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Hi!   We are LGTV Studio, a team of User Experience Designers studying how to maximize student communication and improve online class community. Our goal this semester was to build upon the current Canvas Profile feature, in a way that is user friendly, and would encourage students to connect and network. Robust Canvas Profiles is an improvement of Canvas’ current social tool. Our team has implemented various features for students to connect and network with one another. We believe that this tool helps them understand their classmates better and improves their desire to interact with the online community.    Of our redesigns, this submission addresses a profile alert that will temporarily appear in the start of every semester. Through our research, we found that students aren’t even aware that a profile exists on Canvas, so we feel that drawing attention to the profile in general will help to boost profile awareness. With awareness being spread, our intention is that a better sense of community will be achieved because students will feel more comfortable reaching out to others and connecting.   We have attached a presentation that includes interview notes, reflections, and a few photos to document our static prototype redesign.   This is the link to our Google Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ug-OZcHXM1WDVe7mc6De04_Bt_0YJZYpDBTM71aHR_M/edit?no_redirect=true#responses    We hope you are all safe and thriving during this time of distress. We hope this can be implemented to further help our students feel connected.    LGTV Studio     Lindsay Roach Gina Yoo Tess Dziallo ... View more

Hi!   We are LGTV Studio, a team of User Experience Designers studying how to maximize student communication and improve online class community. Our goal this semester was to build upon the current Canvas Profile feature, in a way that is user friendly, and would encourage students to connect and network. Robust Canvas Profiles is an improvement of Canvas’ current social tool. Our team has implemented various features for students to connect and network with one another. We believe that this tool helps them understand their classmates better and improves their desire to interact with the online community.    Of our redesigns, this submission addresses the option to share a student’s Major. Through our research, we found that students are more willing to connect with their classmates when they have the same or similar majors, therefore creating a better sense of community.   We have attached a presentation that includes interview notes, reflections, and a few photos to document our static prototype redesign.   This is the link to our Google Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ug-OZcHXM1WDVe7mc6De04_Bt_0YJZYpDBTM71aHR_M/edit?no_redirect=true#responses    We hope you are all safe and thriving during this time of distress. We hope this can be implemented to further help our students feel connected.    LGTV Studio     Lindsay Roach Gina Yoo Tess Dziallo ... View more

Hi!   We are LGTV Studio, a team of User Experience Designers studying how to maximize student communication and improve online class community. Our goal this semester was to build upon the current Canvas Profile feature, in a way that is user friendly, and would encourage students to connect and network. Robust Canvas Profiles is an improvement of Canvas’ current social tool. Our team has implemented various features for students to connect and network with one another. We believe that this tool helps them understand their classmates better and improves their desire to interact with the online community.    Of our redesigns, this submission addresses the pronoun feature. Currently, it is found under Settings, which is not obvious. While this shows up on students’ Profiles, it’s unclear at first where to change them as it’s not found in the Edit Profile section but in Settings. With this submission, we hope to redirect the pronoun feature so that it is found under Edit Profile and people have direct access to it.   We have attached a presentation that includes interview notes, reflections, and a few photos to document our static prototype redesign.   This is the link to our Google Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ug-OZcHXM1WDVe7mc6De04_Bt_0YJZYpDBTM71aHR_M/edit?no_redirect=true#responses    We hope you are all safe and thriving during this time of distress. We hope this can be implemented to further help our students feel connected.    LGTV Studio     Lindsay Roach Gina Yoo Tess Dziallo ... View more