Website Development

Our company advertises thousands of products online. We hope to update and revamp our existing website to attract more customers. We would like to work with students to develop a new website that is easy to maintain while providing an appealing interface for users. This can be achieved through common site building tools such as Wix, Webflow, and WordPress. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Researching different site-building tools and their associated advantages / disadvantages. Conducting a needs analysis to determine which platform is most suitable. Building a website, with our assistance in providing the content. Providing training on updating and maintaining the website. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Testing prototypes with customers and refining ideas with feedback.

Website UI / UX Design & Prototype

Our company would like to explore re-designing our current website with a prototype. We are always on the lookout for innovative and fresh UI and UX ideas that will help our users. This will involve: Conducting background research on our existing web application for the product. We are happy to provide a walkthrough and other resources to help bring them up to speed. Identifying key areas of our current website and what areas of focused might return the best results in a redesign. Learning and using various software design tools. We strongly recommend students learn how to use Figma as this is the latest and greatest tool currently available. Creation of a screen by screen UX / UI prototype of a web application which can be used on all major browsers and be mobile friendly Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this

Web Page Evaluation

Our company has been serving thousands of customers for decades. However, our current website is outdated and requires updating. We would like to collaborate with students to evaluate our web pages and recommend areas for improvement. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with the current structure of our website and our company’s products, target market, mission and vision statements. Conducting background research on factors that affect the quality of websites. Developing a set of criteria to evaluate our web pages and justifying the importance of each criterion. Evaluating our web pages based on the established criteria. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Recommending areas for improvement on our website. Assisting in implementing changes to web pages.

Appointment Scheduling Design

Our company has been serving customers for decades. We want to revamp our appointment system as it is outdated. We would like to collaborate with students to design an improved appointment scheduling system. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our company’s target market, products and services. Researching features of scheduling designs. Producing a wireframe or mock-up of the resulting system’s user interface. Testing the design with users and making improvements. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Recommending new features to include in our appointment scheduling system. Prototyping multiple possible scheduling designs.