Seesaw Lessons
The Lesson Library contains a small selection of thoughtfully curated, standards-aligned content built by teachers that Seesaw has specifically hired to build out curriculum. Currently there are only a handful of Lessons, organized into collections. Lessons are robust in length and there is an intended sequence to the Activities in a Lesson.
My Role
Lead Product Designer partnering with PM, Engineers, and Leadership. Designed end to end experience, from initial brainstorm to high fidelity mocks. Output includes: web, tablet, mobile mocks.
Responsibilities
Planning
Brainstorming +
Rapid Iteration
Eng Ready Mocks + Prototype
User Research + Testing
Feedback + V2
The Challenge
Lessons are too long (up to 20 pages in length) and too complex. Students find it extremely difficult to navigate through, and struggle to know what to work on first. Lessons are ambiguous. It is difficult for Teachers to determine whether or not to assign the lesson to their students due to lack of detail about the Lesson.
Goals
Teachers can individually and flexibly assign parts of a Lesson
Teachers can easily move between instruction modes (ex: whole class v. small groups)
Students receive more manageable pieces of work
User Stories
As a Teacher, I want to be able to assess whether I can use a Lesson in my classroom, and share out shorter units of work, so that I can be confident that my students can respond with ease during class.
As a Teacher, I want to be able to share Lessons with my class in different ways, so that I can accommodate all teaching styles
As a Student, I want to be able to easily understand how to navigate through the lesson, so that I can complete the assigned activities during class and not run out of time
Current screens
Teacher side:
Not enough information on this page to give the Teacher an understanding about what they are assigning to their class
A need for Lessons to be divided into smaller, more digestible components so they can be done in one class period.
A need to denote an intended sequence for students to complete
Student side:
On the student side, there are far too many pages for a kid to focus on one thing at a time
Teachers have been relying on hacks like linking between pages to orient the students and navigate them through the Lesson
Initial Mocks + Guiding Principles
While thinking through ways to approach the problem, we outlined key guiding principles to keep in mind:
Ensure Lessons are built with a more systematic approach
Digestible components that can be assigned individually
Make a clear sense of sequence
Make the most common actions simple, and the more complex possible
Strategize what CTAs and relevant information needs to be at which level
