Burger Time
Team Member：Ying Lu, Yuan Meng, Yongkang Yu, Yuki Fang
International students often struggle with mental stress and self-doubt due to cultural differences, language barriers, and unfamiliar education systems, leading to lower confidence, reduced participation, and difficulty managing coursework. The lack of classroom recognition and support further amplifies these challenges, affecting both performance and well-being. To address this, we aim to develop an APP that enhances academic success while fostering confidence and recognition in their learning environment.
Need statement
International students experiencing mental stress and negative emotions need to gain recognition because they doubt their own academic abilities.
HMW Question
How might we support them improve their academic performance, which can help them be recognized by others in the classroom?
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Ideation
We want to help them improve their academic performance. Possible features are academic process management and time management platform, including short-term goal tracking, long-term goal tracking, focus enhancement, etc. We hope to help them maintain good academic performance over time. Possible ways to provide this are to add an achievement system and to gamify the functionality.
Paper Prototype
Our paper prototype tested the usability and clarity of our app’s navigation, layout, and core features. By observing user interactions, we identified confusion points and improved the experience. It helped us understand how users navigate, interpret sections, and engage with key components.
Paper prototype feedback
" Similarity between the 'schedule' and 'timeline' pages, leading to initial confusion. "
" Finds the 'focus time' page perplexing, uncertain of how to construct a focus burger. "
" Confused about the home page, unsure of where to begin. "
" Confused by the button and burger, both seeming clickable. "
" Struggles to distinguish the top navigation, mistaking it for a page title. "
Paper prototype feedback
This user flow maps out the structure of our app, Burger Time, with the Home Page as the central hub. Key sections include Setting Focus, where users customize focus sessions by selecting burger ingredients; Achievement Page, which tracks user milestones; Schedule Page, for organizing daily and monthly timelines; and Setting Page, which provides options for adjusting notifications, language, and preferences.
Final Design
Our app is a campus mental health and wellness resource tailored for international students, helping them manage academic stress and improve well-being. It tackles challenges like time management, focus, goal-setting, and self-recognition by offering structured tools for academic tracking, concentration enhancement, and motivation through a gamified achievement system. Ultimately, the app supports both academic success and mental wellness, empowering students to build confidence, reduce stress, and gain recognition in their learning journey.
