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The Netflix-like english learning platform

Normasteaching's NOD
Project Il Netflix dell'apprendimento della lingua inglese Project Il Netflix dell'apprendimento della lingua inglese

Company Bio

NOD is Normasteaching’s English e-learning platform, described by Vanity Fair as the most famous English teacher in Italy.

What we were asked

We were involved since day 1, communicating with the marketing and product team from the very beginning of the project. We have been in charge of research activities: defining personas and use cases, design: drafting the user flow, the wireframes and the user interface, development: both Back End and Front end of the platform. We focused in particular on the following activities:

👉 Defining the user flows in detail to predict all possible use cases

👉 Designing a user experience for the product that was intuitive and in line with the playful approach proposed by Norma’s typical teaching method.

👉 Designing a colorful and playful user interface to emphasize the functionalities linked to a gamification-style approach

👉 Developing a hyper-performing digital product and an architecture that could accommodate peaks of thousands of users at the same time

What we did

We started with an accurate analysis of the data shared by the customer to define the personas. Working on a shared board, we kicked off a co-design phase with the customer’s product team to better structure the user flows and wireframes. In particular, we have focused on the following areas:

Onboarding Wizard

Designed to customize the platform according to the language level of knowledge of the user and on his main interests, it has been conceived in 5 steps through which the user will find more suitable content for his profile.

Main dashboard

The main area of ​​the platform from which the user constantly has an overview of the lessons, bonuses unlocked and specific progress by category.

The user will then be able to unlock user levels based on his progress, from Newbie to an amazing user!

Lesson page

‘distraction-free’ design that favors the content and focus on it. The lesson, consisting of a video, a text, and a series of quizzes, has been optimized to be completed both from mobile and web with an optimal user experience.

Admin panel

The platform management area, designed to allow the uploading of content in a simple and agile way. From the management area, the marketing team can upload lessons and always have the bigger picture on product performance’s data, to have everything under control.

Working on this challenge from the very beginning was incredibly thrilling. From the strict timeline to the continuous iteration with NOD’s product team to maximize the value for the end user, from the research phase to the product development and testing phase, we completed the challenge of closing everything in less than 3 intense months of work.

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