User Persona
Frank Bower
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Age: 34
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Occupation: Director of media and outreach at Smiles4Kids, a regional non-profit
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Phone: Motorola Moto G7
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Personality: Optimistic and outgoing, always up for a new challenge or for ways to improve
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Needs/Goals/Features:
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Wants to learn to play the cello, as a new hobby.
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Also wants to learn how music works, so he can share it with some of the kids he mentors (and to keep up with his 9-year-old daughter, who is learning piano).
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Frustrations:
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Other apps for teaching scales are boring, and some only make sense if you play a certain instrument.
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Learning the cello is already going to take time away from his family and his other hobby of casual gaming, so the thought of spending time on a boring app is not appealing.
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User Story:
I’m an adult who has never studied written music before, but I would like to learn. The learn mode of this app gradually teaches me scales in the form of a fun game, so I don’t get bored with rote memorization.
Use Case:
Title: The C Major scale
Description: Learning the notes that make up the C Major scale and practicing that knowledge.
Name of user & their role: Frank, a director at a non-profit who wants to learn written music.
Usage Preconditions: Frank has the app installed on his phone, and has either logged in previously with Google SignIn or has internet access to do so now.
Usage post conditions: Frank feels confident that he knows the notes in the C major scale, and tries to figure out the scale on his cello.
Interaction Flow:
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Frank opens the app.
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Frank clicks on Learn Mode and is taken to a screen with all of the possible scales.
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Because Frank has not beaten any levels yet, all are grayed out except for C Major. Frank picks the C Major scale.
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The title and notes of the scale are shown on screen for a few seconds, and then the scroller begins.
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Frank controls his character to move up and down, collecting the coins that correspond to notes of the C Major scale he was just shown.
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Frank accidentally collects a Gb coin, and loses one life.
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Frank makes it through the rest of the level without losing another life, and is congratulated.
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The app returns back to the scale-select screen, and the button for G Major is now available.
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Frank closes the app for now. Time to practice.
Frequency of Use: Every other day, if time