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Application Logo
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Login Page
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Choosing email and password
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Anonymous username and profile pick
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Posts
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Posts feed with messages and pictures
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Posts
Presentation link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zK4Z6Ckm0vC8STtGXv0TvdwD2xSVFy_ih1iDgPm69xY/edit?usp=sharing
Inspiration
We got the inspiration of the project from Mental Health hotlines and common social media applications. The mental health hotlines provide a way for people to contact and ask for mental support when needed, but there was still a problem with the limited reach it had. Mental health services lack in having insufficient information about the users, not being able to connect with users or requires a lot of commitment from the callers. Social Media helps millions of students connect with each other effortlessly and helps them with their common daily needs. We thought of making an anonymous social media iOS-based application targeted towards post-secondary students where they can create anonymous profiles and connect with other users by sharing posts that help uplift the mental health of the community.
What it does
It is anonymous profile based iOS application. It allows users to make anonymous profiles and connect with other users of the community to talk about their problems or help others by sharing posts that could help uplift the mental health of the community. According to a survey, 75% of workers are reluctant to talk about their mental illnesses. It is challenging to have an transparent discussion about how people feel because of the pervasive stigma and discrimination against those who have mental illnesses in today's society. People support each other anonymously to improve mental health and wellbeing as knowing their identity will remain private, it helps them have a peace of mind and reduce further anxiety about someone finding out or prevents the fear of being judged.
How we built it
We built the application using the Swift programming language for iOS devices. We built the modern UI design for the application which was made using viewControllers with the Xcode workflow. The graphics to the app were built in Xcode, using storyboards and View Controllers. The backend of the app was coded in Swift.
Challenges we ran into
Name : We decided our name CareSpace because of it being an open anonymous open space for users to share their feeling about their mental health and help each other. Our options were BrightSpace, CareSpace, HappySpace and OpenSpace. After some voting, we ended up with BrightSpace and CareSpace, and then the final decision was pretty easy to make because of BrightSpace being already used by D2l. CareSpace really defines the true meaning of the application. Adapting to a new platform and and dealing with a buggy free to use software, the backend of the app was coded in swift. Again another new language, the hardest part of learning swift was the constant updates to the libraries used for sending data to servers. No tutorials would be accurate as the syntax gets changed so often.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are really proud of our modern UI design for the application which was made using viewControllers with the Xcode workflow. The easy accessibility and a simple design of the application makes it straight forward for the user to operate the application on their iOS devices.
What we learned
We learnt how to to make an iOS application using Swift and how to create interactive UI designs using xCode. The most important objective for the project was to create something that could help students with mental health problems find a common space to connect with each other and help each other to to start a journey to their mental health healing process. We were able to creat CareSpace which could be really beneficial for students who are interested.
What's next for CareSpace|Upside of life:)
We would like to implement two new features for the future of CareSpace Common Chat Service : The common chat service lets people with similar problems talk to each other about their personal issues and how they can help each other. Volunteers who have had those issues in the past can provide help the current users by chatting with them also on an anonymous profile basis and provide their positive point of views. This can help the users have an understand of what methods people can use to improve their mental health. This can be a starting point for users to open up about their feelings. Positive Mental Health Quotes : Giving the user a random notfication pop-up for inspirational positive mental health quotes. We can use a custom dataset of mental health quotes and develop a alarm system that shows the mental health quotes to the user as the notification during a 24hr time window. This can put a little smile on the users face which can go a long way when it comes to mental health.
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