# Jsmnmc - UX & UI (Level 2) Pathway **URL:** \ **Category:** UX & UI (CA) 2021\ **Created:** [June 14, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159 "2021-06-14T15:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/1 "2021-06-14T15:53:51Z")
**Technical:** - Secondary research (about Bioinformatics) **Tools:** - STEM-Away Platform - Discord - Google Suite - Google (for researching) **Soft Skills:** - Time management - Collaboration (especially with strangers) **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Meeting and collaborating with my UX/UI team via Google Suite and Discord - Learning more about bioinformatics when conducting secondary research about the field - Assimilated relevant information for conducting user interviews and finding eligible interviewees from the Bioinformatics track **Upcoming Goals:** - Learn more about generative research as well as experience consolidating it - Connecting more with my peers and teammates **Tasks:** - Brainstorming and discussing with my team - Researching about bioinformatics for the slide deck - Preparing interview information like possible candidates and questions ---
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 3:45am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/2 "2021-06-20T03:45:11Z")
**Technical:** - Interviewing users for research - Interpreting user interview data **Tools:** - Discord - Google Suite - Zoom - Trello **Soft Skills:** - Collaboration - Communication **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Collaborating with my team to organize our responsibilities and execute our plans - Contacting and interviewing members of the BI track - Gathering and organizing research on the team Trello and using this to see our stakeholders, the opinions of our users, etc. **Upcoming Goals:** - Creating personas as a guide for our prototypes - Interpreting data in a practical and useful way **Tasks:** - Helping with drafting outreach letters - Contacting our interviewees for our primary research - Interviewing a team member of Bioinformatics - Learning more about tactical research ---
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 6:25am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/3 "2021-06-29T06:25:51Z")
**Technical:** - Interviewing more users for research - Consolidating interview data - Creating 2 user personas to guide the team - Creating a user journey map for one of the personas **Tools:** - Discord - Zoom - Trello - Figma - Miro **Soft Skills:** - Teamwork - Time management - Critical Analysis - Focus **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Consolidating the information from all the past user interviews and filtering the data we need for the research - Creating user personas (BI student and BI educator) - Visualized the user journey of a BI student who would be a main stakeholder for the app as a user of the BI software we are to create **Upcoming Goals:** - Create design concepts and storyboards - Use the personas and user journeys as a guide for prototypes and interface features **Tasks:** - Learn about creating personas and user journeys - Make personas with the team using the gained interview data - Created user journeys using the created personas and gathered information from the BI interviewees - Coordinated with fellow team members via Discord calls ---
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 3:23am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/4 "2021-07-06T03:23:30Z")
**Technical:** - Creating storyboards for the group personas - Creating flowcharts for the actions of the group personas for the BI app to be created **Tools:** - Discord - Trello - Miro **Soft Skills:** - Communication - Critical Analysis - Collaboration - Empathy **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Used the personas to create concrete information to be applied to prototypes later on - Drew storyboards for the 2 personas - Visualized the actions of the personas and put these into a user flowchart **Upcoming Goals:** - Create wireframes to be used as guides later on for prototypes - Apply design principles to ensure layout of the interface is clear and usable - Plan core structure for the interface **Tasks:** - Coordinated with fellow team members via Discord calls - Used Miro to draw a storyboard for the user persona - Used Miro to create a UX flowchart for the actions of the personas ---
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:45am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/5 "2021-07-13T11:45:56Z")
**Technical:** - Creating basic wireframes as a guide for future prototypes - Translating heuristics principles to ensure the usability of the proposed wireflows **Tools:** - Discord - Trello - Figma - Excalidraw **Soft Skills:** - Communication - Teamwork - Empathy - Open mindedness - Organization **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Polished flowchart to have a comprehensive guide for the wireflows - Collaborating with a team member for the task - Utilizing the software Excalidraw to create a wireframe for the web app to be created **Upcoming Goals:** - Creating a full prototype of the web app in Figma - Conducting user testing with core stakeholders (especially those in the Bioinformatics track) - Gather feedback on the usability of the prototype and use this to further improve on the final design **Tasks:** - Coordinated one-on-one with a team member to collaborate on the task at hand - Created a semi-comprehensive wireflow for the statistical analysis page of the web app - Applied design principles to ensure maximum usability ---
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 10:20am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/6 "2021-07-20T10:20:26Z")
**Technical:** - Transferring the wireframe to Figma - Contact the bioinformatics community to answer the usability testing form **Tools:** - Discord - Figma - STEM-Away Private Messages **Soft Skills:** - Communication - Collaboration - Eye for detail - Friendliness and openness **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Used Figma to create a Low-Fidelity prototype of the interface - Contacted the previous BI interviewees for the usability testing - Ensuring the usability and interactivity of the prototype, as well as making sure that everything is readable and clear **Upcoming Goals:** - Refining the prototype further to make it a High-fidelity prototype - Gathering feedback from the BI community to further improve on our design - Apply design principles to ensure complete usability and maximum aesthetic appeal to the design **Tasks:** - Transferred and refined 3 wireframe windows to the Lo-fi prototype - Created the nuanced windows (ex. toggled menus) for the SA portion of the prototype - Reached out to members of the BI community to help answer our user testing form ---
**Author:** ![jsmnmc](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jsmnmc/32/4354_2.png) [@jsmnmc](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jsmnmc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 5:36am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jsmnmc-ux-ui-level-2-pathway/8159/7 "2021-07-27T05:36:34Z")
**Technical:** - Conducting a user testing session - Used Figma for high-fidelity prototyping - Presented the Capstone Presentation **Tools:** - Discord - Figma - STEM-Away Private Messages - Zoom **Soft Skills:** - Communication - Collaboration - Focus - Eyes for detail and aesthetics - Organization and analysis **3 Achievement Highlights:** - Learned more about opportunities for growth through the user testing session - Helped bring the high-fidelity prototype to life by implementing a new color and font scheme and worked on several windows here - Presented the preliminary capstone presentation to Debaleena, Anthony, and Benjamin **Upcoming Goals:** - Work on presentation and collaboration skills in preparation for the final Capstone Presentation **Tasks:** - Conducted a user testing session with a BI lead - Created a new branding scheme for the High-Fidelity prototype - Worked on the High-fi prototype - Worked on and presented the Team 2 Capstone Presentation