Entry 1.
I am enjoying the internship and I am working with a good team.
My first task was to organize a 332 page PDF textbook for 1st and 2nd year medical students; they gave me the freedom to do whatever I wanted with the document. Having never used the Adobe Acrobat Pro before, I was force to learn it and become an expert in formatting, arranging and organizing content. It took me one day to get the hang of it, this included learning the program with online tutorials and through trial and error. After I looked at the content and understood it, I began to label every page 332 times then I linked every page 664 times. After I linked the pages, I had to sort the content in a user-friendly order for medical students to understand it better. It was a very tedious and monotonous task but it was finished in four days, it also gave me a chance to review the material that will be used for the iPad app design.
My first task was to organize a 332 page PDF textbook for 1st and 2nd year medical students; they gave me the freedom to do whatever I wanted with the document. Having never used the Adobe Acrobat Pro before, I was force to learn it and become an expert in formatting, arranging and organizing content. It took me one day to get the hang of it, this included learning the program with online tutorials and through trial and error. After I looked at the content and understood it, I began to label every page 332 times then I linked every page 664 times. After I linked the pages, I had to sort the content in a user-friendly order for medical students to understand it better. It was a very tedious and monotonous task but it was finished in four days, it also gave me a chance to review the material that will be used for the iPad app design.
My second task was to then take this information and develop a design for an iPad application. I had to problem solve and figure out how I would handle a large
document consisting of 332 pages. In two days I came up with a look and feel
for the application and it is still under construction. I implemented two wheels that would rotate at
the top of the screen, the first wheel has 15 categories and the second wheel has
between 13 to 30 subcategories with each categories. The app is now condensed and the information is easy to retrieve, the design process involved intense research, many sketches and
iterations.
I can see how information design is truly needed in the workplace, I have made the work so far very easy to navigate but I have still maintained the content for the medical audience. Below is an sample of what I am working on, it is totally awesome and I am honored that I am working on something this beautiful and interesting. This is a step by step simulation of what would happen if a user pressed a button on this iPad app (this is 6, of 20 slides). When the app is completed, meetings will be held to consider the app design for development.
Yay, to an awesome week!
Yay, to an awesome week!
Lyndelle G.
