Weekly Planner for Kids!

This was a feature that I developed for a client’s pre-existing app that was being built to help kids with ADHD. This planner allows kids to create tasks that they need to do throughout the week. It was inspired by novitura.com. The app allows the kids to:

Intuitively drag and drop tasks onto the weekdays

Add sub-tasks to each main task

Reorder tasks and drag them from one day to another

Add special stickers that allow them to draw a picture on a small chalkboard

Add special stickers that allow them to upload their own images onto the board

Change the colors of each day of the week separately

Check off the day after 5 pm to indicate completion of tasks

Parents have the ability to view and modify the weekly boards of all their kids as well.

One of the main challenges of the app was to handle time zones. For example, if a parent is in a different time zone and wants to see the weekly plan of their child, they should see the data as is being shown to the child i.e. in the child’s time zone. If the parent wants to check off the day for their child, they can only do so once it’s 5pm in the child’s time zone, rather than their own. To solve these challenges, I made use of plugins that read the browser’s time zone and use it show the data accordingly.

The client was extremely happy with the result and gave the following feedback: