Research Statement & Problem Area

As a group we came brainstormed different ideas for various conflicts that college students face. As a group, we discussed how stress is a common factor that college students face, due to attempting to balance their academic and personal lives. We realized that stress can be detrimental towards college students because it can impact their moods (such as decreasing their happiness), their health, and can negatively impact their performance in school. After we agreed on a conflict that we wanted to gear our project towards, we identified various challenges that could contribute in impeding on college students' time management and joy. Some of these challenges consisted of not having a consistent daily schedule, not being able to connect with other students with ease, and becoming overwhelmed with school work. Our product aims to improve students’ ability to manage their time, promote better time management skills, and reduce stress levels. By alleviating high stress levels caused by time management issues, we know that this will be very beneficial for this specific user group. If this user group can manage their time effectively, they will feel more relaxed and more likely to feel happy. We felt that this was an important goal for our project because as college student ourselves, we know how it can feel to be extremely stressed and overwhelmed. We know that these feelings can lead to feelings of depression or lack of motivation. College students' mental health is something that we all agreed was an important aspect that we wanted to incorporate in our design in order to help improve it. Our main research question that we focused on was, "Is there a viable solution to alleviate the impact of poor time management skills amongst college students?"

Our app, Time, allows the meeting of several worlds, in the hope of alleviating college students' stress with maintaining a busy, academic schedule. We are providing a platform that allows students to not only keep track of their schedules and assignments, but also provide a space for collaboration. With our features, students will be able to track assignments and link themselves with other students in their classes. You'll never miss a deadline with your classmates having the capability to post updates on deadlines and check-in when they notice you haven't submitted or regularly kept up with participation.