Faculty Resource Website
For the Office of Transformational Learning
Researcher & Designer, with support from Nikk Bonneau, Moises Melano, Doireann Renzi • January 2020 - January 2022
Key Skills: Information Architecture • User Interviews • Figma • User Testing • Drupal Website Editing
Creating and distributing teaching materials to the faculty of the Smith School is a core function of the Office of Transformational Learning (OTL). This website was created to be an organized repository of resources and policies for faculty and staff to access in an "as-need" basis.
Research
- 1:1 interviews with 12 faculty
- Click-through user tests of site versions
- Creating empathy maps
- Needs analysis of faculty knowledge gaps
Design
- Card sorts & information architecture activities
- Research theming to make design decisions
- Mock-up design in Illustrator & Figma
Test & Deploy
- Releasing site Version 1 to collect usage data & testimonials
- Iterating on design for Version 2
- Deploying Version 2 to live users
- Leading site Quality Assurance sessions with 12 team members
Process
We iterated on sketches and digital designs over the course of this project to develop the best product
Lo-Fi Sketch of a potential standard page layout for Version 2 of the site.
Theming the notes gathering from faculty interviews and user tests to create information achitecture and other design decisions.
The original landing page for the OTL Resource Site.
