This document provides an overview and plan for developing a mobile application for the Blue Valley School District. The app aims to provide timely information to students, parents, and teachers in the district by pulling content from approved websites and social media. The target audiences are students in grades 9-12, parents of students, and district teachers. The app will be developed to have an intuitive interface to ensure repeated use and easy access to district news and calendars. Competitor research examined other school district apps to identify best practices. The deliverables will be an iOS application that updates daily with real-time information from the district.

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blue
valley
app. DESIGN STUDIOS
Sydney
Lenz
&Henry
Stafford
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H.
Lenz
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introduction.
• sydney h. lenz.:
Design
Lead,
I’m
very
interested
in
fine
art
and
using
my
hands
to
create.
I’m
hoping
to
go
into
photography
or
something
to
do
with
fine
art,
as
well
as
a
degree
in
business
• henry st afford:
Design
lead,
hoping
to
go
into
computer
science
or
computer
engineering.
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H.
Lenz
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our client.
• client:
Our
client
is
Mr.
Slagle,
Blue
Valley
School
District
Vice
Superintendent,
has
asked
us
to
partner
with
Level
5
SoluLons
to
create
an
iPhone
ApplicaLon
to
keep
members
of
the
district
up
to
date
on
current
BV
events.
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H.
Lenz
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objective.
• Develop
a
cross-­‐plaRorm
mobile
applicaLon
• Provide
Lmely
and
relevant
informaLon
for
students
and
their
parents.
• ApplicaLon’s
content
will
be
pulled
from
the
district-­‐approved
websites
• TwiTer
• Facebook
• Bluevalleyk12.org
• Data
will
be
presented
to
the
user
in
an
intuiLve
interface
that
will
ensure
repeated
use.
This
will
provide
easy
access
to
Blue
Valley
District
News
and
Calendars.
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H.
Lenz
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target audience.
t arget audience (s):
history:
future:
• Students
(Freshman-­‐Seniors)
• Website
• Easy
access
to
district
info.
• Parents
in
the
district
• Individual
school
• Available
24/7
• Teachers
in
the
district
communicaLons
• Real
Lme
updates
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H.
Lenz
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message.
• Make
the
app
intuiLve
for
all
audiences
to
use.
• Update
and
inform
parents
and
students
on
what’s
going
on
in
the
Blue
Valley
community
in
real
Lme.
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H.
Lenz
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deliverables.
• Blue
Valley
School
District
already
has
a
website,
logo,
branding
and
social
media
network.
• Mr.
Slagle
asked
our
team
to
create
a
phone
applicaLon
for
the
Blue
Valley
School
District.
• The
applicaLon
is
not
a
condensed
version
of
the
Blue
Valley
website.
The
informaLon
is
going
to
be
updated
daily,
and
easily
accessible
for
parents
and
students
at
all
Lmes.
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H.
Lenz
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competitor research. 7
• This
project
does
not
have
compeLtors,
although,
our
team
has
researched
other
schools’
applicaLons
to
see
what
worked
and
what
did
not.
UT
ApplicaLon
Mansfield
Independence
School
District
KU
ApplicaLon
ApplicaLon
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H.
Lenz
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wha we ha
t ve created.
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H.
Lenz
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wha we ha
t ve created.
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H.
Lenz
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completed.
• Brainstorm
Audience
and
FuncLons
• Basic
outline
of
what
the
app
should
accomplish
• Research
other
apps
and
design
what
our
app
will
look
like
• Start
creaLng
and
finalizing
designs
• Upload
designs
to
basecamp
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H.
Lenz
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In progress.
• Decide
on
a
final
design
for
the
app.
December
2,
2011
• Start
to
create
images
for
the
chosen
design.
(conLnuing
to
next
semester)
• Make
sure
app
is
fast
and
efficient.
(conLnuing
to
next
semester)
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H.
Lenz
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thank you for your time.
questions or comments?
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H.
Lenz
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Lenz
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