UWaterloo Recreation

Independently researched, designed, and tested Waterloo’s recreation application aiming to improve the student experience and engagment when booking facilities at the University of Waterloo.

Date

September 2021

Role

UX/UI Designer

Focus

Mobile UI

Usability Testing

Prototyping

Current Design Problems

No direction for the user about when to sign-in.

Accessibility Issues. The yellow doesn’t pass the accessibility guidelines as per WCAG.

Ignorance of Hick’s Law. There are too many options to select from.

User Research

I interviewed 14 students, 7 in first year and 7 in upper years to understand how they felt about the app.

Observations from first year students

Observations from upper year students

Mobile Usability

Researching the most comfortable hand touch points on mobile devices.

Wireframming

A few of the wireframes created for the purpose of laying out the information architecture and user flow.

High Fidelity Flows

Facility Reservation

WATIAM ID

Password

Sign in

or

Continue as Guest

Faculty Reservations

View availability for spaces below:

PAC

CIF

Search a sport

Swimming

Practice lane swims every evening in our 25 meters pool with a 12’ deep end. Access to pool through the PAC and CIF change rooms.

PAC

CIF

Book Now

Select Date

Select Time

Faculty Reservations

View availability for spaces below:

PAC

CIF

Search a sport

Swimming

Book Now

09/28/2021

3:00-4:00pm

Practice lane swims every evening in our 25 meters pool with a 12’ deep end. Access to pool through the PAC and CIF change rooms.

PAC

CIF

Faculty Reservations

View availability for spaces below:

PAC

CIF

Search a sport

Swimming

09/20/2021

3:00 - 4:00pm

Booking Confirmed

Practice lane swims every evening in our 25 meters pool with a 12’ deep end. Access to pool through the PAC and CIF change rooms.

PAC

CIF

My Bookings

PAC Fitness Centre

10/01/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

PAC

Cancel

Badminton Court

10/02/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

CIF

Cancel

Tennis Court

10/05/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

PAC

Cancel

High Fidelity Flows

Intramural Sport Registration

Intramurals

Search a sport

Soccer

To register please fill out the form below.

Outdoor 11v11

Indoor 6v6

Jody Smith

Name

jsmith

WAT ID

12345678

Student ID

jody.smith@uwaterloo.ca

Email

If you have a team, add players here, otherwise skip this step and we will add you to a team.

Player 1

Full Name

WAT ID

Student ID

Email

Add Player

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Confirm Payment

Total:

$120.00

Please note, there are absolutely no refunds once the transaction is complete. Payment processed through WAT Card funds.

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Payment Confirmed!

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High Fidelity Flows

Clubs

Clubs

Search a club

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Contact

acappella@gmail.com

Waterloo A Cappella Club

Photo Gallery

A Cappella Club

High Fidelity Flows

Map Accessibility

Search a place on campus

PAC

CIF

Search a place on campus

PAC

CIF

Confirm Payment

Total:

$120.00

Please note, there are absolutely no refunds once the transaction is complete. Payment processed through WAT Card funds.

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Pay now

Insufficient funds on WAT Card, please add funds.

Edge Cases

Insufficient Funds

If the user has insufficient funds on their student card to make a payment, an error notification will pop up.

Edge Cases

Booking Cancellation

Confirmation is required to cancel to avoid any accidental cancellations.

My Bookings

PAC Fitness Centre

10/01/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

PAC

Cancel

Badminton Court

10/02/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

CIF

Cancel

Tennis Court

10/05/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

PAC

Cancel

My Bookings

PAC Fitness Centre

10/01/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

PAC

Cancel

Confirm

Badminton Court

10/02/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

CIF

Cancel

Tennis Court

10/05/2021 9:00 - 10:00pm

PAC

Cancel