Brain Mass Software for the brain Group G: Mark Gabel John O’Donnell Matt Cechini Shane Niebergall Scott Morrison
Overview Brainstorming Room Data Collection: Interviews Evaluation of Existing System Our solution Features Demo
Brainstorming Room Learning Commons Sole purpose of sparking and communicating group creativity Key features Digital Whitebo ard Confere nce Phone Media Center Idea Box ELM O W e b C a m P r o j e c t o r W a l l A r t
Brainstorming Room
Data Collection: Interviews Asked questions about their last brainstorming session Good? Bad? Materials used? Efficient? What would have made it easier?
Data Collection: Interviews What materials did you use? Computer with internet access (5) Pen and paper (4) Whiteboard and markers (4) Printer (1) Laptops (1) How did you document your results? Typed into document and ed to others (3) Paper and pen (3) Took picture of whiteboard (2) Ideas kept in head. (2)
Evaluation of Existing System Axon Idea Processor
Evaluation of Existing System Evaluated Features Cluster tools Analyzer Generator Tabulator Sequencer ? ? ? ? ?
Evaluation of Existing System
Majority: 0 of 5 tools would be used again. New brainstorming software was needed! Our idea: BrainMass Evaluation of Existing System
BrainMass Combine features of existing tools Create new tools Intuitive UI
BrainMass – Basic Screen
BrainMass – Basic Tools
BrainMass – Drawing
BrainMass - Drawing Mouse-over grabs relevant information from internet
BrainMass – File Menu
BrainMass - Export
BrainMass – File Menu
BrainMass - Revert
BrainMass – Edit Menu
BrainMass – Auto Arrange
BrainMass – Users Menu
BrainMass – User Profile Learning Styles Test
BrainMass – User Profile
BrainMass – Creativity Menu
BrainMass – Idea Box Presents existing items in order to spark new ideas Adjusts to user’s learning style
BrainMass – Idea Box A global, visual learner would benefit from seeing many pictures at once
BrainMass – Idea Box A verbal, sensing user would benefit from text excerpts
BrainMass – Creativity Menu
BrainMass – Question Tool
BrainMass – Chat Menu
BrainMass – Chat
BrainMass – Help Menu
Brain Mass Software for the brain Questions?