Enhancing The Learning Journey for Middle schoolers
Scholar Hub
My Roles & Responsibilities
User Research, Information Architecture,
Ideation, Wireframing, Visual Design,
Prototyping
Duration
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Tools
Figma, Miro
🎯 the goal
To Boost E-Bike Usage by residents of Chandigarh
to enhance the user experience for e-bike riders
Jump to Solution
I Started off the research by deeply understanding the problems faced by middle school students, in terms of learning methods they use to understand their school study materials.
Understanding the problem
Research Goals
I started the user research by defining key research goals.
Understanding Students learning Habits
Gathering Insights for User-Centric Design
Identifying Collaboration Opportunities between students, teachers and parents
User Interviews
I interviewed 20 middle school students of age group of 13-15 years, to empathize and understand them.
20
Middle School Students
Age - (13 - 15)
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User Research
Persona 1
Persona 2
Key Takeaways
The following key insights were gained from user interviews
Students express a need for recommendations for learning study materials
Study Recommendations
Task Prioritization
Students express a need for improved task prioritization and organization in their study routines.
Parents seek to be informed about their child's learning progress
Parents Communication
Teachers require more visibility into individual student progress
Student Progress Visibility
Redefining the problem
Opportunity Areas
Design Goals
User-Centric Design Approach
Seamless Integration of Interactive Elements
After defining key solution elements from needs I moved on to defining the design goals to create an intuitive and engaging user experience.
Information Architecture
User Task Flow
Low-Fidelity Wireframes
Brainstorming
Key Solution Elements from Needs
Features to address these needs
Stakeholders
Affinity mapping
User Personas
Persona 3
Quick Overview of all study activities, upcoming tests, class schedules and
progress
Section on study recommendations and learning methods
Then I interviewed 15 parents and teachers, to gain insights from them.
Affinity mapping helped me organize the gathered insights and identify opportunity areas, by providing a visual representation of insights.
After conducting the interviews, three user personas were derived. Persona 1 of a teacher, persona 2 of a student and persona 3 of a parent.
After defining key solution elements from needs I moved on to defining the design goals to create an intuitive and engaging user experience.
After designing the information architecture I created a user task flow for accessing an Interactive Lesson on Algebra
After reviewing and gaining insights from the research I moved onto iterating over the features for the platform. This would range from deciding the intended user-flow, addressing key pain points from the insights, and finally a system map to base the flow on.
Teachers
Parents
Facilitate collaborative learning experiences
Students engage in rote learning practices and lack deep understanding of study concepts and critical thinking, leading to superficial learning outcomes.
Eliminate the practice of Rote learning by providing effective study methods for students
Teachers faced difficulty in tracking individual student progress
Students faced difficulty in understanding lessons due to the practice of Rote learning.
Users with visual impairments preferred Voice to text features for communication
A space for collaboration featuring discussions, group chats and shared resources
Study recommendations
Lesson progress
Upcoming tests
Dashboard
Lessons
Learning Methods
Learning
Study recommendations
Competitive Analysis
02
Design & Deliver
After conducting user research I did a competitive analysis with four education platforms to gain industry insights, identify opportunities for differentiation, and enhance its platform's features and functionalities to better meet the needs of its users.
Study Hub Provides the following features:
Personalised notes creation
List of uploaded and shared documents
Creating flashcards
Assignments provided by the teacher
Collaboration Hub Provides the following features:
Group Discussions
Group Chats
Shared Resources
Learning provides the following features:
Study Recommendations
My Lessons
Learning Methods
User Profile provides an overview of:
About me section
My recommendations
My lessons
Messages provides an overview of:
Ongoing Chats
Conversations
Settings provides an overview of:
Profile settings
Notification settings
Account settings
Preferences settings
Main dashboard provides following features:
study recommendations
lessons progress
Upcoming lessons
Calendar view to review upcoming tests
A list of learning methods
Throughout this project, I’ve gained valuable insights about middle school students. Empathizing with them gave me a broader perspective on the challenges, needs and goals.
Hence I was able to ideate and design a platform for them.
Challenging aspect of this project was feature prioritization ( selecting key features for the platform).
Reflection
Takeaways
Let's Connect
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Overview
Project Brief
Problem
Research
Final Design
Takeaways