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THE PROBLEM Our client: Nat Roe (executive director @ Flux Factory) Who we are: a group of 5 graduate students attending an usability course at Pratt Institute. Problem: choosing which area of Flux Factory’s website to test out. Flux Factory is a mainly not-for-profit arts organization (see Figure 1) aimed at providing emerging artists with …
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Chapter 1: The Problem The Client Our client was Engram. Engram was founded by Priscilla Cancar. The Evaluators Our team was comprised of four graduate students enrolled in the Fall 2021 INF0644-03: Usability Theory and Practice course taught by Dr. Elena Villaespesa at the Pratt Institute School of Information in Brooklyn, New York. The Product …
Client : Brataa Production My Role : UX Researcher Skills Applies: Moderated User Interviews – Analyzing Data Collection – Information Architecture – Recommendations Timeline : 2 months CLIENT Braata Productions Inc. is a non-profit Performing Arts Company focused on cultivating an environment in which Caribbean culture & heritage can be experienced by all members of …
Overview The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and most prestigious art museums in the world. Its collection has more than two million works of art from all around the world, spanning five thousand years of world civilization from prehistory to the present.The Met partnered with Pratt Institute to understand more about …
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Overview Introduction Engram is a website aid for high school students in the AP World History course. This project is a study on the usability of Engram. The evaluators carried out this study utilizing remote moderated user testing. In this study, a total of nineteen usability problems were found. After evaluation, the evaluators summarized three …
about the project The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) tasked our group in Digital Analytics to analyze the website as the organization prepares for a website redesign. We met with Evan Britt, Marketing Director, to get an idea of current Google Analytics usage, the primary purpose of the site, and what …
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Introduction Whether a neighborhood, a college campus, a civil service program, or a well-attended Twitch channel, it’s hard enough already to move away from a community without fearing that you might lose touch with those you love once you leave. For many of us, beginning in March 2020, this worry came unexpectedly true as we …
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Overview The Urban Fellows Alumni Association is a non-profit organization for the former participants of the New York City Urban Fellows Program. While the organization aims to sustain a network of alumni to support them socially and professionally, its current website doesn’t align with its goals. This project’s goal was to create a sense of community …
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Overview The Henry Ford Innovation Atlas is a web-based mapping tool that aims to help users investigate factors affecting innovation and invention in the education system. It also provides solutions and resources to bridge these innovation gaps. Client’s Goals Enhancing the usability of the tool Magnifying the discoverability of different features across the tool Through remote moderated usability …
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