We apply design principles through a human-centered approach to ensure UR’s digital scholarship projects provide a pleasant, accessible and clear experience.

We can help you:

  • Determine the best platform for creating your digital project.
  • Understand your audience through user research methods.
  • Materialize your idea through interactive rapid prototyping.
  • Apply design and accessibility best practices to your digital projects.
  • Assess your existing digital projects on design, content and ease of use.
  • Make a user testing plan to evaluate your idea or existing digital interface. 

Tools & Methods

Here are some digital tools and methods we have used in the past. This list is not meant to be definitive or exhaustive. Our approach to problem solving values principles over tools. 

User Research

  • Interview planning
  • Contextual inquiry
  • Online Survey
  • Personas & Empathy mapping

Evaluation

  • Accessibility
  • Visual Design
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • Usability Testing

Information Architecture

  • Wireframing
  • User Flows
  • Card Sorting
  • Tree Testing

Rapid Prototyping

  • Adobe XD
  • Figma
  • HTML & CSS

Content Management Systems (CMS)

  • Omeka S
  • Omeka Classic
  • Wordpress

Don’t see the tool or method you want? Request a consultation so we can tailor a solution for your need.

Resources

  • Digital Scholar Hosting LibGuide
  • Omeka LibGuide
  • HTML & CSS LibGuide
  • Digital Scholar Hosting LibGuide
  • Omeka LibGuide
  • HTML & CSS LibGuide
  • Digital Scholar Hosting LibGuide
  • Omeka LibGuide
  • HTML & CSS LibGuide

Example Projects