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School + home · UI/UX · 2024 / 2026

Nova.

A school day, shared between a teacher, a child and a family.

My part
Research, information architecture, flows, interfaces and the prototype.
Context
Solo project, 2024. The interfaces were redesigned in 2026.
Status
An interactive prototype. Low-fidelity feedback only, no formal usability test. The Ribbon is a modelled concept.
Skip to the case

Scroll through the day

08:30Teacher App

Start with
the class.

Three classes. Today’s completion fills each capsule.

08:35Teacher App

Then
one child.

Reading, exercise and painting stay separate. No single score.

09:00NovaHub · class board

Everyone starts
together.

Twenty-eight children, twenty-eight planets. None is ranked.

15:50Ribbon · on the wrist

One next step
goes home.

Oliver takes his planet and today’s activity with him.

18:00Family App

Home picks up
the same task.

The teacher’s instructions travel with it. A voice note is only how it comes back.

21:00Teacher App

The reply
closes the loop.

Oliver’s reading moves from Pending to Reviewed, and the reply goes home.

The project
at a glance.

Solo project. Research, flows, interface design and the working prototype on this page. Sample people and data.

The research Teacher AppStart with the classTeacher home with three class capsules 28children, one class board RibbonUp next, on the wristRibbon screen: Up next, A little discovery One childNo single score
Reading65%
Exercise30%
Painting48%
TypeAaSF Pro · 28 / 20 / 16
NovaHubEvery child, a planet
Class 201 as a galaxy of planets
Colour
Pearl Glass · one violet action
Class 20128 students55%
Liquid = today’s completion
The replyPending → ReviewedTeacher check queue Family AppThe task, at homeFamily task with the teacher’s instructions 2024 → 2026
2024 wireframe2026 teacher home
iPadTeacher App on iPad

Project · Research

Each adult sees
part of the
child’s day.

“How might we provide a solution for primary students, stressful parents and busy teachers, to make collaboration, communication and efficiency easier?”
Context
Solo project, 2024. The interfaces were redesigned in 2026.
My work
Research, information architecture, flows, interface design and the prototype on this page.

Desk research · questionnaires · interviews · stakeholder map · personas · original board ↗

Families · parent questionnaire

79%

have learning goals beyond school.

Stick to the school’s assignments59%
Sit with the child through study time55%

→ Keep the teacher’s instructions beside the action they explain.

Teachers · teacher questionnaire

3 in 5

always handle class affairs in their own time.

→ One queue: waiting for review, apart from already answered.

Children · design response

A day holds more than marks. A planet of their own; reading, movement and making stay separate. No ranking, no single score.

Parent interviews

More pressure did not mean more contact.

ParentStressContacts / month
A Grade 2Moderate6
B Grade 3Low4
C Grade 1High3
D Grade 1Extreme2

→ Let the task carry its own guidance, without another conversation first.

Three people, one task

  • TeacherMs BennettKeep the task and its replies together.
  • ChildOliverKnow the next step, and have a part of your own.
  • FamilySarahUnderstand the task without another conversation.

The class board:
a planet
per child.

It runs on the classroom’s existing display. Every child is a planet; none is ranked.

HoverTap a planet to open that child’s day.

After school,
one next step.

Oliver takes his planet and one next step with him. Try the screen.

Ribbon: next activity and the child’s planet

Next activity. Tap “Let’s explore” on the screen.

What fits inside
the capsule.

47 × 30 mm, lilac shell, butter cradle. Hover a dot for what each part does.

“Oliver, it’s time
for a little
discovery!”

The family plans in the App. Ribbon shows one step.

  • 47 × 30 mmcapsule
  • Magneticlink strap
  • One stepon the screen

Hello, Sarah

Monday, 15 April

Oliver TaylorClass 201

Today’s task completion

Reading65%
Exercise30%
Painting48%
In school
MathMs Parker
Sketch skillMs Morgan
EnglishMs Bennett

English reading

Chapter 2 · Due today, 18:00

Teacher Ms BennettReading · Class 201

Read Chapter 2 aloud. Record Oliver’s reading and share it with your teacher.

Play instructions1:00
Excellent examples
Lily BrownShared reading · Completed
▶  Listen to the example1:00

“Very good!” — Teacher Ms Bennett

A voice recording or photo is enough.

Recording reading

English reading · Chapter 2

Oliver’s reading
00:00Recording…

Take your time. You can pause whenever you need.

Ready to share?

English reading · Chapter 2

Preview · not sent
Oliver’s reading00:24

Note to Ms Bennett

Here’s Oliver’s reading for today.

Sending to Ms Bennett…

Oliver’s reading · 00:24

Couldn’t send yet

English reading · Chapter 2

Check your connection

Your recording is kept here. Reconnect and try again.

Oliver’s reading · 00:24

Shared with Ms Bennett

English reading · Chapter 2

Waiting for Ms Bennett Oliver’s reading is with his teacher.

Reading recording · 00:24
Today · 16:24

Ribbon on its lilac magnetic link strap beside a phone showing the Nova family App

A reading goes to school,
a reply comes home.

One recording, one state, on both phones.

SarahFamily App / at home

Hello, Sarah

Monday, 15 April

Oliver TaylorClass 201

Today’s task completion

Reading65%
Exercise30%
Painting48%
In school
MathMs Parker
Sketch skillMs Morgan
EnglishMs Bennett

English reading

Chapter 2 · Due today, 18:00

Teacher Ms BennettReading · Class 201

Read Chapter 2 aloud. Record Oliver’s reading and share it with your teacher.

