RIT MyCourses Redesign

Drawing on my firsthand experience as an RIT student, I redesigned core workflows to improve navigation, information hierarchy, and everyday usability while preserving essential functionality.

The project covered UX evaluation, information architecture, interaction design, UI design, prototyping, and design-system development.

Students needed easier access to assignments, deadlines, announcements, and course resources without losing the platform’s existing capabilities.

Design question: How can we make essential academic workflows simpler and more intuitive?

I evaluated recurring workflows to identify unnecessary steps, improve information prioritization, and make interactions more predictable.

Core principle: Simplicity should reduce effort, not capability.

• 01 — Prioritize information: Surface deadlines, assignments, announcements, and current course activity first.
• 02 — Simplify navigation: Reduce unnecessary steps and make frequently accessed features easier to reach.
• 03 — Clarify assignments: Improve requirements, action placement, progress indicators, and submission feedback.
• 04 — Improve collaboration: Explore searchable discussions, pinned threads, and customizable course organization.
• 05 — Systemize the UI: Create reusable components and consistent interaction patterns across the platform.

The project delivered simplified navigation, reorganized course information, clearer assignment interactions, enhanced discussion concepts, and a reusable UI design system.

Together, these improvements demonstrate how a complex existing product can be made easier to navigate without sacrificing functionality.

I learned to question unnecessary steps, prioritize essential information, and balance simplicity with complex product requirements.

Key takeaway: Minimalism should reduce effort, not capability.