2025-02-20 - UX/UI Working Group Meeting

 Date

Feb 20, 2025

 Discussion topics

Meeting notes

1. General Check-In & Introductions

• Some participants experienced technical issues due to Google Meet reusing the same meeting ID.

• A new participant, Drew Botka, introduced himself as a Lead Product Designer at 2U.

• Brief discussions about past work experiences and conference participation.

2. UX/UI Project Updates

• In-Context Aspects in Studio is progressing quickly and moving from the discovery phase to the UX phase.

• Studio Notifications are still in the discovery phase, awaiting further design work.

• Mobile & Web Persistent Notifications are completed from a design perspective and are pending development resources.

• Visually Configurable Content Blocks are paused due to the lack of an engineering architect at Axim.

• Course Content View & Visual Course Progress have completed design work and are awaiting developers.

• Library Section, Subsection, and Unit Support has moved into development.

• Content Libraries Relaunch is ongoing, with UX improvements under active development.

3. Challenges in Mobile-Responsive Design Resources

• There is a lack of up-to-date Figma files for responsive mobile layouts.

• Designers currently rely on sandbox testing and recreating components.

• Some studio files with mobile views exist but are scattered and outdated.

• Discussion on the need for a central repository or version-controlled design system to maintain design consistency.

4. Standardizing Platform Icons

• A workshop is being conducted to standardize icons across the platform.

• Issue: Multiple icons are used inconsistently for the same feature across Studio, LMS, and Paragon.

• Plan:

  • Identify icon sets that should work together (e.g., section, subsection, unit).

  • Determine if existing Paragon icons can be used or if new icons need to be proposed.

  • Refine selection through a structured process rather than open voting.

• Proposal: Instead of a democratic voting approach, designers will propose an icon set and then collect feedback to ensure consistency.

• Next Steps:

  • Finalize easy icon selections.

  • Open a discussion on tricky icons (e.g., advanced components, section/subsection/unit).

  • Create a Figma file to visualize proposed icons in context.

  • Consider user testing for critical icons that may impact user experience.

5. Potential User Testing & Research Initiatives

• Interest in conducting more observational user research and feedback collection.

• Ongoing efforts to build a user panel for continuous feedback.

• Suggestion: Standardized tracking of design impact through analytics and A/B testing.

Meeting recording

Links to UX/UI WG Meeting

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