Day: April 21, 2022

One technique that I used in the previous IXD301 module was the placard technique. I put down individual placards with their own unique character and asked my target users what they thought of each individual story. This proved to be extremely influential and successful in generating stories to develop my characters. However, I want to…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Placard

Although the article discusses the creation of a health app specifically for online communication between doctors and patients and providing Indonesians with more simplified access to healthcare, Fadhel Adam draws on some important points and research that is useful for designing any health-related app. Firstly, the author highlights a fundamental when combining technology with healthcare…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Digital Disruption, Future of Healthcare & Wellness – Case Study

The Group To start off our new IXD303 project focusing on healthcare, our group decided to create a miro board as this would creatively allow us to develop different points of interest during this ideation stage. For the first few weeks, we conducted a collaborative group session where our team of four got together and…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Collaborative Group Research

When creating an app aimed at enhancing children’s mental health, it’s critical to explore the most effective ways to do so that both children and parents find the app valuable in maintaining good mental health. Christine Taylor, a licenced clinical professional counsellor who works with children and their families, wrote an excellent article titled “Mood…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Mood-Tracking with Children & Adolescents

Indirect Competitors Calm Who are they? Calm is an award-winning meditation and sleep app, filled with hundreds of mind exercises, meditation practices, and sleep stories that are written and recorded by leading professionals in the field. While the app has largely focused on teenagers and adults, Calm has a section for children called ‘Calm Kids’…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Competitor Analysis

As I am this far into my mental wellness healthcare product for pre-teens/early teens I think it’s a good time to do a SWOT analysis on my own app to help me understand the strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities that my app poses. It is a good way to evaluate the situation and confirm my…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Personal SWOT Analysis

View Critique Presentation Here This week was the last class we had for the module so it was extremely important to gain one final critique from the class. Additionally, it’s helpful to refine and focus on the minute details. Recap It’s important to do a recap on where I have come from since a certain…Continue Reading #IXD303 Week 12 – Final Critique

I am excited to start this module as the travel app we did with Paul was extremely fun and educational. However, IXD301 has shown me a lot of vital information for creating an app through UX. Through this past year of experience, I feel like I am certainly ready to take on this new and…Continue Reading IXD303 Week 1 – Introduction to UX

Sketching is something every designer should be able to conduct, we don’t have to be good drawers, however, we have to be good a visually explaining ourselves on paper. Unlike any digital means of visual ideation, sketching proves us with a quick, low-cost, and discardable method of visual expression. Additionally, it is the most engaging…Continue Reading #IXD303 Week 4 – Sketching Interfaces

I decided to create my Hi-fi mock-ups on Illustrator as this allowed me to create flexible designs reflecting my initial lo-fi wireframes. Illustrator is the vector-based meaning I don’t have to worry about the sizing and it allows me to simply export the layers on Adobe XD. Additionally, the illustrator allowed me to measure everything…Continue Reading #IXD303 – High-Fi Mock-Ups