Koalinga

Team Lang!Craig Send, Jacob Hash, Joe Hermann, Nehal Molasaria

What’s the Problem?

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Learning a new language is hard and fluency is key

Existing software doesn’t focus on conversational fluency

It isn’t easy to find people to practice speaking with

Set up !Profile

Discover!People

Start !Chat

Our Solution - MVP 1

MVP 1.0 - User Comments

“Feedback needed, how was connection - thumbs up or down!”

“I want to see more filters to search people”

“UI looks boring and dull”

MVP 2.0 - Features

Chat is working!

Improved User Interface

Added more filters

How did we get here?

IdeaSurvey

MVP 1 MVP 2 MVP 3User Testing

User Testing

Feedback Feedback

Design Decisions

MVP 2.0 - Use Case

!Actions:!!• Discovers Vadim on Koalinga!!• Connects with Vadim via Message!!• They meet next day!!

Tom Williams!• Is a sophomore at U of M!!• Lives in Ann Arbor, MI!!• Speaks English!

Problems/Needs:!!• Wants to improve speaking fluency in Russian!!• Can’t find anyone to practice with!!

Set up !Profile

Discover!People

Start !Chat

Our Solution - MVP 2

Demo

MVP 2.0 - User Comments

“There’s no substitute for speaking with a native speaker, and I can see this fixing that” - Jesus

MVP 2.0 - User Comments

“UI and your app color looks pretty cool”

“It’d be great if I could see ratings of a person based on feedback from prior meetings”

“I like the simplicity of the app and fewer screens solves the problem easily”

What we learned this semester?

Architecting a mobile app (integrating front-end with back-end)

How to balance customer feedback with our own vision

How to manage expectations and features to time/feasibility constraints

Next Steps for MVP 3.0

Blocking people

Feedback system>

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> Talk with departments about getting students to use it

Yelp Integration

Thank you! Questions? Comments? Feedback?

Koalinga