2020 / 8-week / team project
Cubby Class is an online peer to peer platform designed to help relive stress of parents educating their children through helping children develop autonomy.
Because....
During COVID-19, stay-at-home orders left schools and families unprepared for the switch to remote learning. Without the support of childcare programs, parents had to to juggle home-school in addition to their jobs and care-taking duties.
My Role
Wireframing, Storyboarding, UIUX design
overview
Cubby Class minimizes learning loss of young children and improves autonomy to reduce stress on parents/families. Students can build tailored schedules with their adults and join crowdsourced classes and activities hosted by other people. Students can navigate their day-to-day with the help of a friendly assistant, and a schedule presented in relative time.
Children's view
Parent's view
Research
We sent out survey that asks parents to scale their difficulties in doing different tasks during COVID-19 and interviewed with 8 pairs of parents and children to gain more insights on the problem scope. Our original problem scope is to assist parents with time management.
However, after the research, we realized the problem were from the worries of home-schooling.
User Needs
Research Insights
Parents
Parents need support in educating their children and keeping them occupied during quarantine in order to alleviate their individual burden of teaching and watching over their child(ren).
Children
Elementary school students need structure and peer to peer interaction to stay engaged and learn their educational material.
Parents face more difficulty in home schooling with younger children.
Children need peer–to–peer interaction for improved educational retainment.
Providing structure and routine is beneficial for children's development.
how might we
encourage peer–to–peer learning and autonomy of young children in a structured manner in order to reduce stress for parents educating their children at home during COVID–19?
Design
We used personas to understand and analyzed potential problem scenarios and user needs. Then, we came up with detailed storyboard solution, which we refined it with task flow and wireframes.
Solution
A peer to peer product that could help parents relieve the stress of educating their children during COVID through better time management and strengthening a bond between parents and children.
User testings
With our first version of animated Figma prototypes, we continued to conduct two usability test sessions with 4 total individuals ( 2 parents, 2 children) remotely. The purpose of the test was to assess the usability of the app’s interface design, information flow, and information architecture.
redesign
Children Flow
Having audio support during navigation, what button to click
Using ipad or even iphone is easier for children than a laptop
Locking app (unable to home button) use could be handy for kids easily distracted
Parent Flow
Adding the class time into the parent’s calendar, instead of looking at their child’s separate calendar
Adding filtering options for club activities (categorizing activities by tags)
