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Week 6.
Talk Box.
Talkbox is a modular room, which can be moved. This room will pop-up all over campus during stressful times such, for example, during exam season. This room will have multiple spaces where students can have time to themselves or have a private place where they can talk with their friends. Additionally, there will be a professional available for quick meets to see if they need further counselling or give them ways of coping with stress, anxiety or depression.
Stakeholder Feedback.
This last week has been a roller coast ride. Its been an amazing journey and will value what I have learnt so far.
On our last day, we did a stakeholder walkthrough. We walked through our design process, interview process, what we heard and our prototype. I went through everything we did up until the prototyping stage as I was not here for that part. That is where Zoey, Alex and Grace began to present. They went through the prototype.
Once we went through the walkthrough we received our feedback. They liked our idea and made a few suggestions. They suggested we had a phone line which connected them with either service, as that would be easier than having a professional in there for a day. Additionally, they suggested having headphones in the room which could be playing mindfulness. They also asked about the feedback we received from the students. Unfortunately, my group did not go out and showed the prototype to students. So we missed out on vital feedback from students, which meant we could not improve upon the idea further.
The idea overall is good. I like the idea of a modular room but I would have also suggested using available resources such as existing rooms that can be booked.
At the end of the class, we all did an exercise, I LIKE, I WISH, I WILL. We each talked about the things we liked, what we wished and what we will do in the future.
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I LIKED – The chosen topic. As I believe there is so much more we need to do to improve mental health and wellbeing.
I WISH – We had longer to explore all areas and to be able to go through each phase multiple times.
I WILL – Have more confidence in myself. Dive a bit deeper when interviewing people. To take the prototype out and see what people think.