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🧐 What is this?

This is a photovoice diary. Photovoice is a way of taking part in research using photos, pictures, documents, voice notes and your own words — instead of just answering survey questions or interviews.

You capture things that matter to you, add a caption that says what they mean and send them over to the research team. At the start of the next term, you'll sit with the research team and check your evidence — and then we'll collect all the good pieces together to do an analysis as a group.

🔒 What happens to what I share?

• ✓Everything you send goes straight to a secure folder that only Sarah, the researcher, can see.
• ✓No other students, and nobody on the internet, can see your entries.
• ✓Photos have details like location and the exact time automatically removed before they're sent, so a photo can't give away where you were.
• ✓The app never asks for your name and there's no password. Your personal link is what tells the researcher an entry is yours.
• ✓Photos and voice notes you make in the app aren't saved to the device's camera roll or Files — they're kept inside your Diary here as a safe backup until the study ends.
• ✓The Diary on this device is your own copy. Clearing it doesn't delete anything you've already sent — but please don't clear your browser data, so your backup stays safe.
• ✓You're in charge: you choose what to capture, what to write. Regret sending something? Email Sarah, the researcher.

💡 How do I use it?

1. Tap + New at the bottom of the screen.
2. Choose how to share: take a photo, pick one from your gallery, record a voice note, add a file, or just write.
3. Add a caption — a sentence or two about what it is and why it matters. This is the most important part!
4. Tap Send. You'll see a green tick when it's safely delivered.
5. Your entries appear in Diary. If one didn't send (say you had no internet), the app will keep trying automatically — you don't need to do anything.