Open Square Nuanphan Kaewpanukrangsi, Søren Husted Nielsen, Tricia Rambharose November 3, 2011 Be supported, Get involved, Make a difference…in your society! The following project presentation was made by students in the two-year Master’s programme in Interaction Design at Malmö University, Sweden (www.edu.mah.se/TAIND/) CONTACT: [email protected][email protected][email protected]+46 72 712 9988 +45 3025 3016 +46 70 421 4474
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Open SquareNuanphan Kaewpanukrangsi, Søren Husted Nielsen, Tricia RambharoseNovember 3, 2011
Be supported, Get involved, Make a difference…in your society!
The following project presentation was made by students in the two-yearMaster’s programme in Interaction Design at Malmö University, Sweden(www.edu.mah.se/TAIND/)
• Language• One source of all information• Connected by mobile internet access• Find updated information • Find reliable information• Different ways to contribute online• Online privacy• Easy to use• Connect with a ‘community’
Use Qualities
• Unified
• Privacy
• Community• Support
• Welcomed
• Knowledgeable
• Playable
• Flexible contributions
The Design
Design concept
Be supported, Get involved, Make a difference…in your society!
Key design decisions & Initial design
Different ways for online contribution
link to other social networking
websites
Motivate by gamification
Personalized user profile
Sign in using existing accounts OR create account
Privacy settings
Silhouettes of ‘community’
Tags for topics
Key design decisions & Initial design
Prototype testing – round 1
Results of user tests round 1
Lessons learnt:
• text needed to explain the Open Square on the home page
• Why sign in?
• Misleading phrases such as “Join the society”
• Links did not go to pages the user expected
• All the users had difficulties in focusing on our design concepts and not the technical aspects of the prototype
Final design homepage
Final design homepage
Final design homepage
Final design Open Square page
Final design Open Square page
Prototype testing – round 2
Results and future work
• Better fedback on concept than digital prototype
• Good community feel from the silhouettes
• Navigation was easy
• The search option in the Open Square page needs to be more obvious
• Marketing requirements for more catching phrases and text