New student portal for Columbia College Chicago open on a macbook

Student Portal Prototype

Role: research, low, medium and high fidelity wireframing, user testing and interface prototype

The existing student portal at Columbia College Chicago often frustrates users. Whether they are registering for courses or scheduling a meeting with advisors, students frequently find the interface confusing. This project aimed to enhance the student experience by refining the visual hierarchy, layout, and content management of the interface, ultimately creating a tool that eases the stressful course registration period by making it faster and simpler for students to enroll in courses and complete routine tasks.

Current Interface

Screen captures showing the current interface for the student portal at Columbia College Chicago. Focuses primarily on the screens most frequently visited for class registration and scheduling a meeting with an advisor.

User Stories + Flow

Scenario 1: As a student, I want a course recommendation feature so that I can easily browse electives that are catered towards my interests.

Course recommendation survey - user flow

Scenario 2: As a student, I want to schedule a meeting with my advisor so that I can review my degree planning with them.

Schedule a meeting with an advisor - user flow

Scenario 3: As a student, I want to be able to quickly and easily register for courses so that I ensure I’m fulfilling my degree requirements.

Course registration - user flow

Low Fidelity Sketches

Low fidelity sketches of tasks needed to be completed such as the course recommendation survey, scheduling an advisor meeting and registering for classes.

Paper Prototype

Paper Prototype going through all 3 tasks of completing the survey, scheduling a meeting with your advisor and registering for classes.

Digital Prototype

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