App Design: Interactive Audio-Visual Experience for University Educators

Project Detail

UQAM classrooms are equipped with an application for managing display content during lectures, as well as camera and audio settings for remote students. All of those parameters are controlled through a touchscreen application located near the instructor's desk. The existing application made it nearly impossible for professors to operate independently: the interface lacked clear affordances, used technical jargon unfamiliar to instructors, and organized controls according to the system's architecture rather than the instructor's workflow. The result was a constant stream of IT support calls, interrupted lectures, and frustrated faculty. The university's IT team reached out to me to improve the application's usability and clarity, with the goal of enabling professors to manage classroom technology autonomously during class.