Thank you for evaluating our prototype! Please see our GR2 for a description of ChildFeed.

Platform: Google Chrome (alternatively Safari). This prototype was tested in Chrome (latest) and Safari (latest). The screen resolutions tested were 1366 x 768 and higher.

Link to prototype:  http://eyas.scripts.mit.edu/childfeed/

Depth of Features

Feature

Depth Description

Front Page

We made short cuts to all of the built features. We did not provide shortcuts to features that we have yet to build, such as "Log In/Out", "Student Managing", and "Help".

Check In/Out

Basic Check-In and Check-Out functionality is implemented, but we will add Undo and Redo functionality in the future.

Share Story

Add Photo is not implemented.

Report Lunch

Undo and Redo features are neither added nor implemented.

Report Daily Log

Undo and Redo features are neither added nor implemented.

Briefing

ChildFeed is a web app that allows daycare workers to share information about children under their care to the children’s parents in real time.

Using ChildFeed, daycare workers can notify parents of:

  • when their child has been checked-in and checked-out of the daycare
  • what their child ate that day and how much
  • what general mood and energy level their child was in that day
  • special events with custom text and attached photos

In addition to checking their feed, parents can also analyze daily information using customizable visual representations.

Note that ChildFeed is meant to be a one way communication system from the daycare workers to the parents. Also, ChildFeed is not designed to be used in cases of emergency.

We would like you to explore ChildFeed and evaluate its user interface. We have included an example scenario that you might find helpful, but you are welcome to deviate from it as much as you want.

Scenario

In this scenario your would be Dan the daycare worker. 

Background

This story involves parents Paul and Patrica, their child Chuck, and Dan, the daycare worker. Dan already has his daycare worker ChildFeed account set up, and Chuck is set up as one of the kids in his group. Similarly, Paul and his wife Patricia share a parent ChildFeed account.
Paul and Patricia both have a full time jobs and need to drop Chuck off at daycare 5 times a week, 6 hours a day. They both are glad that Chuck is making social interactions with other children his age in addition to being cared for, but they would like to get more up-to-date feedback on their child’s daily events. Furthermore, Paul and Patricia love statistics and are interested in analyzing Chuck’s daily information such as his eating habits, his nap schedule, and his temperament.

Basic Text Notification Share and View

Paul drops off Chuck at 7:30am in the daycare and Dan signs Chuck in. Off at her job, Patricia checks their parental account through a browser from her work laptop and is notified that Paul dropped Chuck off at the day care and that Chuck is all checked in. Dan and his other workers then begin their daily schedule with Chuck and the other kids.

Media Notification Share and View

It is the week before Thanksgiving; today the kids are going to be finger-painting turkeys. While painting, Chuck starts scratching his face, which results in him getting covered in paint. Dan thinks that this is absolutely adorable and decides to take a picture with his Android tablet. He then immediately uses ChildFeed to share this picture with Paul and Patricia with a caption notifying them that he will get him clean soon (note: the share picture feature is not yet implemented). Patricia checks the account at work and is happily surprised to see this adorable picture of her child.

Food Log, View, and Analysis

After playing outside for a while, it is lunch time. After all of the children have finished eating, Dan and his coworkers go through the children in his ChildFeed app, logging the foods and quantities each child ate. Everyone had Lasagna for lunch except for Chuck and Kimi who had Mac and Cheese. Dan notices that Chuck did not eat much and that Tommy ate more than usual. 

Daily Report Log and View

After lunch, the kids play with Legos for a while and then it is time for a nap. Dan puts all of the kids to sleep and sits down and logs information about each child’s mood, overall energy, etc.
Before picking Chuck up, Patricia checks ChildFeed for overall information on Chuck’s wellness and notices that he is not in a very good mood. Patricia picks up some ice cream on the way to the daycare to cheer him up. After picking him up, Patrica is glad that even though Chuck was away for six hours, she felt like she knew what her son was doing and how to best treat him once he was back.

Example tasks

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Task

Task 1

Check-in Chuck, Kimi and Angelica.

Task 2

Notify Chuck's parents that Chuck got covered in paint today and please include a photo of this adorable event.

Task 3

Log that everyone except Chuck and Kimi had Macaroni and cheese for lunch. Chuck and Kimi had tomato soup. Log that everyone ate a healthy amount except for Chuck who did not eat much and Tommy who ate more than usual.

Task 4

Fill out the daily log saying that Lil was happy today and Tommy was tired. Everyone else had a normal day.

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3 Comments

  1. Unknown User (rahulraj@mit.edu)

  2. Unknown User (juhokim@mit.edu)

      

    "Wiki presentation
    : Very descriptive and comprehensive. Well-documented with nice overview and intro to the concept.
    Fidelity: - very nicely designed blocks representing each child.
    - clean and polished visual design overall. good work!
    Usability: - nice visual feedback (top alert notification) upon user action.
    - Report Lunch: great interaction design for 'fill all' and adding/removing meal options. What would be the best slider design though? showing distinct options with short lines maybe?
    - very useful slider for daily log. Like the tooltip.
    - please think about supporting batch check-in/out 
    - consistency in interacting with child blocks: dragging vs clicking
    - current active menu should be visible from the sidebar.
    - share a story: displaying all the names somewhere on the screen would prevent users from recalling. Recognition wins over recall.
    Overall: Very careful design with thoughts put into user tasks and appropriate feedback. Impressive work!
    "