Case Study - PsychQB
Web Application
Project Overview
PsychQB is a product used to help prepare psychiatry students for the PRITE and ABPN exams. The application enables users to create exams across a variety of categories with tools to help them narrow down their studying to the questions they need most.
After completing an exam, users receive feedback on their performance, including an overall grade on their exam as well as a breakdown of what they got right and wrong.
Initial State of the Project
Upon getting started on this project, there was some groundwork laid but ultimately the initial attempt to get the project going had failed. Boxhouse was tasked with taking the current code, designing a user interface for the application, our client was responsible for the web server, database and hosting needs of the platform. Together we sought to build out the product through to completion.
Exam Creator
Users were enabled with a variety of tools to create the exams that they needed to study most. We included various categories, allowing students to curate their exam more towards their desired curriculum.
We also introduced a practice mode feature, which allows students to view answers to their question immediately after submitting them, as opposed to waiting until the final grading page.
Exam Grade
Every exam is graded individually and the user is given feedback elaborating on what they selected correctly or incorrectly, as well as some information as to why the correct answer is in fact correct.
Account Settings
The account settings page enables users to manage their account from within the application. We enabled users to manage their subscriptions and receipt history all within this page.
Additionally, we added a link for users to submit feedback or bug reports, allowing our client to collect and monitor any information that could be impact users' experiences.
Final Thoughts
PsychQB has been an insightful application for us to work on here at Boxhouse. It was an opportunity for us to refine our skillset, and work on pivoting off some already established code. Ultimately, we're grateful for the opportunity to have built and shipped PsychQB.
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