1. Yuqi Yao, Taylor Bacon, Angelo Ramos, Priya Chatwani
Lighter Load
Yuqi Yao, Taylor Bacon,
Angelo Ramos, Priya Chatwani

2. Overview The Problem The Solution Heuristic Evaluation Current Status
Demo

3. The Problem
“Most of these kids come in 4th, 5th, 6th grade, and they are just broken and beaten down… with zero self esteem...
Students come in with this invisible backpack…”

4. The Solution “We're really about like, let's get that anxiety down.
Let's get that self esteem up. Let's get the hoods off.
We really start to help them own the dyslexia,
own some of the accommodations...”
The Solution

5. Backpack

6. Heuristic Evaluation

7. Inability to save or generally understand progress
Saving
Inability to save or generally understand progress

8. Accidentally Deleting
User can accidentally delete a story or character

9. Backtracking
When creating a character, story, or selecting an emotion, the user has no ability to go back and change their mind

10. The home icon for “My Stories” is not intuitive
Icons
The home icon for “My Stories” is not intuitive

11. Flipping Pages Next Page
There is no ability to flip pages when reading a story. You can only see the first story.

12. The coloring scheme for browse stories feels arbitrary

13. It’s unclear how many characters can be used per story.
Character Usage
It’s unclear how many characters can be used per story.

14. It’s unclear who’s stories people can view in “Browse Stories”
Privacy
It’s unclear who’s stories people can view in “Browse Stories”

15. Tools

16. Implemented Features

17. Unimplemented Features

18. + Hard Coded Data Feedback and previous stories
The social network features will be hardcoded

19. How can you draw the story on the screen?
Lingering Questions
How can you draw the story on the screen?
Do friends and family need the app to view your story?
How do we dial up the whimsy?

20. Demonstration

21. Summary