These are the laws of UX we learned about this week and my thoughts on them. Peak end rule “People judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak and at its end, rather than the total sum or average of every moment of the experience”. Based on this law, you should…Continue Reading IXD303: More Laws of UX
Content Design This week was all about content design. Well-written and well-presented content is very important as 95% of the web is made up of written language. Some examples we were given of websites that are great with content include mail chimp, hiut denim, and gov.uk. When looking at these sites, I noticed simplicity and…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 5 Reflect
Brief This week we were asked to get into groups and start designing an app for the PlantCo Smart Pot. It has a reservoir and water pump built into the pot and connects to the app via Bluetooth. The app provides information on the plant’s wellbeing, watering needs, gardening tips, etc. Our task is to…Continue Reading IXD303: PlantCo Group Task
I want to design an app that is connected to a device to track the health and location of Giant Pandas. Therefore, I want to research different types of devices to see which would be the most effective and animal-friendly. Tracking collars These can be GPS, radio, or satellite collars and are commonly used to…Continue Reading IXD303: Ways to Track the Health & Location of Wildlife
My idea Originally, I wanted to create an app designed to track the health and wellbeing of endangered animals. However, I want to make it more specific and focus on tracking the health and wellbeing of giant pandas. It would have features such as a location tracker, activity/stress/sleep monitor, vitals tracker, and alerts. The way…Continue Reading IXD303: Developing my Idea
Group Form Exercise We were asked to go into groups and take raw text that would be in a medical form and present it in an easy-to-understand way. First, we split the information into three sections: Personal details Contact details Tracing your previous medical records There were 3 of us in the group so we…Continue Reading IXD303: Group Form Exercise
Sketching Reasons for sketching You can iterate your ideas more quickly It enables collaboration Low cost To communicate your ideas It gets out all your ideas in a quick and easy way Helps reduce layout and functionality issues Tips for sketching Use a thicker pen Draw straight lines Be thoughtful about colour: highlight important content…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 4 Reflect
My idea For this project, I want to create an interface that helps healthcare professionals keep track of the health and wellbeing of endangered animals. It would track their location and keep live information about their health. I thought it would be beneficial to carry out a competitor analysis to inspire ideas and find things…Continue Reading IXD303: My Idea & a Competitor Analysis
For this project, I am considering focusing on healthcare related to animals. Therefore, I decided to do some research focusing on that area to see if it is the route I want to go down. VetToPet I read a case study about a website that allows pet owners to easily connect with vets online. I…Continue Reading IXD303: Focused Research
Framing your Design Challenge This week was all about framing our design challenge. This included stating the problem, framing it as a design question, the impact we want to have, solutions and constraints. We are still in the research phase of this project so the idea I went with isn’t set in stone. My Design…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 3 Reflect