I will work to a put a team together in college of people who I am confident has the skills to develop the app. Within college we have IT staff, eSupport and a teacher who has previously developed an AR app for the college. I will talk with them to see if they would like to get on board with the project. Additionally I have spoken to the one stop team who assist with arranging placements for students. They have offered to help, providing information and contacts for the app development.
Although I have much of the artwork ready, there will be time here to refine on it thus making it look more refined. At the same time much of the focus will be spent looking at the functionality of the user interface to ensure it is simple to navigate through. It is essential that the app is clear and concise so it is user friendly, including those with disabilities.
This will take a while as all of the information about different opportunities will need to be collected and stored in a way so that key terms are quick to locate within the app thus sending students in the correct direction.
Once this point has been reached, the app will be ready for testing. Before running trials with college students, I will see if the app can function on iPhones using the Software Development Kit supplied by Apple. I have gone with this choice for testing as Apple is the most commonly used phone by students therefore the number of testers will be at a higher percentage. With the app rolled out to students it will give them the opportunity to explore the interface and report any bugs they may find.
If there are technical difficulties along the way, this could slow down the development process. To prevent this from happening, a two week lag time will be put in place to allow extra time for fixing issues that could arise.
The app will be launched and for the two weeks that follow, qualitative and quantitative research will be collected from the users.
The research collected from the launch will determine the success of the app based on whether or not students gain further experience and employability skills. Moreover checks to see if communication between curriculum areas have improved will take place.
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