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Brian Faucher

UX Designer, Graphic Designer, User Researcher

Beacon

Project Overview

Designed as a group project in GD468, myself and 3 other group members developed a safety app catered to college students in the hopes of providing reliable and up-to-date incident reports to ensure safety for all users. This app was highly inspired by other safety apps including, but not limited to, MSU Alert, Life 360, etc. We would then develop a wireframe that walks the users through two separate task flows, showcasing the different features that this app has to offer.

Concept Statement

User-Need Statement

Students attending university across the country need an app that enhances their sense of safety while navigating their campuses at night, providing real-time alerts and location-specific safety information to reduce anxiety and stress. This app should allow users to quickly connect with friends or campus security for immediate support if needed, and provide educational tools. Fostering a secure, supportive community. By addressing safety concerns with live on campus alerts from students. The app can help students decrease their anxiety, in turn improving their grades.

A college student seeks a reliable and safe way to navigate the campus without fear. In doing so, they aim to reduce stress associated with commuting to, and attending class and campus events, ultimately fostering better mental well-being and enhancing academic performance.

Research

1.

Each member would select 4 random individuals and interview them by asking 8 questions, these questions being mutually agreed upon by the group. We would then gather all of our responses (16 responses per question) and sort them into categories based on their similarities/differences with each other.

2.

To identify key elements to include in our app, we selected four different web applications and companies who offer similar services to our own. We compared all of their features to one another and made sure to incorporate features we deemed most important to our own app.

Task Flows

Task Flow 1

Task Flow 2

Demonstration

Immediately after selecting the Beacon App, users will be prompted to either sign up for a new account or login to an existing account.

For the sake of this project, let us assume that the user already has an existing account.

Key Takeaways

Developing solutions for intricate issues can be accomplished way better when working with a team of colleagues as opposed to working individually.
Learned more about the different tools Figma has to offer when creating wireframes and prototypes.

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