GoodNotes is an iOS app designed for students to streamline their note-taking process. They challenged Berkeley Innovation ↗ to find a way to boost students' confidence levels while studying with the app.
As a Project Mentor, I assisted and guided four other designers to conceptualize a new feature within GoodNotes to best reassure students in their understanding of a desired academic topic.
GoodNotes' mission is to empower people with knowledge through digital paper and innovations, whilst making studying efficient and enjoyable.
Thus, GoodNotes bases their success on the success of its users—students, and how well they understand their desired topic. With this in mind, they wanted to solve the following question:
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While my role during this semester-long project was to mentor and guide other designers, I, in-turn, learned so much from my team and our clients Rodney and Leo!
The culture of GoodNotes focuses heavily on UXR and tying every design decision to insights and user habits—and they weren't hesitant on getting us onboard with their culture.
It's important to constantly check the intent of the designs and to make sure they actually address the problem at hand, without creating additional complications. After all, I am designing for the users, not myself.
GoodNotes is an iOS app used and loved by thousands and more; its app and design system are pretty much set-in-stone. Thus, we had to make sure our designs were well-integrated to the app, neither startling prior users nor disrupting the existing structure, interface, and flow.
While GoodNotes is a digital app, it still highly maintains a physical counterpart—note-taking by hand. Thus, we looked into physical designs and daily experiences for inspiration, which led us to the idea of index tabs ('Tags'). This idea, then, would not only be familiar for users but be intuitive to use.
Digital designs don't mean I should strictly look into the digital realm for inspiration; sometimes, the solution lies more intimate to our everyday lives.
