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I was looking at doing something similar a while ago, but, at the same time, (and this is weird to say after my last comment), I don't understand what you're do

I was looking at doing something similar a while ago, but, at the same time, (and this is weird to say after my last comment), I don't understand what you're doing. Ok, it's a shared calendar, that I get (or I think that's what it is). A demo video would be great, but going from your screenshots (in order) 1) Ok, nice clean calendar, it shows me my events. Did I create all of those? Was I invited to? Who else is going? Have I RSVP'd? I'm a bit lost here. I'm sure the colored dots mean something, but I don't know what. Now, I'd know if I created an event, but how about showing me if anybody else is going. That would probably be nice. 2) I think this is a peer's profile. Cool that it shows how many friends we have in common, and that we have friends, classes and events in common. WOAH, classes?? What if I'm not in school? Is a class just a repeated event? Why is that different from another type of event. This could use some work. Can I send a message directly to my peer? 3)Comments or Feed?? I thought it was comments about a single event at first, but now I'm thinking it's a feed, because I think it is referring to multiple classes. Again, classes is limiting your market, but ignoring that, you could do with some visual layout to show that the comment belongs to x event better. Look at Facebook's nested comments. The last two screens are OK, again, Class or Work may not make sense to everybody, the less decisions a person needs to make the better. On the last page "Invite friends", am I inviting them to an event or to use the app? Hope the feedback helps. Off to a good start, keep up the good work.

tolarewaju3 13y ago
1) It shows all events and assignments. So the assignments you follow and events you accept are here. Colored dots are color coded by class. If anyone else is attending the event it'll show their name below the event. 2) Classes are more like groups. You can't send a message to a peer yet. But thats absolutely something we are doing for the next iteration. Communication is key, I think. 3) Feed w/ comments. If you post to a class, it'll show up here. Comments for events/assignments are coming. Ahh, ok. Class is just adding a class like you would in a homework planner. Work was "supposed" to be either a test or assignment. Invite friends is an invite to the app. Perhaps this can be changed to "Share Peers with a friend" This is probably the best feedback we have received. We wanted to make things as simple as possible so that we can see how people use it and follow to what students use most. I agree that a demo video would be good. And, alot of the things you pointed out are obviously not clear. Every iteration I think we get better and better at this. So v1.0.3 will hopefully make even more sense. I can't thank you enough for the feedback. We're trying to pull negative feedback from people and make a product that serves students. THANKS AGAIN!
- pedalpete 13y ago
  Ah! So the key is that your target market is students. I didn't get that anywhere, and I'm wondering if narrowing your market this early is a good idea. The thing is, this may be useful for more than just students, without changing the app at all, just how you refer to things. Non-students, have similar scheduling/communications needs (I suspect), and you'll do great to target students first, but if "Class" had another label that appealed to more than just students, you may find your app being used in ways you didn't imagine. That may be a good thing. Best of luck!
  - tolarewaju3 13y ago
    Wow. Good Feedback again. I guess we narrowed our target to students for a couple of reasons. First, we pleased a lot of students with this there are a set of services we could offer specifically to students. We just felt that narrowing the market would help us focus better. But, your absolutely right. Replace class and we have something that applies to everyone.

tolarewaju3 13y ago

1) It shows all events and assignments. So the assignments you follow and events you accept are here. Colored dots are color coded by class. If anyone else is attending the event it'll show their name below the event. 2) Classes are more like groups. You can't send a message to a peer yet. But thats absolutely something we are doing for the next iteration. Communication is key, I think. 3) Feed w/ comments. If you post to a class, it'll show up here. Comments for events/assignments are coming. Ahh, ok. Class is just adding a class like you would in a homework planner. Work was "supposed" to be either a test or assignment. Invite friends is an invite to the app. Perhaps this can be changed to "Share Peers with a friend" This is probably the best feedback we have received. We wanted to make things as simple as possible so that we can see how people use it and follow to what students use most. I agree that a demo video would be good. And, alot of the things you pointed out are obviously not clear. Every iteration I think we get better and better at this. So v1.0.3 will hopefully make even more sense. I can't thank you enough for the feedback. We're trying to pull negative feedback from people and make a product that serves students. THANKS AGAIN!

pedalpete 13y ago
Ah! So the key is that your target market is students. I didn't get that anywhere, and I'm wondering if narrowing your market this early is a good idea. The thing is, this may be useful for more than just students, without changing the app at all, just how you refer to things. Non-students, have similar scheduling/communications needs (I suspect), and you'll do great to target students first, but if "Class" had another label that appealed to more than just students, you may find your app being used in ways you didn't imagine. That may be a good thing. Best of luck!
- tolarewaju3 13y ago
  Wow. Good Feedback again. I guess we narrowed our target to students for a couple of reasons. First, we pleased a lot of students with this there are a set of services we could offer specifically to students. We just felt that narrowing the market would help us focus better. But, your absolutely right. Replace class and we have something that applies to everyone.