Express your kindness!

Alisa Yamanaka Danny Kitt Haochen Wei Jared Jones Yuna Shim Team Members

 Mission Statement:  “To help people express their kindness”  Problem:  People are generally good, BUT:  Time, money, social awkwardness  These prevent them from showing their kindness Overall Problem

 Make a service that:  Provides intelligent suggestions for random acts of kindness and volunteer events  This service is upLift  App for Android mobile phones Solution

Introduction Problem and Solution Tasks / Scenarios Video Prototype Design Evolution UI Description Future Enhancements Summary Overview

 Kimberly :  Little money and time to spare  Random act of kindness for a stranger Simple Task

 Zachary  Has an unexpected window of free time  Looking for a volunteer event Moderate Task

 Nicole :  President of school volunteer club  Looking for more volunteers for an event Complex Task

Video

Introduction Problem and Solution Tasks / Scenarios Video Prototype Design Evolution UI Description Future Enhancements Summary Overview

Sketches

 Paper prototype  Navigational issues  My Events confusing  Wanted list of suggestions Low-fidelity Prototype

 To iPhone  Back and home buttons  Unified My Events  Suggestions in list Medium-Fidelity Prototype

 Evaluation method  Results  Browse system  End-time  Delete system Heuristic Evaluation

 To Android!  Functional changes High-Fidelity Prototype

 Userzoom  Success?  Failure?  Results  Ambiguous wording  My events style Online Usability Study

 To Android 4.0!  Improvements  Wording  My events  Suggestion screen Interactive Prototype v1

 Study method  Results  Wording  Event info Pilot Lab Usability Study

 Runs on Android 4.0 devices  Changes from v1  Wording  List info  Category  Pop-up Interactive Prototype v2

 Act Now  Find Events  Create Events  My Events UI Description

 Simple Task - Perform a random act of kindness now Act Now

 Moderate Task - Browse events that others have organized Find Events

 Complex Task - Organize an event for other users to attend Create Events

 My Events - See events that you’ve joined or created My Events

 Sorting events  Filter by location  Locations with Google Maps  User history  Save data on server  Corporate sponsorship Future Enhancements

 Solid prototype  Many iterations  Many evaluation techniques  Experience with app development  Improved our design skills Summary

Express your kindness!