{"id":2414,"date":"2024-03-24T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/?page_id=2414"},"modified":"2025-02-02T13:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T13:34:33","slug":"minor-selector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/?page_id=2414","title":{"rendered":"Minor Selector"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2414\" class=\"elementor elementor-2414\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74991a9 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74991a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-379bea8 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"379bea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src='https:\/\/my.spline.design\/animatedmockupiphone14pro-098ee68bc4ab66f42c881573083c06f8\/' frameborder='0' width='100vh' height='100%'><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bcc64f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3bcc64f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f2ec4 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68f2ec4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-074841c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"074841c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb9c2fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb9c2fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>User Research || UX\/UI || Prototyping<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d0acad e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d0acad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c74deb e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c74deb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64dbf83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64dbf83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c06b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57c06b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the University of Applied Sciences (HvA) I collaborated with other designers on redesigning the user experience of their minor course selector, known as the Minoren Kieswijzer.<\/p><p>The university had figured that a lot of students had trouble with finding the minor course that is right for them. So they wanted to make changes to help the students find their match.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3bc46 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e3bc46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc835fa e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc835fa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08049d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f08049d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1288\" height=\"1288\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-Kieswijzer.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3650\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-Kieswijzer.png 1288w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-Kieswijzer-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-Kieswijzer-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-Kieswijzer-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-Kieswijzer-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1288px) 100vw, 1288px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e067cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e067cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-HvALogo-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-HvALogo-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-HvALogo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-HvALogo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-HvALogo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iPhone-Pro-HvALogo.png 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7505c92 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7505c92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192af20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"192af20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">But why were students seemingly having trouble?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d5e66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13d5e66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">To figure this out I looked into the original system and the possible reasons why it would fail at achieving its goal.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7295633 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7295633\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58790d1 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58790d1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80a3e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80a3e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Be the user<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-392abd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"392abd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">Going through the portal with a &#8216;Be the User&#8217; approach showed that it was fairly difficult to align your interests to specific minor courses. This immediately causes you to need to look through most of the catalogue without much of a guideline, making it so that you also just might miss something that could be of interest to you. And something else that was jarring was that some of the original wording could be interpreted in different ways, making some of the directions somewhat unclear.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b023c93 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b023c93\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1e58a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be1e58a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ask the user<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1093523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1093523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">With a similar user-based approach as when I tested the product myself, I tasked other possible users with&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">finding a minor course that would be of interest to them.<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">But I didn&#8217;t start them off within the portal, I had them first figure out how to get started. Because at this point I hadn&#8217;t yet concluded that the portal itself was solely to blame.<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;Through this method I concluded that finding the portal itself was already a struggle for most users, even when they knew of its existance. And using the portal was confusing, unclear and difficult. I&#8217;ll go over this research in further detail later.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae68998 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae68998\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685a08c e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"685a08c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4249054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4249054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stakeholder interviews<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c5684c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c5684c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As for the rest of the stakeholders, I held interviews with the co\u00f6rdinators behind the portal and the teachers who teach the different courses. Through these interviews, some very important details came to light as to why the portal itself was so unclear to the users. The detail pages on the courses were constructed by the teachers themselves without much direction and they could decide on which tags applied to their courses (changing the way they would appear among search results). This causes some of the descriptions to be very detailed and others very bare bones, depending on the teacher, without any consistancy between the different courses, creating a devide between the courses from the very start and creating confusing and often incomplete detail pages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b46cf e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77b46cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2daf7aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2daf7aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stakeholder Expectations<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990e138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"990e138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the user testing and stakeholder interviews I also went ahead and asked about their expectations for a tool like this. Because there needs to be a reason to use the tool. When it came to students that were just starting to look for a course and people who had already completed one; Most of them went to a different website instead. So by setting up a list of expectations and goals for the different stakeholders we could pick out points of focus whilst creating a new version of the tool that would support all stakeholders. Students should be able to find the course that&#8217;s right for them, teachers should have the ability to actually give their courses through having enough students apply to them and the general school commity wants to create a better environment for both students and employees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffbb2ed e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ffbb2ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2482783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2482783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">User Research<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a7a911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a7a911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">A breakdown of the User Tests, Interviews and Results<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b12ead e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b12ead\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52878d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f52878d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ad56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73ad56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">User Testing and Interviews<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0045150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0045150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0I did user tests with a wide arrange of students from different years and faculties.