Play instructions1:00
Excellent examples
Lily BrownShared reading · Completed
▶  Listen to the example1:00

“Very good!” — Teacher Ms Bennett

A voice recording or photo is enough.

Recording reading

English reading · Chapter 2

Oliver’s reading
00:00Recording…

Take your time. You can pause whenever you need.

Ready to share?

English reading · Chapter 2

Preview · not sent
Oliver’s reading00:24

Note to Ms Bennett

Here’s Oliver’s reading for today.

Sending to Ms Bennett…

Oliver’s reading · 00:24

Couldn’t send yet

English reading · Chapter 2

Check your connection

Your recording is kept here. Reconnect and try again.

Oliver’s reading · 00:24

Shared with Ms Bennett

English reading · Chapter 2

Waiting for Ms Bennett Oliver’s reading is with his teacher.

Reading recording · 00:24
Today · 16:24

Ms BennettTeacher App / at school

Good morning, Anna

Today’s class overview

Class task progress
Today
Class 20128 students55%
Class 20232 students73%
Class 20330 students85%
Learner review
Oliver TaylorClass 201 · Today
Reading65%
Exercise30%
Painting48%
Review learner  ›
Assignment sent to Class 201: English reading, due Monday 15 April at 18:00

Class 201

28 students · 4 assignments

StudentsAssignments
55% completed today’s tasks
Students
  • Oliver TaylorReading 65% · Painting 48%
  • EWEthan WilsonPainting 52% · Reading to do
  • Lily BrownToday’s tasks ready to review

Oliver Taylor

Class 201 · Today’s activities

Oliver TaylorLearning · Movement · Creativity
Reading65%
Exercise30%
Painting48%
Teacher check
Look at the activity behind the number.

These values show task completion. Open the assignment before deciding how to follow up.

Check

English reading · Class 201

15 of 28 handed inDue 18:00
  • Lily BrownReading · 00:51 · 16:02
  • NDNoah DaviesReading · 00:37 · 15:41

Oliver’s reading

English reading · Chapter 2 · 16:24

Pending
Oliver’s reading00:24
ST

From Sarah TaylorHere’s Oliver’s reading for today.

Listen first. Sharing is a separate decision after the preview.

Scroll to follow · or use the AppRecording and sending are simulated.

What changed
in the check screen.

Before · 2024Original check-reply wireframe with Comment, Confirm and Remind on every submission
Three actions on each card.
After · 2026
Pending and Reviewed, one Confirm.

How the interface
is built up.

One complete teacher home; each layer has its own job. Hover a layer.

Where Nova
stands now.

One reading task, shared by a teacher, a child and a family, from the classroom to home and back.

  1. Two apps, one taskTeacher and family apps for one reading task, from assignment to reply, in Figma and as the working HTML on this page.
  2. A clearer checkThe queue the 2024 feedback asked for: Pending and Reviewed, one Confirm, the rest folded away.
  3. One child, every surfaceThe phone, the iPad, the classroom board and Ribbon, with NovaHub and Ribbon rendered in Blender.

Next: the check queue with teachers and their own classes, and the reading task with families at home.

AppendixAll 28 screens as a tap-through prototype, and the 2024 planet concept

The teacher app
and the family app.

Explore the family and teacher perspectives. The same activities carry through each view, with different priorities at home and in the classroom.

At home

A day, at a glance.

School activities, a shared timetable and the teacher’s advice sit together. The colour cues carry across every view.

On screen

Family home

Tap the screen to explore.
Recording and sending are simulated.

Nova: Family home

iPhone 17 Pro Max · Silver

Family home

Nova family home, enlarged

Appendix · Concept, 2024

Every child,
a planet.

I gave the system one picture. A class is a galaxy. Teachers and parents are its stars. Each child is a planet of their own.

The App, the classroom board and the child’s own device all use it. Choose a planet to see what each person in Oliver’s class sees about that child.

Ms Bennettteacher The familyparents Class 201

Oliver

Ms Bennett sees

Oliver in Class 201’s capsule, and anything Oliver hands in, waiting in Check.

Sarah sees

Oliver’s day: three activities, the timetable and Ms Bennett’s replies.

Oliver sees

A planet of Oliver’s own on the class board and on Ribbon. It is never ranked against anyone.

The 2024 board sketch ranked children by tasks finished. I took the ranking out: every planet is the same size, in no order.

Two apps,
one structure.

The 2024 function map, redrawn. Follow the reading task and it passes through four places: two in each app.

Teacher app

  • Home Overall infoProcess
  • Class Class infoStudent infoStatus
  • 1Assign ScheduleActivitiesTaskDetail
  • 4Check MarkQuestionRemindChat
  • Setting GeneralNotice

Family app

  • Home Overall infoProcess
  • Plan ScheduleActivitiesStatusOther
  • 2Tasks TaskDetailScheduleActivities
  • 3Submit MarkQuestionChat
  • Setting GeneralNotice
  1. 1The teacher assigns it
  2. 2The family opens the task
  3. 3They submit a recording
  4. 4The teacher checks it
Back to selected work Nova · School + home

Find your next question.

Back to selected work Objects, services & systems.

Trace the Line · Sheet A

Locate the involvement.

Place tokens where AI entered a real design process. The tokens mark perceived involvement, not a score.

Original Sheet A: Locate the involvement.

Where would you place it?

Drag a token, or choose a place below. Use all, some or none.

Try a placement. There is no correct answer, and this is not a score.

Reading this sheet

A real project anchors the conversation. Seven stages run from research to communication. Place tokens on or between stages to mark where AI felt involved, then choose the stage you thought longest about.

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