Final Project Sophia Manalo

Actual project link: 

Plain language version of the messages by reading level that would ideally show up if you used the slider:

Level 1:

  1. What is something you have done that makes you feel happy or proud?
  2. What good things have you done in the last two years that make you feel proud?
  3. What goal did you reach that made you the happiest?
  4. Has something ever happened that made your life better?
  5. If you didn’t reach a goal, what stopped you?
  6. What help do you need to reach your goal?
  7. What do you do in your neighborhood? How often do you do it?
  8. What fun things do you do, like watching movies or playing sports? How often?
  9. How do you find out about things happening near you?
  10. Who decides where you can go and who goes with you?
  11. Are there things you want to do but aren’t doing now? How can you do them?
  12. What help do you need to do these things more?

Level 2:

  1. Can you name something you’ve done that made you feel good?
  2. In the past two years, what have you done that made you proud?
  3. Which goal that you reached makes you the happiest?
  4. Has anything happened that made your life happier or better?
  5. If you couldn’t reach a goal, what got in your way?
  6. What kind of help do you need to reach your goals?
  7. What things do you do in your community, and how often do you do them?
  8. What fun or hobby activities do you enjoy in your community? How often?
  9. How do you learn about things going on in your town or neighborhood?
  10. Who decides where you go and who goes with you?
  11. Are there things you’d like to do but don’t do yet? How can you start?
  12. What help do you need to do these activities more often?

Level 3:

  1. What is something you have done that makes you proud of yourself?
  2. What goals have you reached in the past two years that make you happy?
  3. What goal that you accomplished are you most proud of?
  4. Has anything ever happened that made your life better or happier?
  5. If you couldn’t finish a goal, what stopped you from getting there?
  6. What kind of support would help you reach your goal?
  7. What kinds of things do you do in your community? How often do you do them?
  8. What fun or hobby activities do you enjoy, like sports or movies? How often do you do them?
  9. How do you find out about activities in your community?
  10. Who decides where you can go and who goes with you?
  11. Are there activities you’d like to try but haven’t yet? How could you start?
  12. What support would help you do these things more?

Level 4:

  1. What’s something you’ve done that makes you feel proud of yourself?
  2. In the last two years, what goals or plans have you achieved that make you happy?
  3. Which goal that you’ve accomplished makes you feel the most proud?
  4. Have you ever experienced something that improved your life, like your happiness or way of thinking?
  5. If you couldn’t achieve a goal, what do you think got in your way?
  6. What type of support or help would make it easier for you to reach your goals?
  7. What community activities do you participate in, and how often do you do them?
  8. What kinds of entertainment or hobbies do you enjoy, like sports, events, or restaurants? How often do you take part?
  9. How do you usually learn about activities happening in your area?
  10. Who decides where you go and who goes with you?
  11. Are there any activities you’d like to do that you’re not involved in yet? How could you start?
  12. What kind of help or support would you need to do these activities as much as you want?

Project Description: What format is it? Is it interactive? Does it have sound? Video? Describe how a person would conduct this survey. 

The format of this project is idealized, a webpage, but this is submitted as a wireframe of what the webpage would be like. The project doesn’t have sound, nor a video, but a person would interact with this survey by either taking it by themselves with someone in the room to answer questions, or taking it with a person sitting next to them to read the questions out/answer questions. 

Documentation: 

If it’s interactive, make a video (screen recording is fine, if it’s digital) of your survey being interacted with. Include images with alt-text and captions. 

HeartShare x NYU POC interaction video

A version of images that I made with halftone as the background.
A version of images that I made with halftone as the background.
This is the Adobe Illustrator file with all my work on it. It includes all images and icons I designed
This is the Adobe Illustrator file with all my work on it. It includes all images and icons I designed.

Reflection Questions:

Why did you choose this modality?  Which elements of the original did you keep, if any? Why? Which elements of the original survey did you change? How did you change them? Why? 
 

I chose this modality because I thought that people might want more privacy when answering such personal questions about their dreams. I think that doing the survey in this form allows the person to answer more honestly, since it can be a little awkward when someone asks you such intimate things. Of the elements on the original survey I kept the questions primarily the same, but I rephrased them into plain language and also into language that is easier for someone to understand based on reading level. I kept the questions because I felt like they were the core of the survey itself, and were the thing that actively tried to achieve the objective of the survey. I changed the images and icon. This is because I thought the images and icons were very unclear and non inclusive of everyone that could possibly take the survey. I changed these to more graphic images that could be more inclusive and also be more engaging to look at for individuals who enjoyed more ‘cartoon-ish’ styles. 

Post-evaluation reflection:
Did you get the information you wanted? Do you feel that certain elements of your redesigned survey worked for you in eliciting information? Do you think that certain elements worked against you in discovering information? Is there anything you would change or add to your survey for a next iteration of it, based on feedback from HeartShare?

I think that I got the information I wanted. I think that the elements that worked for me were the images because I think they clearly exemplified an idea. Because I couldn’t make images for everything, I felt as though the questions that lacked a relating image, were more unclear. Another thing that worked well were the reading levels, it allowed me to rephrase a question if Liz didn’t understand something in an easier way. I think elements that worked agains me were the phrasing of my questions. I thought that making more ideas of support would clarify the question, but I found that during my interview, this could be interpreted in more ways than I had initially planned. If I were to improve this, I would actually make it functional, which my note-taker gave me a recommendation to do. Some of the changes I actually did make, like adding a question about physical resources and also making some parts of it more interactive/functional in the Figma.