Frustration-free course registration
Sophomore project
Fall 2019
Ferris State students expereienced frustration and anxiety when registering for courses. By talking with students and advisors, I developed a new webapp to help students feel more confident in their upcoming schedule
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Card sorting exercises let students determine the hierarchy of course information. The app mirrored when students wanted to see specific information on a course.
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By displaying courses with names users understood, they stopped having to guess at a wall of acronyms and found courses much quicker.
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An onboarding flow was critical in making students proficient with an all new process, and helped save the time of advisors.
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Students were frustrated having to bounce between Word docs, spreadsheets, and browsers to map out a schedule. A weekly view kept everything in one spot.
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Colors followed brand guidelines. But the dominant red could only be used for error and danger states. Too frequent and users would be desensitized to errors.
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Without a confirmation message after submitting classes, students were worried their request hadn’t gone through. A small notification at the end helped ease the anxiety after completion.