Portfolio | ITMO University App

INTRO

The initial application of ITMO University was basically a copy of ITMO Infoportal and did not fit users needs.

So University IT Department initiated the re-design process.

ITMO Visual Identity in real life

I started with the research to understand main user groups of the app, their needs, problems and use cases

I conducted the survey for 320 people and 8 interviews, reviewed all University internal systems and services

Based on research I defined 3 user groups for the app: university guests (parents, applicants, journalists etc.), students and teachers.

Research worknotes

PROBLEM

University Mobile app did not cover needs of all user groups. Some examples of such needs:

– see personal schedule
– grades points
– see scholarship
– get news and updates

– see groups schedule
– be able to set exam points
– see salary
– see information about departments

Working

Process

Together with the Dev Team we found the most convinient solution considering data aggregation, several authorization services, security and data updates.

The app should aggregate and align data from several resources: website, schedule, internal scoring system, accounting system.

Student empathy map

I designed and tested 2 apps for iOS and Android

I designed userflows and prototypes for students based on researched needs.

I payed attention to visual design and illustrations which reflects ITMO University brand.

ITMO styled illustrations

I worked closely with iOS and Adroid developers via Zeplin and daily meetings

I prepared interactive prototypes in inVison and conducted corridor testings with the students of the University

Final

Result

Together with the Team we developed Android and iOS versions of the app and published it in Markets.

We recieved positive feedback from students during 2 release months.