Year
2023
Duration
1 week
Type of Work
UI/UX Design, Product Design, Illustration
The Challenge
Joyedu, a new educational platform, aimed to revolutionize online learning by creating an intuitive and engaging experience for students and educators. However, designing an interface that catered to diverse learning styles, fostered interaction, and provided seamless access to resources presented a significant challenge.
Engaged students: Capture and maintain student attention through interactive elements and a user-friendly interface.
Accommodated Diverse Learning Styles: Cater to visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners through a variety of content formats and functionalities.
Balancing Needs and Functionality
User Persona Development: Created detailed user personas representing both students and educators to guide design decisions.
Flowchart Creation: Mapped user journeys for different scenarios, identifying potential obstacles and optimizing the user flow for completing tasks.
Information Architecture: Designed a clear and intuitive information architecture that facilitated easy access to pages, materials, assignments, and communication tools.
Wireframing and Prototyping: Developed low-fidelity wireframes to test core functionalities and user flows, and a high fidelity prototype.
Use Case
A use case explains how users interact with a product or system. It outlines the flow of user inputs, establishing successful and failed paths to meeting goals. Essentially, use cases help product teams better understand what a system does, how it performs, and why errors occur.
Simple Persona
A persona is a fictional representation of a user or customer based on real or ideal data. It helps understand the needs, goals, and behaviors of your target audience. I started by gathering information about actual customers. While hypotheses are fine initially, it’s important to validate them through customer/user research. Without reliable data, a persona’s profile will be based on imaginary users rather than real ones.
Final Conclusions
Combining flowcharts, use cases, personas, and thorough research ensures a holistic approach. Flowcharts map out system processes, use cases define user interactions, and personas provide empathy-driven insights. Research validates assumptions and guides decision-making. Together, they create a robust foundation for effective design, development, and user-centered solutions.