Breaking up with vendors: Taking on complexity to keep things simple

We live in a modern world where vendors can provide your college with cloud-based, enterprise-level solutions. Why then, would anyone decide to build a new “application and registration” system from scratch? Initially, this was not a project my small team wanted to take on. However, after several expensive false starts with vendors, we came to […]

Where is my map? I’m lost in a wayfinding world!

Wayfinding is something that each institution has and continually develops. But how often do we consider accessibility in our decisions? Not very often. During this session we will explore the foundations of accessibility for wayfinding and how we can improve it at our universities. We will explore what rules we should follow, what parts of […]

Heuristics of neurodesign: boost user joy, action and ease

Neurodesign is an emerging field of design practice that accounts for how our brains are wired to create designs that promote simplicity, emote joy and drive action. Since humans are visually dominant, how we perceive and attend visual stimuli should be of particular interest to user experience (UX) designers. This is why nuerodesign is important. To […]