We’re a group interested in gaining more user experience design skills when it comes to creating our own campus digital experiences. Our intention is to teach each other skills, giving people who do the work of designing the confidence to create better experiences. We also want to look at how our individual designs make up the larger campus digital experience.
The core of making a better experience is to understand the needs of our users and provide them with experiences that are usable, valuable, accessible, intuitive, engaging, and consistent.
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Upcoming events
September 2022
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- Join our Teams group.
- Join our email list by sending an email to:
uw-design-community+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu
Recent events
August 2022
Design Community Retrospective
With guest Bryan Husk, Administrative Associate Director, MS in SMPH’s Biotechnology Program.
August 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: August 25, 2022
July 2022
Kick start your Search Engine Optimization
With guest Jonathan Dedering, software engineer with DoIT.
July 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: July 21, 2022
June 2022
Swag: If you buy it will they come?
With guest Alison Caffrey, an instructional designer with the Instructional Design Collaborative in the College of Letters and Science.
June 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: June 30, 2022
May 2022
Color Theory: Using color to enhance your design
With guests Al Nemec, web operations manager at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Kedar Joyner, product designer at the Division of Information Technology’s Web Platforms/Services.
May 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: May 20, 2022
April 2022
Design thinking: problem-solving through creativity
With guest Mandy Morrow, Associate Director and Instructional Coordinator of the DesignLab.
April 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: April 22, 2022
February 2022
Make Your Work Better By Understanding Your Users
With guest Maria Dahman from the Center for User Experience
February 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: February 28, 2022
January 2022
The Hidden Benefits of Plain Language
With guests Jennifer Sell, Karen Parrillo, and Beth Gaytan from Cultural Linguistic Services
January 2022 slides (ppt)
Recorded: January 24, 2022
November/December 2021
What should go on your homepage?
With guests Jenna Klinner and Matt Goins from WiscWeb
November/December 2021 slides (ppt)
Recorded: December 1, 2021
October 2021
How to know the right way to label your content
(card sorting)
October 2021 slides (ppt)
Recorded: October 27, 2021
September 2021
Three usability design techniques for your website
(that you can implement today)
September 2021 slides (ppt)
Recorded: September 22, 2021
Recording available soon
Design resources
Make it accessible
Incorporate accessibility into your content, design, and development and support all people, including people with disabilities.
Content design
Best practices to plan, create, and manage digital content that is accessible, usable, and meet the needs of your audience.
UW-Madison brand
The visual and tonal identity of UW–Madison starts here, with our brand rationale, positioning statement, and pillars.
Design Services
Digital Accessibility Evaluation
Discover if a website, application, product, or tool can be used by everyone.
Design Research
Learn about what your users need, or what they might say about your product or tools.