A 4-day design sprint to enrich the interactive and collaborative social platform experience.
A social platform for UT Dallas students to engage with others through public channels such as student live activity feed. This redesign is based on the UI for IOS 14.
Solo Designer
Problem Statement, Sketching, Wireframing, Prototyping
Feb 2022 (4 Days Design Sprint)
Figma
The current UT Dallas public channel feed utilized simplistic interface design, for students to share and communicate with others. However, the minimalistic interface in channel feed makes it difficult for users to engage in a lively discussion with others.
How might we build an interactive community and encourage lively discussion through public channels and live activity feeds?
To improve the user engagement in the organized matter, I aimed to incorporate several features on the original design including: sorting options, clear description of the channel, saving any post, and visibility to see other users' past posts.
In order to find direct user feedback and identify pain points, I decided to interview current UT Dallas students for their insights.Due to time restrictions, I was only able to interview two current UT Dallas students to get their opinion on the current public channel feed design.
Following the initial study, I began to design my low-fidelity wireframes with the objective of creating an interactive student community by adding engaging features that would drive lively discussion on public channels.
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The UT Dallas app is designed for students to connect with others and stay involved in the community. When using the app to interact with other students on public feed, I often struggle with keeping up with important information or information overload. In this 4 days design sprint project, I was able to identify the problem and develop a viable design solution. I noticed that by adding a few simple features could smoothen the digital experience by having an convenience layout..
