Intern Stay
Find Safe & Affordable Housing
Weekly Project Update
April 11-17
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Created a clickable prototype in Figma
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Evaluation Plan Presentation
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Research on on the development
April 18-24
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Worked on the Final Presentation
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Finished coding the working product
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Started working on the final paper
April 25-May 1
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Completed the final paper
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Finished Demo & Evaluation
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Created a project website
Project Description:
Objective
A website that has a curated list of short-term subleasing options for students with a social media functionality for them to find friends who are also interested in the same listings allowing them to find affordable housing and reliable roommates.
Solution
A website that has a curated list of short-term subleasing options for students with a social media functionality for them to find friends who are also interested in the same listings allowing them to find affordable housing and reliable roommates.
Low Fidelity
Fig 1: Listing Page. This page shows how the listing page would look like when users would search a city.
Fig 2: Description Page. Users would come to this page after user want to learn about a listings and reach out to the real estate agent or property owner.
Fig 3: Lister Info. If users want to learn more about the lister and get their contact information, this is the page they would come to.
Working Prototype
Demo Video
Highlights of Evaluation result
Participants
6 Participants
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4 male, 2 female​
Qualitative Result:
Results based on questionnaires
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"Gives a very Airbnb feel"
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"Like our color scheme"
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"Very easy to navigate"
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"Radio-box helps to navigate"
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"Like the idea that they can contact the listers"
Tasks
Using the clickable Prototype:
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Task 1: User will browse the listings and book one. ​
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Task 2: User will interact with listers through message.
Quantitative Data:
Result based on "Pattern of Clicking" :
Task 1: 5 clicks on average to complete a booking (including filters)
Task 2: 3 clicks to contact the lister.