achieved through a tracking and reward system, while also including psychological aspects like motivation.

Describe what you did in your contextual inquiry

We brainstormed ideas in order to create a survey, interview questions, and a simulation with the whiteboard tool. This process would allow us to get more information about what platforms students currently use and why they use them. The interview and the simulation will be done together, so each interview will take around 30-45 minutes.

Survey

Aim: We understand whether people use online or analog platforms and which apps they use the most for that

• online survey
• 3 main questions
• sent to as many students as possible
• Focus on finding popular tools

Interview / Observation:

Aim: We get deep insights into how people are using their tools to plan and track their uni assignments

• Online virtual call or in person
• open ended prompting questions
• 5 selected participants
• Focus on current ways of working

Simulation:

Aim: We understand which struggles they face (e.g. emmotional) and which techniques they use to cope with that

• Step-by-step process of their organizational plan
• Weekly play-by-play including their mood and progress
• Focus on steps people would take in an assignment situation.
• Online virtual call or in person
• open ended prompting questions
• 5 selected participants