Summary

• This design challenge was very open ended and really challenged us to put emphasis on our thought process and show how we navigated through an open ended problem. In this challenge, I designed and created a wireframe and visual mockup of a note-taking app for taking notes in class. The assumptions I made before starting the designing of this app are is that the user is taking notes on a laptop/tablet with a tablet pen and that the laptop/tablet is a touch screen device that is connected to the internet.

Process

• The process I followed was to create an analogy to base the app design off of. I thought about how I would want to navigate through this app from beginning to end as if I was a user and what I would want to see throughout the process. I started by creating the opening screen that would be seen upon launching the application. Through the starting process, I thought about how this would be similar to looking through a backpack for a notebook, but instead, through an app interface. Similar to looking through a backpack, I would want all the notebooks I have used recently to be easily seen and accessible. Unlike a backpack, an app for note-taking has the ability to be organized every time it is opened. Therefore, this screen needs to be organized, easy to navigate, simple, and intuitive. By following this analogy, I was able to lay out what the user flow would look like.