website upgrade a 10-minute tour of whipple hill’s new “ux” (user interface)

Website Upgradea 10-minute tour of

Whipple Hill’s New “UX” (User Interface)

What is the new UX? A revision to the website’s user interfaces

designed to make tools easier to use extensive research was conducted for optimal

intuitiveness dedicated teams took ownership over the

major “parts” of this new interface [this reduced bugs, enabled more

focused/complete development]

What the new UX isn’t...

The data being used “under the hood” has not been altered. There is no danger of data loss with the switch

Required We can make the switch to the new interface

on our own schedule We will have to implement training before

we do

New Features Personas: A user who wears many hats can

“switch” personas switching makes screen appropriate to “hat” of

current interest what you see would vary based on “point of view”

parent staff member teacher other...

onCourse (LMS=Learning Management System) implements the new course pages; the main

module for teachers

Heat Map: before improvements

Heat Map: after improvements

onCourse This module implements the “course pages”

It features cleaner separation of learning content vs.

organizational/administrative content “topics” feature allows teachers to collect &

present materials in the order they want it to be consumed

a streamlined assignments interface automatically distribute assignment across

sections a more personal student roster

makes it easier to communicate with them and with their parents

onCourse: Overview

onCourse: Bulletin Board

onCourse: Assignments

onCourse: Topics

onCourse: Rosters

Other Modules

When What

October 2012

Whipple Hill to select 5 schools for Early Adopter Program (EAP) [selection based on variety of factors, which will enable WH to test full spectrum of new features]

December

Set up first 2 EAP schools

January 2013

Set up remaining 3 EAP schools

September

New UX ready for use by all schools