Project and Production Manager
ACADEMY ALERTS
SCHOOL SAFETY THROUGH USER INTERFACE, INTERACTION, AND EXPERIENCE
PROJECT TYPE
User experience design and prototyping for school safety mobile app concept
DURATION
5 Weeks | Spring 2020
DELIVERABLES
“Academy Alerts” Behance spread of conceptual mobile app with embedded video demonstrations
Working prototype of mobile app
TEAM
Erinn Gilmore: designer
Devin Gregg: designer
THE PROJECT
Academy Alerts is a designed and prototyped app revolving around the topic of school safety. The app is primarily formatted as a visual emergency response notification system that provides quick digestible information to students, faculty, and emergency services in a matter of seconds.
THE GOAL
The initial goal of this project was to design an app that encompassed school campus safety. The final app design required an understandable and applicable user interface design and user experience.
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COMPONENTS
User experience understanding and development, user interface design, product prototyping
THE PROCESS
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Pitching the Idea
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To tackle the project goal, or team began by brainstorming ideas regarding how school safety could be improved. We discovered that we both had experiences regarding school emergencies with vague instructions, and this issue began to sculpt our idea.
Icons co-created by designer Devin Gregg
Getting into Perspective
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To best understand design priority, we always incorporated the question “why?” into our design process. Every decision had to be supported with an applicable reason. Therefore, our design used an understandable, discrete, and user-friendly interface.
Incremental Feedback
Throughout the design process, our team gained critique from professors that prompted us to think critically about our user interface. Incremental feedback from outside sources allowed the team to review our work from an unbiased perspective.
Process Images co-created by designer Devin Gregg
Prototyping
After designing our interface, we built simple prototypes to test the viability of said interface. Bringing the project into a testable state allowed the team to identify obstacles that were previously overlooked.
Account Image co-created by designer Devin Gregg
Presentation
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To package Academy Alerts as a project deliverable, our team created a Behance presentation page. The page summarizes the core components of the app concept, how it works, and the purpose that it serves within the greater scope of the school safety environment.
Systems Image co-created by designer Devin Gregg
Behance Image co-created by Devin Gregg
THE TAKEAWAYS
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Adapting to the Consumer
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Due to the nature of emergency situations, we often prioritized function over aesthetics, and therefore we built the overall design for ease of access and safety first.
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Weight in Every Decision
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As our team developed our app, we quickly realized that every decision we made had a direct impact on the purpose and usability of said app. Therefore, we had to take careful consideration of our creative work.
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Design-Driven Project
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By participating in a project that featured a more in-depth look at design, I was able to gain a better understanding of the design process.
CLASS
Intro to Interactive Design
TOOLS
Google Slides
Google Docs
Figma
Adobe Premiere
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bell by Vectors Point from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/bell/" target="_blank" title="Bell Icons">Noun Project</a>
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Shield by Mada Creative from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/shield/" target="_blank" title="Shield Icons">Noun Project</a>
Check by Sita Raisita from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/check/" target="_blank" title="Check Icons">Noun Project</a>
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User by Riyan Resdian from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/user/" target="_blank" title="User Icons">Noun Project</a>
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Write by HDM from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/write/" target="_blank" title="write Icons">Noun Project</a>
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Smart Phone by Fithratul Hafizd from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/smart-phone/" target="_blank" title="smart phone Icons">Noun Project</a>
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Danger by Adrien Coquet from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/danger/" target="_blank" title="Danger Icons">Noun Project</a>