Next Ride GR3: paper prototyping
Prototype Photos
landing page, main scheduling page blank, main scheduling page with scheduled rides, request page, reserve page, M
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This is the landing page of the application. It shows the users their next ride (offer, reservation or request) as well as the upcoming rides to and from the house. This page is designed to provide an efficient way for users to find the next ride to their intended destination. In order to make it easier for users to quickly see how much time they have until the next ride the times are give in time until ride, not absolute time.
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This is the primary scheduling page, in this case blank (no rides or requests). There are three tabs, one for rides to the house, one for rides to campus, and a final tab (called ME) that contains your personal settings and your rides. Your rides,
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Briefing
NextRide is a mobile phone application to allow brothers and friends of a fraternity (more specifically our fraternity ZBT) to schedule, request and find rides between campus and the house. The application includes the ability to schedule the house's 15 passenger van, cars, and cabs.
Scenario Tasks
- Charles woke up at the house at 11am and is planning on driving to campus today. He needs to be there by 3pm but doesn’t really care when he goes so he is willing to give people a ride and leave whenever it is more convenient for others. He is going to check to see when people have requested a ride. He is then going to schedule a ride for the time with the most requests.
- Alexis is on campus at 3am and he wants to get to the house by 5am. He is flexible on when he is leaving but he knows he can’t leave in the next 30 min. MIT Saferide and the T have both stopped running for the night and it is too cold to walk all the way to the house so he wants someone to give him a ride but he would also not mind getting a cab. He wants to use NextRide to request a ride and also offer a cab.
- It’s 11am right now. Jorge is at the house and needs to get to campus before 1pm. He doesn’t care when he goes as long as he gets a ride before one. Jorge wants to look at the available rides and reserves himself a spot on a ride at 12:30pm.
Observations
Prototype Iterations