Web application

IB Math Club

Task & Goals

We were thrilled when got approached to develop an educational product. Our client, a math teacher and entrepreneur, wanted to create a platform where students can effectively practice and prepare for the IB Maths exam. The site contains materials and exercises with instant results and statistics on one’s preparation level. At Drukka Digitals we always aim to participate in projects that also have great social impact, so we were extra motivated to create a tool that help students succeed. The IB Maths provides materials and exercises in various math topics organised in categories. The exercises are evaluated instantly. Furthermore, students can also take an entire practice exam and take private lessons online with a tutor.
Our task was to create a platform where students can easily navigate, complete tasks, the backend process behind the website automatically generates and corrects math exercises and a business model which serves the different customer segments well. The challenge was to succeed with our task that is not only great in amount but is also highly complex both on the material and exercises level.

Wireframes

After we got to know our client and her expectations, the first step in our development phase was to create the initial wireframes and to test them with potential users to perfect the core functions of the application. The design is not added at this point. The goal is to create the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) which only contains the core functions that are really necessary. This is vital for most of our clients as there is usually a set budget and time limit. We help them to achieve the best possible results in any circumstance to get to the next stage in funding process.

The necessity of core functions and the application design are validated by testing. When it comes to IB Maths in this stage we focused on the logical and user friendly structuring of the mathematics material. We worked with many topic and their sub-categories which had to be formulated and communicated in a very simple and understandable way. It was very important that the students saw the logic of the material and could navigate easily between the topics. To achieve the best possible results we conducted many user tests to find the best solution.

Branding

After the core functions and structure was established we turned to branding. The real product is not developed yet at this point, but the exact user journey can be replicated and tested with the final design.
In this stage, one of the main task was to create the logo where we summarized 3 symbols in one simple but clear logo (equatitions, the love of mathematics and technology). We also put great emphasis on finalizing a coherent design of the whole platform at the beginning which served as the principal for each graphic element.

Landing Page

The landing page is the first interface users come across, so our main goal here was to make it simple but informative and appealing. We also focused on being action-oriented in the sense that the users get the impulse right away to try the service free for the first time.

Onepagers

The one-pagers are one of the main elements of the platform. Each page summarizes one section of the material and after reviewing it the student can practice exercises relating to that specific topic. These pages were designed to be very informative and coherent. We made sure that it was easily understood and identified according to the specific topic the material belongs to. To achieve this we played with colors, icons and other clever design solutions.

Practice Tasks & Full Exams

When it comes to the practice exercises we created many types of exercises to make sure we replicated the same formats as in the real exam. We constructed the platform to be very logical for the students, they can see exactly which exercise belongs to which one-pager and how many problems they have left to complete.

Accomplishments & Statistics

After completing the exercise the users can see their results instantly. The program automatically evaluate their solution and also creates statistics on their overall results. Each student has a profile under which they see separately their statics and accomplishments to keep them motivated and to inform them on their progress. Here we had to work on design solutions that provide the most information the simplest way possible. We worked hard on our overall structure and user experience.

Tutoring

Even though, in our MVP phase we ruled out the possibility to have a tutoring function due the limit of resources, we plan to develop it in the next phase of this project. The student would have to chance to take private lessons by booking an appointment with a chosen tutor via the built-in scheduling and video chat function. We always think ahead and preplan solutions that in the initial MVP could not been developed, but later they can be useful features of the product.

Development

The last phase of the project was the actual development. This project was a great challenge for our developers. The biggest task was to develop a backend system for the automatic generation of the exercises and evaluation of the student responses. After setting the parameters of an example question and the evaluations needed to be performed the program could generate endless versions of an exercise. The developers had to work with complex mathematical formulas and their applications to create valid and challenging exercises for each material.

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