\u00a0And depending on what year the students were in\u00a0these tests were done slightly different.<\/p><p>For second and third years I initially tasked them with finding a minor course that would be of interest to them. All I did was put them behind a laptop and have them figure it out. Almost all students went to use a different tool than the Minoren Kieswijzer. This tool is called &#8220;Kies Op Maat&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5958a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5958a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So I asked them why?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb42acc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb42acc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of these students either didn&#8217;t know about the existance of the Kieswijzer, or otherwise had previously tried to find it and didn&#8217;t. Only a handfull could actually locate the tool, but most of those also used Kies Op Maat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6330aa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6330aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How I went about it with the first years was that I first started them off on the official page of the University and had them try to find it there. This once again showed how difficult to locate the tool was. Plenty of them just didn&#8217;t amange to find it or took more than 10+ minutes to locate it. The ones that did find the tool also let me know that they would have given up on finding it after a maximum of 5 minutes in other circumstances. It&#8217;s not being adversitsed nearly enough even though it&#8217;s a very important tool for people who are looking for a minor course.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f1635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5f1635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: It&#8217;s not being displayed clearly and it&#8217;s not adversitsed enough.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6583403 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6583403\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a819c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a819c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Testing the Minoren Kieswijzer<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1badb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a1badb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To test the Minoren Kieswijzer I created two different groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2585eb2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2585eb2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac50c74 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac50c74\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6448dc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6448dc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><u>Group 1.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The first group was tasked with looking for a minor course they would like. Something that would interest them specifically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e75193 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e75193\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd2370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dd2370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Group 2.<\/span><\/p><p>The second group was tasked with finding a minor course based on a set of predetermained details to see if they could locate specific minor courses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a6adb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a6adb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Group 1 ran into the problem that there was seemingly no way to select specific topics. This caused them to run into courses that did have similar concepts they thought were interesting, but the themes didn&#8217;t match.\u00a0 Another thing they ran into was that when they were looking around they wanted to look at a few different courses, but there was no way to save your interests to quickly find the previous courses you&#8217;d looked at again.<\/p><p>Group 2 on the other hand had the problem that using the few tools they had to look for specific courses still left them with a long list of courses that didn&#8217;t fit the full description. The general &#8216;filter&#8217; of the tool didn&#8217;t seem to do its job very well in that regard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fdf5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fdf5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: The information displayed and used to find courses didn&#8217;t match up to expectations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947fcb7 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"947fcb7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2686140 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2686140\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4714a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4714a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1119\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Affinity-Map.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-3202\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Affinity-Map.png 1119w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Affinity-Map-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Affinity-Map-1024x975.png 1024w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Affinity-Map-768x732.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1119px) 100vw, 1119px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc6ba0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efc6ba0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf64b0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5bf64b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b80a7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b80a7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ResultatenProfiel.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-3198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ResultatenProfiel.png 730w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ResultatenProfiel-278x300.png 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d506d5b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d506d5b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7551b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7551b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ResultatenContent.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-3197\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ResultatenContent.png 731w, https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ResultatenContent-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a6d7e e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24a6d7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d91f4f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d91f4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a0343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4a0343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusions<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2230b43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2230b43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Teachers are in full control of the available tags and the information displayed on their course pages without any guidelines. This causes disparity between de different courses based on the writing skills of the teacher;<\/li>\n<li>Teachers having the abilty to choose their own tags has caused some of the tags to not make sense, causing the filtering of the courses to fail;<\/li>\n<li>Multiple tags used overlap each other, creating a possible difference between two very similar courses;<\/li>\n<li>The &#8216;filter&#8217; acts more like a sorter instead;<\/li>\n<li>Because there are no guidelines for information, students are met with haphazardous or a lack of information, which creates confusion;<\/li>\n<li>The Minoren Kieswijzer is not being advertised in an effective way and is difficult to find;<\/li>\n<li>There is a lack of general knowledge about the selection of minor courses;<\/li>\n<li>The questions asked in the Minoren Kieswijzer to help you look for a fitting course are confusing to users;<\/li>\n<li>Minor courses you can&#8217;t choose are also displayed, possibly leading to disappointment;<\/li><li>Repeat usage of the tool actively works against the user by not having a tool to review previously found courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ed097 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7ed097\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a127de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a127de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prototyping<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67cb4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67cb4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">A simplified breakdown of the steps I took during Prototyping<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bb749 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36bb749\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83ad397 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83ad397\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ca31a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64ca31a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Setting up<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92dd24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92dd24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After having gathered all the details from the research I started compiling all the information through different methodes. By taking into account the wants and needs of the different stakeholders I could create a list of features that could be implemented into the design. With all these features prepared and by setting up a user flow I could start working on creating a low-fi prototype.