ClassPal : An interactive Doubt clearance portal | Aug 2012 - January 2013
Done under the course in Interaction Design, developed an Interactive doubt posting/clearance
portal to enhance the learning experience for a lecture based classroom. Applied a User-centered
approach to come up with a system for the classroom and interface for individual student. The project
has been selected for publication in the journal Design for All, March ‘13 issue.
portal to enhance the learning experience for a lecture based classroom. Applied a User-centered
approach to come up with a system for the classroom and interface for individual student. The project
has been selected for publication in the journal Design for All, March ‘13 issue.
Participant Observations being made during many live classes. Crucial points and intricate details allowed us to replicate scenarios further in the process.
The completed high fidelity wireframes of the application.
Design process followed :
Students taking the survey.
The first step was to identify the range of personality traits in a typical classroom in the college. The questionnaire was carefully designed to serve two main purposes. One, to identify the personality trait of a student and secondly a few opinion questions to know about their problems with the existing methods of teaching and interaction in class.
The survey research was done with 94 freshmen in the lecture theatre after the class. The method followed was to modify an approved personality test, to suit our purpose. Items were drawn from the Eysenck’ personality questionnaire which is a simple test with 15 multiple choice questions to help determine the person’s traits on a fair range of introversion.
The survey research was done with 94 freshmen in the lecture theatre after the class. The method followed was to modify an approved personality test, to suit our purpose. Items were drawn from the Eysenck’ personality questionnaire which is a simple test with 15 multiple choice questions to help determine the person’s traits on a fair range of introversion.
An interview being carried out with the professors at IIT Guwahati.
Without much analysis, one may infer that teachers/instructors are an essential part of learning in the classroom. As a part of carrying the research, we interviewed a few of the very experienced professors at IITG to know their side of the context with interactivity in a classroom. An informal session carried out in a relaxed environment helped ignite many sparks of ideas for the concept and motivated us to the right path.
A user Interview taking place, Manish is a freshmen who would want classes to be more interesting ...
we all want that.. sighs.
Flow Model and Affinity Analysis
After the intimation of all the different factors involved in the activity of doubt clearance within the class, we developed a flow model to reflect the system.
Scenarios described for a typical classroom session where a students encounters the situatuion of speaking up his mind.
Essential findings of the user research were depicted in the table to spark possibilities of design interventions.
A scenario sketch explained with different influencing factors and system dynamics
The model shows in a brief manner, the relationship of various components in the system proposed.There are four main components, individual devices for students, the central control for instructor, the main operating system or the host and the web. The system shows how interactions would occur in a classroom equipped with the proposed concept.
Each individual device is a part of the larger host system with a governing Operating System.On the larger display is the feedback from this operating system. Communications can occur between any of the devices within the confines of the host and the display is a flexible media to be set by the instructor. Information to and fro the web can be transferred too.
Each individual device is a part of the larger host system with a governing Operating System.On the larger display is the feedback from this operating system. Communications can occur between any of the devices within the confines of the host and the display is a flexible media to be set by the instructor. Information to and fro the web can be transferred too.
Task Flows for Posting a doubt and Viewing a followed doubt.
Initial paper prototypes and iterations.
One of the scenarios and task completion are depicted in this wireframe. This particular interface was worked upon, after testing it within one typical session in a class and uasbility issues were resolved.
