Final presentation

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

2. What’s the Problem?
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Learning a new language is hard and fluency is key
It isn’t easy to find people to practice speaking with
Existing software doesn’t focus on conversational
fluency

3. Set up !
Profile
Discover!
People
Start !
Chat
Our Solution - MVP 1

4. MVP 1.0 - User Comments
“I want to see more filters to search people”
“Feedback needed, how was connection - thumbs
up or down!”
“UI looks boring and dull”

5. MVP 2.0 - Features
Chat is working!
Added more filters
Improved User Interface

6. How did we get here?
Survey
Idea
Feedback Feedback
User
Testing
User
Testing
MVP 1 MVP 2 MVP 3
Design Decisions

7. MVP 2.0 - Use Case
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Actions:!
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• Discovers Vadim on Koalinga!
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• Connects with Vadim via Message!
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• They meet next day!
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Tom Williams!
• Is a sophomore at U of M!
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• Lives in Ann Arbor, MI!
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• Speaks English!
Problems/Needs:!
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• Wants to improve speaking fluency in Russian!
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Can’t find anyone to practice with!
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8. Set up !
Profile
Discover!
People
Start !
Chat
Our Solution - MVP 2

9. Demo

10. MVP 2.0 - User Comments
“There’s no substitute for speaking with a native speaker,
and I can see this fixing that” - Jesus

11. MVP 2.0 - User Comments
“UI and your app color looks pretty cool”
“I like the simplicity of the app and fewer screens
solves the problem easily”
“It’d be great if I could see ratings of a person based
on feedback from prior meetings”

12. What we learned this semester?
How to balance customer feedback with
our own vision
Architecting a mobile app
(integrating front-end with back-end)
How to manage expectations and features to
time/feasibility constraints

13. Next Steps for MVP 3.0
> Feedback system
Blocking people
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Yelp Integration
> Talk with departments about getting students to use it

14. Koalinga
Thank you!
Questions? Comments? Feedback?