KnowBuddy
Overview
Team:
Emily Tuy
Xuefei Cheng
Annalise Jean Lineman
Hongjie Wang
Monica Hong
Role:
UX designer
Video editor
An AI-guided study app that supports students in studying and takes care of their mental health.
CHALLENGE
How might we… help students reduce their stress while studying
SOLUTION
KnowBuddy is an AI-guided study app that supports the college students with problem-solving solutions and at the same time cares about the students’ mental health well-being like a friend.
Timeline:
Mar 2024 - Jun 2024
Research
FIELD INVESTIGATION
Objectives
Learning about student behaviors in their studying environment to identify studying patterns, challenges, and opportunities for the studying experience.
Fly On The Wall Method
Observe students in their natural studying environments.
UW Odegaard Library
UW Microsoft Cafe
Interview
College students in UW
OBSERVATIONS
UW Suzzallo Library
20 -26
years old
INSIGHTS
Ideation
How might we… help students reduce their stress while studying
DOWNSELECTION
PERSONA
SCENARIO
CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAP
THEME EXPERIENCE
Design
WIREFRAME
INITIAL DESIGN
Registration process
Class schedule
Check in with AI chatbot
Quarterly update
Iteration
Final Prototype
Registration process
Slowness
The process of getting to know the user adopted the concept of “slowness” to make it more comfortable and more friend-like in the process of building a relationship.
AI chatbot function
Emotional support
The user will be greeted by Wobbs the way that they are greeted by their friends who concerns about their mental health well-being. User will then choose their current mood and Wobbs will respond in the way that takes care of their emotions.
Problem solving function
Problem solving guidence
This is the upload problem flow. From here, the user can upload a picture of the problem they are struggling with and Wobbs would then use the context from the picture to guide the user throught the problem without telling them the answer.
Break reminder
Study-break balance and autonomy
After walking through the problem and studying for a while, students will be prompted to take short breaks to blow off steam when necessary and maximize productivity, building a healthy study habit and ultimately empowering autonomy.
Interactions
This is the walkthrough flow, including the search history function embedded in the sidebar and how the user can access different functions through the sidebar.
