![]() ![]() Again, we have our guesses–but what better way to know for sure than to have actual teaching professionals try to do things on the site while we watch? Where does the old site fail in terms of usability, given what teachers need? This will guide our attempts to improve it. What’s still working well? What do they like about it? We can guess at these things, but no amount of guesswork, even by web professionals, can substitute an actual teacher’s perspective on this matter.ģ. The old site is still in use by many instructors. How has their arrival changed what teachers need from resources they find online?Ģ. Google Apps, Chromebooks, SmartBoards–these things that didn’t exist when the original site was built are now integral not just to our daily lives but to many teachers’ experiences of teaching their students. How have teachers’ classroom needs and resources changed since 2007? The site we’re redesigning is older than the first generation of iPhone, and a lot has happened to tech and the internet in those nine years. Before we launch into the wireframing and the interface design, though, we need to determine a few things:ġ. The old site is impressively usable, given that it was built in 2007, but it’s definitely time for a refresh. Just before the new year, we kicked off a large web project: we’re currently working on redesigning a niche classroom resource site for K-12 teachers. Happy New Year from Convoy HQ! As 2016 kicks into gear, we’re excited to be trying out some new things in the office.
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