offroads a persuasive website to promote fuel conservation “make the switch and make a...
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OffRoads
A persuasive website to promote fuel conservation
www.projectoffroads.com
“Make the Switch and Make a Difference”
Presentation Outline
Introduction Low-Fidelity PrototypeResults of Usability Testing Demonstration of Calculator & BlogMobile Device Future Improvements
Purpose
OffRoads strives to convince users to conserve fuel by changing their daily work commute from driving their own car to using public transportation
How Will This Be Accomplished?
Show users annual global & personal effects of switching to mass transit
Carbon dioxide emissions reductionForeign oil dependence reductionTime savingsCost savingsHealth benefits
Persuasive Roles of Technology
1. Tool – simplify a behaviorExample: Calculate savings
2. Medium – show effectsExample: Info bites proving results
3. Social Actor – provide support Example: converse with others
who have made the switch via blog/forum
Usability TestingIdea is great, but more things can be added with the websiteWe could do more rounds of testing with better prototypesGetting people interested seems to be main concernUse of phone aspect
DemonstrationWebsite - www.projectoffroads.comCalculator PortionBlog Portion
What else can be added?Getting the website known
Mobile DeviceOffRoads Calculator Designed for WAP enabled phones and PDAs200 million cell phone users in the USDesigned to reach more usersShort demo using a cell phone simulator
Mobile DeviceDesigned to run on multiple phone typesNeeds to be hosted by a WAP enabled serverActual calculating functions need to be implementedTesting on more phone brands
Lessons Learned
Motivating users is a problemAttracting users to it may be difficultMobile implementation harder than anticipatedGetting name out there will be a challenge