Challenges: Children need to learn about their emotions in an interactive and interesting way. They need some guidance from parents and teachers to help them grow as a responsible and emotionally strong individual. There is lack of such application which could involve parents and help children in their emotional journey.

 Solution: Design an app that will help children face their emotional challenges by providing a tool that is interactive, interesting as well be creative.

User research:

I used data available online about children’s emotions to develop interview questions, which were then used to conduct user interviews. Most interview participants reported they don’t know what to do when they have strong emotions, but they didn’t try to learn the techniques to help in such situations. The feedback received through research made it very clear that users would be open and willing to spend time on their own or with parents if they had access to an easy-to-use tool to help guide them.

Competitive audit:

An audit of a few competitors' products provided direction on gaps and opportunities to address with the Me and My Emotions app. 

View: Competitive Audit

 Usability study: findings

Refining the design:

 Mockups

 Accessibility considerations

Responsive Web Design

Responsive design:

The designs for screen size variation included mobile, tablet, and desktop. I optimized the designs to fit the specific user needs of each device and screen size.

Takeaways

Impact

Users shared that the app made food waste seem like something they could actually help reduce. One quote from peer feedback was:

 “I like the game feature because you can do a ton in it. Also, the diary section is an added advantage because it provides the security code giving more room to express.”

What I learned:

I learned that there might be some ideas that you want to implement but wouldn’t work at times so it's better to drop it at that point in time and later it can be implemented as added features.