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Hick’s Law When designers make decisions, they already know what goals can be achieved thus objectives can be completed quicker, however, user’s don’t, this means the more choices there are on a website, the more time it takes a user to complete a goal or a task, for our job as UX designer’s we must…Continue Reading #IXD303 Week 3 – Design + Strategy

The Brief Metrics  This will be my assessment and recordings of the users interacting with my app. I’m looking at the time it takes to complete a  task, their facial expressions, verbal feedback, etc. Tasks  I’ve set a number of tasks, some more important than others to view how my user’s complete them, additionally I…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Usability Testing

The Survey Creating a great concept & app is fantastic, however, without a userbase then it is nothing. While surveys aren’t great at asking ‘why’ they are great at asking ‘what’. This ultimately gives us a better understanding of the problem in a quantitative manner. For this survey, I want to understand my potential target…Continue Reading #IXD303 – Parent Surveys

In this article, Tanya Junell starts by saying that kids spend approximately three hours a day on digital devices. Recent studies also show that, in the US, approximately 75 percent of kids have access to technology. Digital designers, therefore, have a great opportunity to create apps for kids. What are the key devices when building…Continue Reading #IXD303 – A guide to building Apps for Kids – Article Review

Today’s lesson is all about researching and how we can conceptualize a solution from it. “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” – Shunryo Suzuki, Zen Master I found this quote very interesting, initially derived from 初心 which means ‘beginner’s mind’ in Japanese. It explores the predefined…Continue Reading IXD303 – Week 2 Research Techniques

While the digital age has been with us for nearly two decades, our refusal to change and assert digital prominence among many fields has ultimately faultered. It wasn’t until COVID swept the earth our reliance on digital measures became ever so prominent. The current pandemic opened a new digital front that saw doctors, schools, etc….Continue Reading IXD303 – 10 Digital Healthcare UX Trends 2022 Article Review

As I was sitting there, sketching clueless ideas and drawing mindmaps for how my artistic style could be implemented, I settled on the conventional flat 2D illustrations seen in most health apps, however, to me I found this boring. It wasn’t until I remembered material back from my first year of IXD about using ‘buddies’…Continue Reading IXD303 – Anthropomorphic Design

Last year, I learned the means and methods of surveying and communicating to 8-11 year olds for my periodic table for user research. Similarly, the age range is not too different for my new health app. However, the circumstances are different as now I am looking at children ranging from 10 – 13 who suffer…Continue Reading IXD303 – Design Thinking For Social Anxiety

As I looked at countless mental health apps on the AppStore, I noticed something in particular. All of them have similar design implications. I noticed almost every app uses soft strokes with no sharp or jagged edges. I decided to look up why this happens, although I did have a very good reason. I found…Continue Reading IXD303 – Roundness in Design Article Review

The Opportunity  Along with most health-related applications, mental health apps stick out the most in terms of specified growth with the market estimated to reach 17.5 billion by 2030. As we move further into the digital age, unreal expectations from what we see online is shown upon ourselves,  our social interactions become less and less,…Continue Reading IXD303 – App Definitions