Polaris
Polaris
UX Design | Visual Design
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.
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.
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
How can ArtCenter students collaborate creatively when we cannot work in the same physical space?
PROBLEM STATEMENT
How can ArtCenter students collaborate creatively when we cannot work in the same physical space?
PROBLEM STATEMENT
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
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.
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.
The interview result revealed that the biggest challenge in remote learning is communication, leading to delays in sharing ideas and processes.
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 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 recreate the collaborative whiteboard sketching experience digitally?
How might we help students visualize their thoughts to their teammates?
How might we help students visualize their thoughts to their teammates?
persona
persona
Samantha Lee
Demographic
Interaction Design Term 3 Student
Age 24
Domestic Student
Fluent in English
Personality : Social, Outgoing
Goals
To create a portfolio piece for scholarship and internship
To maximize team productivity during the meeting
Personality & Traits
Samantha, a 3rd term IxD student, is preparing for her term review and internship. She is eager to discuss ideas and create a strong portfolio piece. As a natural leader, she confidently leads her group and shares ideas.
Pain points
The whole team sometimes just remains silent during meetings
Teammates who consistently arrive late
Teammates who lack the same level of commitment to the work
Concerns and frustration when managing projects due to past group conflicts
Samantha Lee
Demographic
Interaction Design Term 3 Student
Age 24
Domestic Student
Fluent in English
Personality : Social, Outgoing
Goals
To create a portfolio piece for scholarship and internship
To maximize team productivity during the meeting
Personality & Traits
Samantha, a 3rd term IxD student, is preparing for her term review and internship. She is eager to discuss ideas and create a strong portfolio piece. As a natural leader, she confidently leads her group and shares ideas.
Pain points
The whole team sometimes just remains silent during meetings
Teammates who consistently arrive late
Teammates who lack the same level of commitment to the work
Concerns and frustration when managing projects due to past group conflicts
Samantha Lee
Demographic
Interaction Design Term 3 Student
Age 24
Domestic Student
Fluent in English
Personality : Social, Outgoing
Goals
To create a portfolio piece for scholarship and internship
To maximize team productivity during the meeting
Personality & Traits
Samantha, a 3rd term IxD student, is preparing for her term review and internship. She is eager to discuss ideas and create a strong portfolio piece. As a natural leader, she confidently leads her group and shares ideas.
Pain points
The whole team sometimes just remains silent during meetings
Teammates who consistently arrive late
Teammates who lack the same level of commitment to the work
Concerns and frustration when managing projects due to past group conflicts
Jaewon Kim
Demographic
Interaction Design Term 2 Student
Age 20
Korean International Student
Fluent in English
Personality : Independent, Calm
Goals
Be able to create a portfolio piece for the third term review
Make friends before school opens up again
Personality & Traits
Jaewon, an IxD major, never experienced campus life due to COVID-19. He enjoys group work but needs more time to feel comfortable sharing his ideas.
Pain points
Faces a language barrier, especially online, as English isn't his first language
Lacks confidence to pitch ideas to teammates he doesn't know well
Jaewon Kim
Demographic
Interaction Design Term 2 Student
Age 20
Korean International Student
Fluent in English
Personality : Independent, Calm
Goals
Be able to create a portfolio piece for the third term review
Make friends before school opens up again
Personality & Traits
Jaewon, an IxD major, never experienced campus life due to COVID-19. He enjoys group work but needs more time to feel comfortable sharing his ideas.
Pain points
Faces a language barrier, especially online, as English isn't his first language
Lacks confidence to pitch ideas to teammates he doesn't know well
Muscow Chart
user flow
Scheduling a meeting
Start a meeting
Record the Meeting
Close
Meeting
Make Meeting Productive
Scheduling Breaks
Scheduling a meeting
Start a meeting
Record the Meeting
Close
Meeting
Make Meeting Productive
Scheduling Breaks
Low fidelity sketches
Low fidelity sketches
Low fidelity sketches
design system
Typography
Roboto
Title 1
Bold / 36px
Title 2
Bold / 24px
Subtitle
Medium / 18px
Body
Medium / 14px
Icons
Colors
#0E2040
#959AAD
#F4F5F7
#543AF4
Typography
Roboto
Title 1
Bold / 36px
Title 2
Bold / 24px
Subtitle
Medium / 18px
Body
Medium / 14px
Icons
Colors
#0E2040
#959AAD
#F4F5F7
#543AF4
Typography
Roboto
Title 1
Bold / 36px
Title 2
Bold / 24px
Subtitle
Medium / 18px
Body
Medium / 14px
Icons
Colors
#0E2040
#959AAD
#F4F5F7
#543AF4
next step
Creating environmental design specifically to enrich discussion
Ambience
Sound is a big part when it comes to group discussions. We want to research further on how groups can share same ambience even during remote working.
Building the environement
Further research on what environment enhances group discussions and how it could be implemented in remote working will be our future task.
next step
Creating environmental design specifically to enrich discussion
Ambience
Sound is a big part when it comes to group discussions. We want to research further on how groups can share same ambience even during remote working.
Building the environement
Further research on what environment enhances group discussions and how it could be implemented in remote working will be our future task.
next step
Creating environmental design specifically to enrich discussion
Ambience
Sound is a big part when it comes to group discussions. We want to research further on how groups can share same ambience even during remote working.
Building the environement
Further research on what environment enhances group discussions and how it could be implemented in remote working will be our future task.