Improving course search and discoverability

Owned by Namrita Rao
Oct 30, 2019
2 min read

Context


A state launches courses, and informs teachers about it through formal channels like circulars or informal channels like whatsapp. While many of them are opting for QR codes as a quick entry point to a particular course, the last mile reach of the QR codes are in question - as it is not art of a textbook or any other material in a teachers day to day use.


Hence, there is a need to make courses more discoverable, for two kinds of users:

  • Those who know their state has launched a course that they need to take, but they don't have access to a QR code
  • Those who have discovered the courses tab or have taken a course before, and would like to explore courses that are relevant to them 


High level scope

Consumption changes

  • Bringing in the ability for a user to input their class and subject on the courses landing page, so that they can find courses most relevant to them.
  • Categorisation of courses by topic (core subject (like Maths), classroom management, pedagogy etc.) so that the courses are further organised. 
  • Based on the user's profile (Board or location), presenting a few important courses to the user (for eg, the NAS course for AP users during the time that the state has launched the course)
  • Having a mechanism for signed in users to quickly resume the courses that they have already enroled in.
  • Redesigning the course cards to carry key pieces of information - Title, Organisation, No. of hours taken to complete (roughly)
  • These changes will have to be done across both portal and mobile app. 


Creation changes to support this consumption experience

  • Ensuring topic and audience (in terms of subject teachers) is mandatory whenever any course is created.
  • Ensuring the topic masterdata contains all relevant subject names, and that a user has to choose a specific subject, not a high level tag like "sciences" or "language"

High Level Wireframes: https://whimsical.com/S7vdTuLSYBQmMs1nwUd5BB#7YNFXnKbYzDnPjZF1tvaT

Disclaimer: These screens will need to be tested on the field.