Pinterest is an image and social platform, with a bevy of features for an inspiring discovery. Users can share and discover visual assets, including images, Gifs, videos, pinboards, and shopping in various topics. This design critique is based on “the Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition” by Don Norman.
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Toddle is an all-in-one platform that simplifies curriculum planning, project and portfolio management, assessment and reporting, and online learning. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools to help educators and administrators manage the curriculum development process. The website designed by Toddle is a great example of good design that follows many of the design principles outlined by Don Norman in his book Design of Everyday Things.
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Our team of three UX researchers and designers spent 8 weeks to evaluate the new website for our client – Big Reuse, and proposed solutions for improvements.
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Pratt Institute Undergraduate Desktop Study: Abstract The Pratt Institute is a leading art and design university that aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools to affect the world creatively for the better. One of most important parts of any university is its students. Pratt.edu recently went through a site wide redesign and had
We conduct seven remote moderated usability tests with the audiences that are the most targeted users of the Norman Sicily Project website: Scholars, Students, and people with a personal interest in the subject. We carefully matched user goals with pages of the site and found that there is room for significant improvements to usability on important pages to the site. All issues found relate to overall navigation and special site features.
A remote moderated user testing case study with the Pratt Center for Digital Experiences and INFO644, Usability Theory & Practice. Cultural Legacy at the New York Philharmonic Digital Archives The New York Philharmonic’s history spans over 180 years and their Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives includes a catalog of over 6 million pages
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 This usability evaluation was conducted by a team of 5 graduate students in a Usability Theory and Practice course at Pratt Institute during the Spring 2022 semester. Our client, the Friends of Crocheron & John Golden Park is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide stewardship over Crocheron & John Golden Park in
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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
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