TextSocial Digital Textbook Concept
TextSocial Digital Textbook Concept from Jon Hia
TextSocial Digital Textbook Concept

In this team project graduate students conceptualize a social e-textbook platform named TextSocial. This iPad application would allow studying to become a more social experience as students form virtual study groups, share notes and highlights, and receive feedback from instructors. We started our research with a competitive analysis and deployed a survey to potential users. Personas were created and then we created several prototypes. Usability tests were then conducted using these early prototypes and a final hi-fi prototype was built based on user feedback.

Low-fi Prototype: Notifications
Low-fi Prototype: Notes
Low-fi Prototype: Keyboard
Hi-fi Prototype: Recent Messages
Hi-fi Prototype: Notes
Hi-fi Prototype: Keyboard
Discovery and Requirements Definition: download full report as a PDF Includes project overview, competitive analysis, personas, and requirements definition.
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Conceptual Design: download full report as a PDF Includes usability goals and use cases.
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Prototype 1: download full report as a PDF
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Usability Test Plan: download full report as a PDF
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Prototype (2nd Iteration): Download full report as a PDF Includes a list of potential problems and hifi mockups.
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TextSocial Digital Textbook Concept

In this team project graduate students conceptualize a social e-textbook platform named TextSocial. This iPad application would allow studying to become a more social experience as students form virtual study groups, share notes and highlights, and receive feedback from instructors. We started our research with a competitive analysis and deployed a survey to potential users. Personas were created and then we created several prototypes. Usability tests were then conducted using these early prototypes and a final hi-fi prototype was built based on user feedback.

Jon Hia
UX Designer & Researcher Chicago, IL