Yuqi Yao, Taylor Bacon, Angelo Ramos, Priya Chatwani Lighter Load Yuqi Yao, Taylor Bacon, Angelo Ramos, Priya Chatwani

Overview The Problem The Solution Heuristic Evaluation Current Status Demo

The Problem “Most of these kids come in 4th, 5th, 6th grade, and they are just broken and beaten down… with zero self esteem... Students come in with this invisible backpack…”

The Solution “We're really about like, let's get that anxiety down. Let's get that self esteem up. Let's get the hoods off. We really start to help them own the dyslexia, own some of the accommodations...” The Solution

Backpack

Heuristic Evaluation

Inability to save or generally understand progress Saving Inability to save or generally understand progress

Accidentally Deleting User can accidentally delete a story or character

Backtracking When creating a character, story, or selecting an emotion, the user has no ability to go back and change their mind

The home icon for “My Stories” is not intuitive Icons The home icon for “My Stories” is not intuitive

Flipping Pages Next Page There is no ability to flip pages when reading a story. You can only see the first story.

The coloring scheme for browse stories feels arbitrary

It’s unclear how many characters can be used per story. Character Usage It’s unclear how many characters can be used per story.

It’s unclear who’s stories people can view in “Browse Stories” Privacy It’s unclear who’s stories people can view in “Browse Stories”

Tools

Implemented Features

Unimplemented Features

+ Hard Coded Data Feedback and previous stories The social network features will be hardcoded

How can you draw the story on the screen? Lingering Questions How can you draw the story on the screen? Do friends and family need the app to view your story? How do we dial up the whimsy?

Demonstration

Summary