Just gave your app a shot (design student here). Some feedback:
As a designer:
* I love the expanding bottom bar and it's a very creative use of that space, you might have in your hands the new "Path menu" phenomenon.
* Your Path menu, on the other hand, could use a little bit more design effort.
* Item details is too busy / roughly designed that it looks busy, would benefit from a second look.
* Your logo on the other hand and above all, is quite awful. You might want to hire a real logo designer or illustrator to get that working.
* "Location" looks like the header of the details box as you're visually connecting them.
As a student:
* I like the idea, and I can immediately see the use case,
* but the intent is unclear in having "duration". Deadlines don't, and it feels like you're trying to replicate google calendar. Removing that ability would make it more clear that it's essentially a deadline app.
* I have different kinds of assignments, so for example this does not work very well for assignments other than those on paper.
* I want to be able to take a photo of the assignment sheet (there is almost always one) and attach it to the deadline.
* Better yet, do OCR on the sheet and fill the deadline for me. That's tricky, but not impossible to get 90% right.
* New Due Date is unclear. I'm not adding due dates, I'm adding assignments.
* There is no point in having a global class name search for a single user.
* It's unclear if the global names listed here are attached to specific universities. If yes, you're not showing me the uni name or allow me to search for it, if not, what's the point?
Here you go. If you need more feedback, reach me from HN profile, happy to give more. I'll be using your app.
As a designer:
* I love the expanding bottom bar and it's a very creative use of that space, you might have in your hands the new "Path menu" phenomenon.
* Your Path menu, on the other hand, could use a little bit more design effort.
* Item details is too busy / roughly designed that it looks busy, would benefit from a second look.
* Your logo on the other hand and above all, is quite awful. You might want to hire a real logo designer or illustrator to get that working.
* "Location" looks like the header of the details box as you're visually connecting them.
As a student:
* I like the idea, and I can immediately see the use case,
* but the intent is unclear in having "duration". Deadlines don't, and it feels like you're trying to replicate google calendar. Removing that ability would make it more clear that it's essentially a deadline app.
* I have different kinds of assignments, so for example this does not work very well for assignments other than those on paper.
* I want to be able to take a photo of the assignment sheet (there is almost always one) and attach it to the deadline.
* Better yet, do OCR on the sheet and fill the deadline for me. That's tricky, but not impossible to get 90% right.
* New Due Date is unclear. I'm not adding due dates, I'm adding assignments.
* There is no point in having a global class name search for a single user.
* It's unclear if the global names listed here are attached to specific universities. If yes, you're not showing me the uni name or allow me to search for it, if not, what's the point?
Here you go. If you need more feedback, reach me from HN profile, happy to give more. I'll be using your app.