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caadea7 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"caadea7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a2d626 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a2d626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Low-Fi testing<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-311d212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"311d212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With this low-fi prototype I went ahead and once again gathered groups of students from different years and had them go through the prototype. By getting a feeling for how they are navigating through the prototype I can gather information of the user-flow I&#8217;d set up and the usefulness and impression of the different added functionalities. With this newfound information I went ahead and started iteratively working towards a high-fi prototype.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555276f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"555276f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6902dc1 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6902dc1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dffba86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dffba86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-07-162435.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-01-07 162435\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-01-07 162435\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc5d255 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc5d255\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-07-162228.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-01-07 162228\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-01-07 162228\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b83b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0b83b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-07-164531.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-01-07 164531\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-01-07 164531\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-475943e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"475943e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe40bd e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fe40bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-645f217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"645f217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">High-Fi<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d62ac65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d62ac65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With now having created a high-fi model I started doing A\/B tests with the original version of the tool. This way I could identify if I&#8217;d managed to complete the different goals I had created. Through these tests I learned that I&#8217;d manages to tackle most of the issues the previous version had.<\/p><p>I cleared up the language used, changed the way the tag system worked, fully re\u00efnvented the filter system and kept true to the stype of the University with some newly added highlights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe54ac e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fe54ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2acac e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a2acac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9fb3c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">As a final addition I also added recommendations for the implementation of the system. To avoid having some teachers giving close to no information and others telling too much it was recommended to add a template that the teachers could fill in to streamline information. And the teachers could find help in describing their activities by using the comments from students that have previously completed the program.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">And to make sure the students can actually find the portal it was recommended to add a banner on the website of the university and send out more e-mails with links attached to the portal for students who are approaching that time in their school years. And instead of using a single link on the website, actually give direction to where they can find it, or make the tool show up in google search results.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa76580 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa76580\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f0162 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7f0162\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9596d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c9596d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences User Research || UX\/UI || Prototyping Case For the University of Applied Sciences (HvA) I collaborated with other designers on redesigning the user experience of their minor course selector, known as the Minoren Kieswijzer. The university had figured that a lot of students had trouble with finding the minor course that is right for them. So they wanted to make changes to help the students find their match. But why were students seemingly having trouble? To figure this out I looked into the original system and the possible reasons why it would fail at achieving its goal. Be the user Going through the portal with a &#8216;Be the User&#8217; approach showed that it was fairly difficult to align your interests to specific minor courses. This immediately causes you to need to look through most of the catalogue without much of a guideline, making it so that you also just might miss something that could be of interest to you. And something else that was jarring was that some of the original wording could be interpreted in different ways, making some of the directions somewhat unclear. Ask the user With a similar user-based approach as when I tested the product myself, I tasked other possible users with&nbsp;finding a minor course that would be of interest to them.&nbsp;But I didn&#8217;t start them off within the portal, I had them first figure out how to get started. Because at this point I hadn&#8217;t yet concluded that the portal itself was solely to blame.&nbsp;Through this method I concluded that finding the portal itself was already a struggle for most users, even when they knew of its existance. And using the portal was confusing, unclear and difficult. I&#8217;ll go over this research in further detail later. Stakeholder interviews As for the rest of the stakeholders, I held interviews with the co\u00f6rdinators behind the portal and the teachers who teach the different courses. Through these interviews, some very important details came to light as to why the portal itself was so unclear to the users. The detail pages on the courses were constructed by the teachers themselves without much direction and they could decide on which tags applied to their courses (changing the way they would appear among search results). This causes some of the descriptions to be very detailed and others very bare bones, depending on the teacher, without any consistancy between the different courses, creating a devide between the courses from the very start and creating confusing and often incomplete detail pages. Stakeholder Expectations During the user testing and stakeholder interviews I also went ahead and asked about their expectations for a tool like this. Because there needs to be a reason to use the tool. When it came to students that were just starting to look for a course and people who had already completed one; Most of them went to a different website instead. So by setting up a list of expectations and goals for the different stakeholders we could pick out points of focus whilst creating a new version of the tool that would support all stakeholders. Students should be able to find the course that&#8217;s right for them, teachers should have the ability to actually give their courses through having enough students apply to them and the general school commity wants to create a better environment for both students and employees. User Research A breakdown of the User Tests, Interviews and Results User Testing and Interviews \u00a0I did user tests with a wide arrange of students from different years and faculties.\u00a0And depending on what year the students were in\u00a0these tests were done slightly different. For second and third years I initially tasked them with finding a minor course that would be of interest to them. All I did was put them behind a laptop and have them figure it out. Almost all students went to use a different tool than the Minoren Kieswijzer. This tool is called &#8220;Kies Op Maat&#8221;. So I asked them why? Most of these students either didn&#8217;t know about the existance of the Kieswijzer, or otherwise had previously tried to find it and didn&#8217;t. Only a handfull could actually locate the tool, but most of those also used Kies Op Maat. How I went about it with the first years was that I first started them off on the official page of the University and had them try to find it there. This once again showed how difficult to locate the tool was. Plenty of them just didn&#8217;t amange to find it or took more than 10+ minutes to locate it. The ones that did find the tool also let me know that they would have given up on finding it after a maximum of 5 minutes in other circumstances. It&#8217;s not being adversitsed nearly enough even though it&#8217;s a very important tool for people who are looking for a minor course. Conclusion: It&#8217;s not being displayed clearly and it&#8217;s not adversitsed enough. Testing the Minoren Kieswijzer To test the Minoren Kieswijzer I created two different groups. Group 1. The first group was tasked with looking for a minor course they would like. Something that would interest them specifically. Group 2. The second group was tasked with finding a minor course based on a set of predetermained details to see if they could locate specific minor courses. Group 1 ran into the problem that there was seemingly no way to select specific topics. This caused them to run into courses that did have similar concepts they thought were interesting, but the themes didn&#8217;t match.\u00a0 Another thing they ran into was that when they were looking around they wanted to look at a few different courses, but there was no way to save your interests to quickly find the previous courses you&#8217;d looked at again. Group 2 on the other hand had the problem that using the few tools they had to look for specific courses still left them with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":241,"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4081,"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414\/revisions\/4081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenboystudios.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}