Overview
This project was part of a larger redesign focused on improving usability and addressing accessibility failures of the assignment creation workflow.
I owned the design vision while mentoring an aspiring designer and championing for its completion through organizational prioritization changes.
Full case study available upon request
ROLE
Lead User Experience Designer
RESPONSIBILITIES
End-to-end design
Accessibility compliance
TEAM
2 UX Designers, 2 UX Researchers, 1 Product Manager, 3 Software Engineers, 1 QA
Approach
Data-Driven Analysis
Discovered that 80% of teachers assign the same details to all students, but the current flow forced them to select students individually before entering assignment details.
Accessibility Evaluation
Identified 15 WCAG failures, most notably meaningful sequence issues and disabled form sections that created barriers for all users, but especially assistive technology users.
Teachers were forced to complete the section on the right before the left section became enabled.
For the 20% of teachers assigning unique details, the flow required submitting the form and repeating the process.
Rapid Ideation & Testing
Used paper sketches to explore solutions with the team, then created interactive Figma prototype using progressive disclosure that was tested through moderated usability sessions.
This concept used modular detail blocks, but made it hard to track students across blocks
This concept using progressive disclosure if a teacher chose to assign to individual students resonated best with internal stakeholders
Results
The redesigned flow now starts with full-class assignments (matching most teachers' workflows) while providing efficient tools for the 20% who need to assign different details to individual students.
