Hogeschool Utrecht

Navigation design student website

Project

The Hogeschool Utrecht (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht) is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands with approximately 40,000 students. The knowledge institution offers a wide range of courses in technology, economics, health, education, communication, and more. Students use a number of different websites within the HU and the desire was to bring these together into a new web platform called HU&IK. This required designing a new concept navigation and coming up with some new features.

Timeline

Sep. - Dec. 2024 (4 months)

Role

UX Specialist

Activities

I conducted an inventory of existing HU websites, conducted student user research, and created student usage scenarios. Furthermore, I created concept designs for the HU&IK main navigation, a smart search engine and chatbot, and a calendar and timeline feature. Finally, I advised the HU on how to increase their agile working practices and UX maturity within the organization.

Deliverables

User profiles with top tasks, usage scenarios, wireframes and presentations.

Tools

Figma, Microsoft Teams and Google Analytics.

Collaboration

Yacht

Examples

Concept designs of the HU&IK main navigation, a smart search engine and a chatbot

Calendar design with all important study dates in one location, including convenient deep links

Timeline design for insight into student study progress

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