The Opus App

Case Study

A mobile app prototype aimed at helping college students better organize their lives.

Executive Summary

Completed Tasks

Opus encourages realistic assessments of time to complete tasks for college students. This is accomplished through Streaks (a feature that encourages correct estimations of time), a statistical dashboard to monitor progress over time, and notifications.

Goals

  • Design something that connects user goals, business goals, and aesthetic implementation.
  • Use Opus as a teaching resource to aid students taking an interaction design class online during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Approach
Goal-Directed Design (GDD)

Duration
March 2021 - November 2022 (off and on)

Role
Interaction design, information architecture, user research, content design

Team Size
One

Tools
Figma, Miro, Illustrator, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Meet

Links
Figma design file
Miro (Opus research process)
Research Report (PDF)