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Introduction This project was completed as a part of the Usability Theory and Practices class at Pratt. The aim was to analyse the website of the Norman Sicily project and understand any gaps in the usability of the same. The Norman Sicily Project’s website is currently in a prototype mode and was created jointly by […]
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The Girl Scouts of Greater New York (GSGNY) provides girls across New York City opportunities to build skills and make friends as part of the nationwide Girl Scouts organization. Core to fulfilling their mission and gaining new members is ensuring that the caregivers of potential and current members find what they need on their website. This case study presents a project to redesign the GSGNY website to meet those needs and includes high-fidelity prototypes and key findings for content, layout, and navigation structure.
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The Problem Girlscoutsnyc.org is the official website of the Girl Scouts of the USA’s New York troop. We were assigned to redesign this website by Professor MacDonald most probably due to its confusing design. For this project, I first started off in a three-person team consisting of two IXD graduate students, and myself, a Pratt
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Who are the Girl Scouts? The Girl Scouts is an American youth organization aimed at empowering girls through a variety of programs that include outdoor activities, STEM programs, leadership training, and so on. Since it is a nonprofit and has an event-driven focus, one of the most consistent demands of the Girl Scouts organization is
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Transportation Alternatives (TA) is a non-profit organization based in New York City that works to change and improve NYC’s transportation priorities by encouraging and increasing non-polluting, quiet, city-friendly travel and decreasing automobile usage. The website serves as both an informational hub about the organization, as well as a means for supporting and donating to TA.
By @derek-frisicchio, @shan-chang, @sfairoos, & @cathyjhu The MTA’s Current Status with Accessibility In the United States, there are over 70 light rail, rapid rail, commuter rail, monorail, and inclined-plane systems. According to the Federal Transit Authority’s (FTA) National Transit Database, 72% of all systems have accessible stations and the entire nation’s fleet is 88% accessible
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TERRA Foundation for American Art Study: Abstract The TERRA Foundation for American Art is non-profit organization aimed at supporting American exhibits, artists, and scholarship. Recently, the Terra Foundation reimagined their Mission, making it more inclusive, and they redesigned various pages to go a long with with this new vision. This project primarily focused on the
ROLE UX Research, Data Analysis, Presentation Editing TEAM Ariella Brown, Johna Shi, Samika Rastogi, Shubhangi Singh TIMELINE Sept 14, 2022 – Oct 12,2022 Overview Staten Island Hunger Task Force is a non-profit organization committed to resolving the issue of hunger on Staten Island by connecting food pantries to community members and government resources. Our goal
About the Case Study: This case study describes a real-world client project I worked on with three other classmates from INFO 645: Advanced Usability and UX Evaluation as part of my coursework at Pratt Institute. The client for this project was the Staten Island Hunger Task Force (SIHTF), and our goal was to use behavioral
Project Summary Pratt Institute Libraries website supports the education mission of Pratt Institute by providing digital resources and assistance for the Pratt community. For evaluating the usability of the Pratt Institute Libraries website, we gathered as three Pratt Institute Information Faculty students. Our team included Priyanka, who is a Data Visualization and Analysis graduate student,