Humanizing Online Events and Donation Flows for NYC Urban Fellows Alumni Association

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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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Redesigning the NYCUFAA website: Building a social community for NYC Urban Fellows Alumni

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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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User Testing of the New Pratt Library Discovery Service to Determine and Mitigate Usability Flaws

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Cameron Dudzisz: Case Study, Task Co-Writer, Testing Co-Moderator Usability Study by Cameron Dudzisz, Cathy Hu, Eesha Parasnis, & Sharon (Yuxin) Tao, prepared for Nicholas Dease & Pratt Institute Library For full report, please click HERE. Abstract The Pratt Institute Library is a vital resource for students, and the database search tool its supportive spine. Supplied

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Is The Henry Ford Innovation Atlas intuitive and easy to navigate?

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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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The Evaluation Story of Kazani Beauty: how we use a few tweaks to improve the online shopping experience

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👩🏻‍💻 Roles Researcher for discovering potential usability issues. Designer for proposing actionable recommendations and presenting with mockup. 🛠 Method & Tools Methods: Moderated User Testing, Screening Questionnaire, Rainbow Sheet, SUS. Tools: Figma, Zoom, Excel. 💪🏻 Collaborators Shan Chang Sacchit Vartak 🗓 Project Duration Oct 27, 2021 – Dec 15, 2021 Overview Kazani Beauty is a

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Is the Innovation Atlas prototype user friendly and intuitive?

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The Henry Ford Foundation’s Innovation Atlas is a data based map that shows how innovative an area is so that programs can be focused in underperforming communities. To prepare for the launch of this site early next year, a moderated user test was preformed which found five significant usability issues with the site and created recommendations to solve these issues.

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Is Walt Disney World Really the “Happiest Place on Earth” for ALL? : Digital Accessibility Review

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The entertainment-resort complex, Disney World, located in Orlando, Florida, is famously heralded for being the “Happiest Place On Earth.” This year Walt Disney World is celebrating its 50th anniversary. While the company and the world reflect on the joy and innovation Disney has achieved throughout the years, has it really lived up to its name? 

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

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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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