Projects

What are IXD@Pratt students up to? Posts in this category showcase the great work our students do and highlight the many different tools, methods, and techniques students learn at Pratt.

Redesigning the Manhattan Community Board 3 Website & Designing a Landmarks Tool

Project Brief: This case study describes a semester-long client project my team and I worked on for Information Architecture and Design, a graduate-level course at Pratt Institute during the Fall 2021 semester. For this project, we were tasked with redesigning Community Board 3’s (CB 3) website as well as coming up with a tool focused

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Improving Quality of Interaction on the Pratt News Website by Observing User Behaviors

Abstract The newly designed Pratt New website features news, stories, and arts from Pratt Institute. This project aims to improve the interaction and performance of the website by learning the data and observing the user behaviors from Google Analytics and Hotjar. By collaborating with 4 peers, we made suggestions around improving the navigation, encouraging easier

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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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Providing a better user flow and navigation between the different types of content on the Pratt News website

The newly redesigned news website for Pratt Institute provides information, ideas, stories, and updates across all Pratt Institute. This project utilizes Hotjar and Google Analytics to collect user data and understand user behavior to offer potential solutions to enhance and streamline the user flow and navigation on the Pratt News website.

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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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DPOE-N

In 2018, the Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (DPOE-N) originally created by the Library or Congress in 2010, transitioned to Pratt Institute School of Information and New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program.  In 2020, they were awarded a two-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with the a goal to

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