reimagining noah's homepage: uxpa 2013 student design jam
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REIMAGINING NOAH’s HOMEPAGE UXPA 2013 Student Design Jam Tonya McCarley
+AGENDA
n Brief Introductions
n Introduce NOAH
n Share the needs of the community
n Discuss the challenges of the community
n Brainstorm, Sketch, & Share
+NOAH: The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation
n Non-profit organization with a mission to provide accurate information and resources to individuals and families with Albinism and Hypopigmentation (A&H)
n Primary audiences: n New parents
n Individuals with albinism and hypopigmentation
n Educate “First Responders” n Doctors n Nurses n Social Workers n Therapists
+The NEEDs for the NOAH website
n The primary goal of the NOAH website is to provide FAST and ACCURATE information
n About A & H
n (Old-fashioned) Networking n Individual to Individuals n Families
n Social Networking n Facebook n YouTube Channel
n National and Local Events n NOAH Camp n Bowl-a-thon Fundraiser
+The CHALLENGE: ACCESSIBILITY is a MUST
n Individuals with A&H can have really poor vision n Reliance on text to voice technology n Use of really large font
n 48 pt can be a preferred reading font n High-contrast settings
n White text on black background, or YELLOW on a black background
n Mobile n Mobile is used to take a picture and use the
mobile device to make the image LARGER
+Design Methodology
n Design using Design Studio by Will Evans*
n Methodology: n The “8 up” format n Peer Critique
n Revisions n Best of 2
n (stealing is approved)
n Group Collaboration
* http://uxmag.com/articles/introduction-to-design-studio-methodology
+Sketching for Quantity not Quality
+Rules of the Game
n There are NO bad ideas
n Don’t focus on FEASIBILITY n If you can imagine it, we can figure out how to make it
later
n Be respectful n Don’t interrupt while someone is presenting
+NOAH today
+Little People of America
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+Let’s Sketch…
+The End
n What did we learn?
+Additional Resources -Collected by Bruce Sklar
n 10 Keys to Effective Non-Profit Organization Websites
n Tips for Designing (or Redesigning) a Nonprofit Web Site
n Five "Don'ts" of Nonprofit Website Design
n 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits
n 5 Tips for Visually Enticing Nonprofit Websites
n 11 Nonprofit Websites Designed for the Social Web
n Ideas that work: Effective nonprofit web design
n Nonprofit Website Design 2012 – Top Ten Tips and Examples
n 25 Great Non Profit Websites and Tips For Your Inspiration
+Thank you
n Tonya McCarley n Best friend of a mom with three little boys with Albinism
n User Experience Strategist
n Failed User
n #StudentDesignJam
n #UXPA2013