Status Post 01: The Beginning

Secondary Research

Person(s) Responsible: Vidhi, Michelle, Elizabeth, and Kaylie

Due Date: 2025-09-24

Description/Example(s):

• Link to Figma File

• Research and Design Team explored 4 main topics: Demographics and Psychographics of people with Epilepsy, Competitors, Epilepsy as a medical condition, and gamification in health management (all with sources). Applied concepts to add, remove, or explore on the current site map. Major additions included separating users by who has epilepsy and who is a support to someone with epilepsy, gamification through badges and achievements earned via completing daily check-ins.

Jira, PM Set up, and Updated Timeline

Person(s) Responsible: Eli

Due Date: 2025-10-07

Description/Example(s):

• Link to Jira Board

• Microsoft Team wiki is set up

• Tasks and Subtasks set up (with corresponding names in status posts)

• Major Epics ( development, UX research, branding + UI, project management, and deliverables for this term) are set up for Fall term

• Updated timeline for project

Updating Packages and Dependencies in Repo

Person(s) Responsible: Shan

Due Date: 2025-10-08

Description/Example(s):

• Shan updated current project to react 19 and react native 19, and all subsequent packages dependent on react 19. This is necessary to ensure the current state of the project is functional and ready to be modified

Typography + Icons

Person(s) Responsible: Michelle

Due Date: 2025-10-08

Description/Example(s):

• Link to Figma

• Michelle explored fonts that were easy to read, keeping in mind the requirement for accessibility for this app. For the icons, we selected a cohesive round style and gathered both outlined and filled versions for flexibility. These icons include general ones like settings, profile, journal, etc and some more specific ones like badges and medication.

• Typography for headings: Readex Pro & Body text: Poppins

• Subject to change in desirability study

Existing Site Map

Person(s) Responsible: Vidhi and Eli

Due Date: 2025-10-08

Description/Example(s):

• Link to Figma + app videos

• Mapped out all existing pages and features in the current app and recorded video of the local browser version walking through each feature. This will help us plan to modify the existing prototype instead of working from scratch

General Survey Creation -> Co-Design Recruitment Form

Person(s) Responsible: Kaylie and Elizabeth

Due Date: Extended to: 2025-10-15 from 2025-10-08

Description/Example(s):

• Link to Document

• Since our stakeholders have done research on the problems and challenges that people with epilepsy are dealing with, we decided to focus less on the problem-related survey questions, and more on those asking about people’s desired app features and their habits when using digital platforms

• Reviewed with stakeholders on 10/8 and 10/9. IRB restrictions forced us to pivot. We will change to making a basic <10 question survey with optional volunteering for a co-design session. Audience can be 18+ with epilepsy or family / support to a person with epilepsy. These questions will determine users’ eligibility for the study, consent, general availability and gather high-level info about their experience with epilepsy management.