Great Lakes Data Watershed
Appointed as a UX Lead to orchestrate the conceptualization and implementation of gamification features for the next iteration of Data Quest. Responsible for conducting comprehensive user research to gain insights into the existing landscape, target audience demographics, and pave the way for iterative design enhancements.
What is GLDW?
The Great Lakes Data Watershed (GLDW) is a unique space where scientists, educators and citizens can create powerful interactive dashboards that provide insights into our critical water ecosystem.
It provides access to over a dozen different sources of public data. GLDW’s simple and consistent APIs are available to all to recover critical water data. GLDW has been implemented using the proposed Open Smart Lake architecture.
What’s next?
Research goal: to conduct exploratory research at understanding user motivations, pain points, and current usage patterns and how they align with current goals to inform the design of more intuitive and user-centered learning experiences
User research: user interviews, concept testing, site heuristic evaluation
Define goals after research