2023-08-24 - UX/UI Working Group Meeting

 Date

Aug 24, 2023

 Discussion topics

Meeting notes

• Jon gave a thorough run-through of the latest version of the Studio Home Figma file. A few discussion points:

  • The value of keeping the filter and sort functions separate to allow for easier searching of courses

  • Whether or not to include course end dates in the course list

  • The type of search terms that are accounted for in the free-form search

• Santiago conducted a mini usability test on the wireframe for Content Tagging MVP (test user: Cassie, prototype creator: María). A few items that came up:

  • The drawer in which the user selects tags might be too narrow / too removed from the body of the page

  • The user’s instinct was to type to filter the list of available tags

  • To investigate: perhaps the list of selected tags should go below the select menu

  • User mentioned it was not clear how to access the list of courses (i.e. Studio Home) from inside a specific course

  • User had trouble finding where to perform a search on the Course Outline. The magnifying glass icon seems to get lost on in the page

    • (Side note: Ali noticed that the search functionality was missing from the Unit page and added it to the wireframe file)

  • User was disorientated when performing a search on the Course Outline page, selecting a search result, and then being directed to a component on the Unit page; they felt they did not know where they were

  • We might need to consider adding some sort of product tour / instructions to guide users through using the new features. Ideally, the UX would be clear enough that this would not be necessary. TBD

 Action items

• @Santiago Suarez to tweak the usability test slightly to remove the step requiring the test user to create a new course

• @Santiago Suarez to perform additional usability tests with a handful of users and share the results with the group

• @Ali Hugo to adjust the wireframes based on feedback from the usability tests