My fourth day at SAS started out in a new building–building R. Friday and Monday (days 4 and 5) are dedicated to working with the Gather IQ team, rather than shadowing a department at SAS. We will begin shadowing the business ops department next Tuesday. Today, however, was a good change in pace. Saavan and I had spent the last 3 days being rushed from meeting to meeting and learning so much about finance so quickly. The morning started in a conference room. The design team for SAS’s Gather IQ app talked to us about the design process and the testing and usability part of it. After this, we had the opportunity to test the software. Gather IQ allows users to watch videos, read articles, and take quizzes about global issues like hunger or clean water. Gather IQ is basically the BuzzFeed of education. The 10 of us split into 3 groups and worked through tasks to help guide us in testing the software. We then filled out surveys to give the team feedback about how we thought the software worked. Overall, I was very impressed with it. There were a few kinks that we discussed, however in general the app is very useful and well designed. Later, it was time for lunch. It was my first time eating lunch in building R but I found the food quite good–especially the parmesan garlic knots.
After lunch, we began working on a video project. Our task is to come up with a video that raises awareness about the global issue of clean water. We also have to come up with a marketing plan and a call to action. We, therefore, spent the rest of the afternoon writing a script and will be filming and presenting the video on Monday.
Looking forward to another week at SAS.
