New Product Design: Prototype

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Studentboard Inc.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Founder
(5)
1
Project
Academic experience
80 hours per learner
Learner
Canada
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Product or service launch
Skills
slack (software) product design collaborative software user profile figma (design software) user experience (ux) zoom (video conferencing tool) management prototyping teaching
Details

Studentboard is creating a comprehensive platform to build, sell, and teach courses, and collaborate globally. The student(s) will research and develop a prototype, focusing on various products.

We believe this project will require:

  • Researching existing products and functions (simple, easy to use, minimizing clicks and pages).
  • Developing a prototype of a recommended product design by completing UX and UI work.
  • Figma will be the main prototyping tool used due to easy accessibility and collaboration ability.

The final deliverables include:

  • A prototype of the recommended design for a product.

As the platform will have many moving parts, we will work with the student(s) in week one and two to identify a project outline based on contract length and time commitment. Potential products fall under five main modules including the following:

  1. Instructor and institution user profile: includes introduction page, course builder, enrolment management, and teaching tools
  2. Student profile: introduction profile (to add skills, education, interests etc.), and a place to enrol in and pay for courses, and learn.
  3. Landing page and Marketplace: Students search for courses, institutions, or instructors using basic search bar, filtering, and finding promoting courses.
  4. Peer to peer collaboration tool

Four modules will be broken down into sub-tools that each student team will focus on based on student availability.

Prototyping may occur on Figma or any other chosen software the student/team is interested in using. Studentboard Inc. will pay for appropriate tools required.

Level up provides a $1400 stipend to each student: Studentboard seeks students interested in working 60-70 core hours (approximately $20-$23 per hour) with additional hours dedicated to mentorship and team networking.

Work will occur on a part time basis and is flexible based on the student's schedule. One to two meetings (maximum of 2-4 hours total per week) will need to be attended for mentorship, team check-ins, and reporting on work progress (included within the 80 hours max).

Slack and Zoom will be used to communicate, casual work attire, and students may be located anywhere in Canada (remote work)!

Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.
Mentorship

Students will meet with Founder or Co-Founder two times a week (1-2 hours per meeting), with additional mentorship and guidance provided through out the week as needed. Possible one on one weekly sessions and channels such as Slack may be used for active mentorship communication.

About the company

Company
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Education

Studentboard is shaping the future of higher education by merging the process of learning with learning experience. The global online peer to peer teaching and learning hub will bring together independent teaching and continuing education/re-skilling institutions to reshape micro-credentials and degrees. With mental health issues rising in higher education, reducing the cost of higher education and preparing students for the future of work is paramount. It all starts with a platform to simplify under one roof course building, selling and enrolment, teaching and learning, and collaboration and credentialing! Disrupting higher education to democratize learning.