SchoolNet provides a portal to educational services that support the "no child left behind" mandates (standards, performance, testing and curriculum) currently facing the primary and secondary school systems. Their in-house User Experience Practice needed some senior assistance in preparing their Sharepoint-based site for a new software release.

Rapid Modeling of UxP Solutions

The UxP team needed to come up with readily-accessible "dashboards" that could be easily configured using Sharepoint and Webparts to meet the custom needs of supervisors, principals and teachers. As the most fluent RAD designer, I was charged to deliver working HTML prototype models quickly.

The Bulletin Center

I was also the lead UxP designer for the new messaging feature (right). My responsibility was to:

Capture requirements and workflow

Design the screen interface

Define Webparts components

Provide a clickable site model that conformed to the workflow, allowed stakeholders to sign-off on the experience, and served as design guide for the development team.

Design Specifications, CSS Style Guide, Demo Site, Wireframes, Personas (Profiles), Information Architecture

Schoolnet primarily services large regional school districts and maintains legacy software in a portaled environment, so there were significant scope and integration issues throughout the project.

“John worked with my team at SchoolNet on a component of a release for the company's flagship software. John went beyond what we expected and presented innovative interaction designs. His work was thorough, detailed and delivered on time. While we didn't end up using his work due to resource constraints in development, it served us well in later releases as an exemplar of work well done.”
Top Qualities: Expert, Good Value, On Time
Neil Wehrle, Manager, User Experience, Schoolnet (2006)

Education Business Application site-let structure & wireframes, portal environment, workflow for messaging , RAD prototyping, best practices, design specifications and business requirements, behavioral coding, icons & graphics, Sharepoint & WebParts