Polaris

UX Design | Visual Design

The ultimate virtual whiteboard collaboration tool

OVERVIEW

During pandemic, ArtCenter students who needs to creatively collaborate with one another finds it hard to communicate with their teammates because they feel like there is a barrier when they communicate online through tools like zoom and miro.


Polaris is the platform here to facilitate effective group meetings.

MY ROLE

UI/UX Design

TIMELINE

Jan-Apr 2021

TEAM

Team Project

TOOL

Figma

To create a visual collaboration platform that is designed to facilitate effective group meetings

Easy Sign in

Easy access with Inside ArtCenter and invite their team mates.

Conveniently schedule for team’s meeting

Color-coded schedules to easily find times when everyone is available.

Recording

Use for future references that team members can come back and review the recordings with scripts.

Boost Productivity with a Stopwatch

Stay productive especially during the brainstorming sessions.

Scheduling Break Time

Take a break and get refresh.

COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

Easy to organize text

Easy to share

Hard to put images

Lack of real-time communication

Great for brainstorm and ideation

Easy to share

Hard to sketch

Usually used on lab-top with Zoom

Real-time meeting

Screen-share with annotation

Long hours use is tiring

No workspace provided

USer interview

Interviewing students from various majors who use different technologies for teamwork provided diverse insights.

AFFINITY DIAGRAM

The interview result revealed that the biggest challenge in remote learning is communication, leading to delays in sharing ideas and processes.

How can we help students plan real-time meetings that are efficient and not tiring?

How might we recreate the collaborative whiteboard sketching experience digitally?

How might we help students visualize their thoughts to their teammates?

persona

Muscow Chart

user flow

Low fidelity sketches

design system