School Finder

School Finder is a project for Google UX Design Study. The goal was to create a responding website and app that is not a consumer product.

I designed a search tool to find schools in your neighborhood and linked a donation function for free breakfast at the schools. I came up with this project idea because I was in need for a search tool while we were looking for schools.
-The target audience are parents / caregivers who are in need for a school that fits their and their child's need.
-The key challenges were to give the user information about different school types and grades. What the differences between schools are and how the user can see if a school is in their neighborhood.
Most of the insight came out of the Research Study. I conducted a Unmoderated Usability Study, Time on Task and Net Promoter Score (NPS). More about the research, my sketches, and designs are in the case study. See the link underneath.

Conclusion:
Impact:
The impact of my design in the real world would be: A more clear view in the search for better education for every child. It takes time to gather all the information about schools. It’s not structured enough, that is why I wanted to create my School Finder responsive website. To give parents/guardians a complete overview so they know they have all the facts before making an exciting life changing decision.

What I've learned:
- I’ve learned that the research study gave me most of the information I needed to make design decisions. The participants were clear in that they want, a Map view and more information about School Types.
-Creating a website without selling something was more of a challenge than I anticipated.