Streamlining Student Workflows with Mashov
With new features designed to simplify task management, Mashov empowers students to handle their workload more efficiently.
Role: UX/UI Design
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Bridging Communication Gaps
Mashov is an app designed to connect teachers, parents, and students, providing a centralized platform to track exams, assignments, and other academic tasks. However, despite its intended purpose, the app faces challenges in facilitating easy task management and communication for its users.
Mashov Falls Short on Task Management
Students struggle to keep track of tasks and exams, especially during times of stress and heavy workload.
What Are the Students Saying?
In order to understand the challenges students face with the app, I conducted a survey and interviewed middle school students.
Users report using the app very minimally
Rarely use Mashov for task management
Rely mainly on emails and WhatsApp for updates
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Difficulty in Tracking Tasks and Exams
Notifications and updates are scattered across multiple platforms, such as emails, WhatsApp, and Mashov itself. This fragmentation makes it challenging for students and parents to stay organized and up-to-date with deadlines.
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Lack of Task Management and Scheduling
Currently, the app lacks tools to prioritize and organize assignments, leaving users without a structured system to manage academic responsibilities.
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Challenge in Finding Assignments
Assignments are hosted externally on a site called Moodle, organized by subject categories. Users must enter each subject individually to check for assignments, making it challenging to get a clear overview of the schedule.
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Main Persona
Based on my user research findings, I developed a primary persona that captured the key pain points.
Ori Rot
14 Years old, Muddle school Hod Hasharon, Israel
Bio
Ori, a dedicated student, is now struggling with time management and keeping up with assignments. As exams approach, he feels overwhelmed, frustrated, and discouraged by his lack of progress. Managing notifications, tasks, and teacher updates has also become a challenge.
Motivation
To manage all exams and assignments easily.
Concerns
The heavy workload of exams and assignments makes him anxious about missing important tasks.
Needs
A simple, quick solution to help him organize and monitor his assignments.
“In the next two weeks, I have five exams and three assignments to submit. I have no idea where to start, and I’m worried I’ll get confused and miss an exam or assignment.”
How I Helped Students Cope with Task Pressure and Overload
After identifying the challenges, I conducted research on competitors to understand how they address student task management and updates. I also gathered insights by speaking with Middle School students, leading to the following conclusions:
Engaging students through seamless interaction is key by offering an intuitive, personalized overview of all tasks and consolidating assignments in one place, the design keeps students focused and empowered to take action effortlessly.
Personalized Student Calendar
A customized calendar displays all assignments, exams, and updates in one view, making it easier for students to visualize and plan their workload.
Progress Tracking for Assignments
A progress indicator was added to each task, enabling students to track their completion status. This feature provides students with a sense of accomplishment for completed tasks while highlighting pending assignments that need attention.
Centralized Notifications Channel
To eliminate scattered notifications, all updates, announcements, and task reminders are now funneled into a single, accessible channel within Mashov. This consolidation ensures users stay informed without toggling between different platforms.
Join the Challenge Feature
This feature helps teachers motivate students to tackle tasks that may be less interesting or more challenging. By incorporating elements of competition and rewards, familiar from gaming, it adds an engaging twist that students recognize and enjoy.
Focusing on Essential Student Actions
After identifying the pain points, I mapped out the daily actions most essential for students and chose a flow that emphasizes task tracking and progress updates. This approach addresses students' current weak points, helping them stay organized and on top of their responsibilities.
Personalized Learning Tools at Your Fingertips
Your Personalized Dashboard
The homepage also serves as a profile page, providing students with an overview of their tasks and progress, a view of their daily class schedule, and important or urgent notifications.
Home Page
Track progress and test your strength
The exam page displays the student's progress based on completed tasks and offers quizzes to help assess their strengths.
Exam Screen
One-Click Challenges with Fun Rewards
The "Join the Challenge" feature enables one-click participation in challenges with rewarding incentives, adding a fun, engaging twist to any task or exam.
Challenge Screen
All Educational Resources in One Place
Keep students focused on what matters most with a single, organized hub for all educational resources. By centralizing assignments, study materials, and important links, this feature eliminates unnecessary searches and distractions, allowing students to quickly find what they need and stay engaged in their learning journey.
Resource Screen
Typography
I chose the “Roboto” because of its modern, clean, and highly legible style, which ensures optimal readability for users of all ages.
Color Palette:
I chose this color palette to balance creativity, energy, and clarity. Purple and orange add vibrancy and focus, while gray and white ensure a clean, professional look. This combination enhances usability and delivers an engaging, accessible user experience.
Roboto - Light
Roboto - Regular
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Spark, Simplified:
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