This project was completed while studying at the School of Code bootcamp over the course of 4 days. The aim was to create an app that helps Year 6’s study for their SATs.
Many Year 6 students lack structured after-school learning opportunities due to parents’ work schedules, impacting their exam preparation.
Our goal was to create an engaging educational tool to help these students continue learning independently and prepare for their SATs.
I developed a space-themed app where students explore different subjects through interactive videos and a chatbot, using a “mission control” interface.
The app successfully increased student engagement, making learning both fun and accessible, and provided a structured environment for after-school education.
Many Year 6 students lack structured after-school learning opportunities due to parents’ work schedules, impacting their exam preparation.
Our goal was to create an engaging educational tool to help these students continue learning independently and prepare for their SATs.
I developed a space-themed app where students explore different subjects through interactive videos and a chatbot, using a “mission control” interface.
The app successfully increased student engagement, making learning both fun and accessible, and provided a structured environment for after-school education.
Intro/Launch Page:
This welcoming screen sets the tone for the app with a playful rocket ready for take-off. It invites students to "launch into learning," signalling the start of their educational adventure. A brief introduction from the app’s AI tutor, SchoolBuddy, guides users on how the app works and helps them get started on their learning journey with a simple “lanch” call to action below.
Mission Control:
The central hub of the app, where students can easily navigate between subjects, access the Study Buddy chatbot, or view their progress. The "mission control" design reflects the app's space exploration theme, making learning feel like a fun, interactive mission.
Galaxy Explorer:
A vibrant, space-themed subject selection page where students can explore different academic topics like Maths, English, and History, represented as galaxies within the learning universe.
Planet Explorer:
This page visualises the student's learning progress in a fun way, showing their journey through different "planets" of knowledge, each representing a sub-topic they need to conquer.
Subject (The Romans):
A focused subject page that dives deeper into a specific topic, like "The Romans". It offers engaging videos and interactive content, helping students explore historical facts with the guidance of the Study Buddy chatbot.
Chatbot:
The chatbot interface allows students to ask questions and get instant help with their studies. The friendly and easy-to-use design encourages interaction, making learning more accessible and engaging.
How did I come to this conclusion?...
Survey Results:
I sent a survey to Year 6’s asking them how they learn best. Conducting research for this project was invaluable. I found that our target audience would benefit from an app that is interactive and that contains videos. Conducting this survey helped us to make informed design decisions.
User Journey:
The table outlines five key stages in Mia's experience with our platform. Each stage highlights what Mia does, her goals, and emotions. This helped us improve her experience, such as enhancing accessibility features and fostering engagement.
User Story:
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This user profile for Mia Smith, an 11-year-old Year 6 student, highlights key learning and user needs. Mia has dyslexia, making it difficult to follow traditional text-heavy resources, and mild visual impairment, which requires larger text and high-contrast colours. Her needs include accessible content, interactive learning activities
This user profile for Mia Smith, an 11-year-old Year 6 student, highlights key learning and user needs. Mia has dyslexia, making it difficult to follow traditional text-heavy resources, and mild visual impairment, which requires larger text and high-contrast colours. Her needs include accessible content, interactive learning activities
Low Fidelity Wireframes:
The low-fidelity wireframes for SATellite Prep provide a clear visual framework of the app’s structure, ensuring user flows and key features are optimised early in development. They focus on the layout of essential pages, such as the Mission Control Dashboard, subject explorers, and chatbot interactions, allowing for quick feedback on the app’s functionality. These wireframes were key in refining the user experience and ensuring the final design would be intuitive and engaging for students preparing for their SATs.
Style Guide
I created a style guide so that the team that were working on the front end development could easily find the appropriate colours and typefaces for whatever they are working on. This helped us maintain consistency across our app and sped up or process.s
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Reflection
Due to time contraints I was unable to implement some of the accessibility features I had planned to. If I had more time I would have added settings that allow the user to switch on and off different features such as ‘bionic text’ and line spacing preferences.
The low-fidelity wireframes for SATellite Prep provide a clear visual framework of the app’s structure, ensuring user flows and key features are optimised early in development. They focus on the layout of essential pages, such as the Mission Control Dashboard, subject explorers, and chatbot interactions, allowing for quick feedback on the app’s functionality. These wireframes were key in refining the user experience and ensuring the final design would be intuitive and engaging for students preparing for their SATs.
Style Guide
I created a style guide so that the team that were working on the front end development could easily find the appropriate colours and typefaces for whatever they are working on. This helped us maintain consistency across our app and sped up or process.s
Reflection
Due to time contraints I was unable to implement some of the accessibility features I had planned to. If I had more time I would have added settings that allow the user to switch on and off different features such as ‘bionic text’ and line spacing preferences.
An additional figma board was created which contains all the elemets ready to implement in our code. 
© Lana Maugé 2024