News

What’s going on with IXD@Pratt? Posts in this category cover news, announcements, and other important information about the IXD program at Pratt.

Is the content on the new Pratt News website more engaging?

New Pratt News website was officially launched in September which re-designed and re-integrated information, navigation, and interaction. The new website incorporates more distinctive sections such as Articles, Daily Hub, and Prattfolio. The changes also help the communication department and editorial department to figure out a new approach for the Pratt website development. During the project, …

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How to encourage exploration and engagement of content through interaction accessibility and visibility

The Pratt News website currently provides content for over 2000 users with content ranging topics from the school’s departments to community involvement and current events. Our team set out to conduct an analysis on their newly launched website in order to understand how their users interact with the site and respond to the new design. …

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Design Critique: SoundCloud (iOS app)

Soundcloud is an “artist-first” open music platform for both listeners and music creators. With a global community of over 100 million users, SoundCloud focuses on emerging artists and less on mainstream music featured on apps like Spotify. The subscription based app become a popular platform for emerging and underground musicians to share their music or …

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Assistive Technology: TranscribeGlass

TranscribeGlass is a wearable device for people in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community that fixes to glasses and allows the wearer to read real-time captioned speech while watching the speaker with the aim to increase comprehension at a more affordable cost than its $1500 inspiration, Google Glass.

DPOE-N Evaluation Story

The Problem Background The Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (DPOE-N) is a non-profit organization run by the Pratt School of Information and New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program. DPOE-N provides financial and material support to professionals and institution in the cultural heritage preservation and museum fields to facilitate digital preservation and conservation. DPOE-N provides these services through …

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Ingenium Analytics

PROJECT SUMMARY Ingenium (www.ingeniumcanada.org) is a a Canadian organization representing three museums: the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. The purpose of this project is to help Ingenium achieve their objective of improving their analytics usage. The project scope included the development of …

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