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Table of Contents
Request for Proposal
Prototype
Case Study
Problem Statement
Research/Insights
Personas / Journey Map & Opportunity
Design Studio
User Testing
Reflection/Closing
Full Slide Deck
Heuristic Evaluation Slide Deck
Request For Proposal
Rutgers University is Seeking Professionals from UX Design teams to investigate a fast growing space: The rise of AI-powered “study buddies.” productivity tools, and digital companions that promise to help users stay focused, feel better, or learn faster.
Your design team has been invited to explore this space from a human-centered perspective, learning how these tools are used in real life, uncovering where they help or fall short, and proposing a thoughtful concept that responds directly to the needs and challenges you uncover.
This isn’t just about designing a product. It’s about understanding people’s lived experiences and using that insight to drive better, more responsible design.
Prototype
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Case Study
Problem Statement
Rutgers University students struggle to balance schoolwork, personal life, and their physical/mental well-being while relying heavily on AI tools like ChatGPT for assignments. This can lead to stress, over-reliance, and limited personal growth.
I go to AI because I want something personal.”
“Depends on how much time I have.”
“I use AI because I want to be more productive.”
“I want to customize [AI] to be specific for academics and personal use.”
Research/Insights
We Interviewed 27 Rutgers Students on Campus
They gave us 4 common quotes and we distilled those into 2 common themes
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Students want to be more productive.
Students want to save time
Personas / Journey Map & Strategy
Taking These Themes we Created 2 Personas
These personas represent the students we interviewed on campus. Though we felt Dependent Daniella represented some students on campus, we decided to move forward with Productive Perry as he more accurately represented the goals presented to us in our RFP.
At the beginning of the semester, Productive Perry is feeling confident and excited about school. hes hitting all his goals when it comes to personal and academic well being!
Productive Perry is a Student that wants to be able to keep himself healthy (eating well, and working out) while managing his heavy course load. But as the semester goes on he finds that organizing and prioritizing his needs are getting increasingly difficult.
Towards the middle of the semester, he is starting to feel the weight of his work and midterms. His eating and exercise habits have dipped a bit in favor of his school work. His stress levels are also rising and that leads to more unhealthy habits.
Using the persona and journey map led us to discovering our biggest opportunity
At the end of the semester everything has gone off the rails. Tests, quizzes, and homework have become too much. He is eating take out every night and his only exercise is getting up from his desk to go get his food.
A Collaborative Calendar that syncs all your existing calendars and optimizes schedules to increase productivity
Design Studio
As we got to work, or first step in Design Studio was a 3 stage Crazy 8’s Exercise.
Individual -> Teams of 2 -> Full Group