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An interactive prototype of the application may be downloaded using this link: bit.ly/AppDatedPrototype. Please ensure that no changes will be made in the powerpoint so that the application will run as it should. :)

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A test run of the application may be downloaded and watched using this link: bit.ly/AppDatedTestRun

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COVID-19 Awareness is still one of the prominent issues in the Philippines. Despite the circulating reports on the internet, still, not all Filipinos are updated on the most recent news or information regarding the coronavirus disease. With the mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 (the novel strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19), new strains of the said virus were announced that spread faster compared to the initial and have more symptoms. Most people are stuck with the knowledge about the old strain, which makes them unaware if they are already infected with the new strains. Another thing is the scattered reports of guidelines and protocols during the pandemic. Since the government and other agencies are not releasing all the information in a single report, this can be problematic because the person might have only read one info and not the other one. Basically, his understanding of the necessary information is incomplete. In addition, health protocols and travel requirements are varied from different locations. Moreover, the number of infected cases is diverse depending on the region.

For this reason, the team came up with the idea of making a one-stop mobile application with features addressing the mentioned concerns. The model used to organize this idea is the human-centered approach which focuses on the needs of the users. The process and the app will be discussed on the other sections.

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This feature will showcase an interactive heatmap of the Philippines which will show the total cases, active cases, and deaths, of a chosen area.

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This feature is useful for users that are usually exposed to the virus. This will serve as a daily journal that the user could use to record observed symptoms or even keep track of daily activities which may be useful when healthcare institutions ask for relevant information.

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This feature will serve as a  master list of all emergency hotlines in all areas of the Philippines. National Emergency Hotlines are also available.

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This feature will allow real-time conversations with other users. This feature may be used for consultations regarding urgent matters. If the users are patients, the chat will automatically be connected with an available heathcare worker user and vice versa. This is why it is important to indicate in the sign-up page whether the user is a patient or a healthcare worker.

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This feature will present both local and international news related to Covid-19. This feature will also make different news outlets' websites available.

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This feature will show updated national health protocols as prescribed by the national government. Some terms and their definitions will also be available in this feature.

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This feature will help users identify what specific documents they need to prepare in case they need to travel to other places. It will also include general health protocols of different areas to inform the users of what and what not to do upon visiting the place.

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This feature has two sub-features: QR code scanner and recent activity. The QR code scanner will allow the users to easily participate in contact tracing of different establishments since information of the user are already pre-set and the QR code just simply needs to be scanned to submit needed information. The recent activity feature will keep record of all the establishments previously visited by the users to allow them to verify if they have been in establishments possibly visited by Covid-19 positive individuals.

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This feature will make all basic information regarding Covid-19 available. The said information will include the nature of the virus,  how it is spread, testing, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.

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AppDated is an all-in-one app which aims to help the Filipino people in combatting Covid-19 and adapting to the new normal. Individuals can use the application either as a patient or a healthcare worker and the chosen user type will determine what features the user has access to.  The application has nine (9) major features : frequently asked questions, contact tracing, cases monitoring, travel requirements, quarantine protocols, daily news, consultation, emergency hotline directory, and symptoms monitoring journal.

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Software tests are usually done in an open beta. Technically, this one week test done only in one area of the country is technically a closed beta, but we want to first observe how Manila reacts since it really needs such a technology, and a success in this city could potentially mean a success in the rest of the country. Of course the app will also be open to reviews on the app store so that we could receive feedback as the app is used, and we could continually improve the app according to these needs.

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We wanted to make sure that AppDated was easy to find in an app menu. We realized that there weren't many popular apps that were green (other than Grab or Spotify), so we made that the apps color, incidentally, green is also considered to represent health, so I guess we got lucky in the color choice.

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It's really funny how the hardest part of this project was coming up with the name and the design, we stayed avoided adding the word "we," or "you" or "i" in anyway because we thought that they were very cliche. AppDated is a portmanteau of App (because it's an app), and updated (because the app keeps you up to date on any information regarding the pandemic).

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III - B Secondary Education
Major in Biology

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We decided that since most of the problems were related to information, the best solution would be to create a centralized database so that people would go to without the need to scour the entire internet, and we decided that an app would be the best way to make it accessible to more people.

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Figuring out which problem we wanted to focus on was the first step, we listed a lot of problems, ultimately, we realized that the country had an information problem in the country regarding the pandemic. If it wasn't incomplete, it would be hard to find, and realized that this would make an ignorant and/or misinformed public.

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III - B Secondary Education Major in Biology

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IV- B Secondary Education
Major in Physics

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III - B Secondary Education Major in Biology