Evaluating Forensics Professors' Needs with the ForensicsXR Teacher's App

The Problem

• Teachers need a way to evaluate students.
• Teachers need to see the work their students are doing in a way that makes sense. Math is great, but how do we translate data points into real items?
• Teachers need to be able to generate their own crime scenes for students to explore.

Technical Implementation

I used my technical knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, connecting my background as a developer with my design-oriented mind.

• Use user cards on the homepage to give an easy idea of who each student is, with user IDs for privacy.
• Allow instructors to see the images students took, including date and time, to understand the story being told.
• Create a heatmap showing time spent at VR points with intensifying colors.
• Build a drag-and-drop system for professors to generate their own crime scenes without technical complexity.

User Research

Aside from developing the systems mentioned above, I also played a significant role in user research and understanding.

• Led post-experiment survey sessions in a class of 60 students to enhance the VR application.
• Conducted one-on-one interviews with participating students.
• Used qualitative coding to identify three major pain points: navigation, controller feedback, and visual design.

Our Outcomes

The VR application's supporter rate increased by 30% after our subsequent experiments.

• Increased instructor understanding of student activities.
• Reduced student data upload time from 15 minutes to 1 minute.
• Secured additional funding due to the findings.