This document describes a UX design project for a mobile app called AHEAD that helps users learn new vocabulary. It outlines the design process, which included defining the problem, creating prototypes, and testing them with users. The goal was to design an app that empowers people to learn vocabulary in a personal and fun way. User testing revealed flaws that informed the next iteration of the design. Lessons learned included that an iterative design process is important and testing prototypes early is essential.

1. Intro to UX Design Project
@CareerFoundry
By Busra Al Nakhlani
June 2022
A new
approach to
vocabulary
learning

2. Design steps followed
Prototypes
Lessons learned

3. How might we design a mobile
app that empowers people to
learn new vocabulary?

4. 31, from Brasil
Lives in Berlin
Works as a Product Manager
Maike
Silva
"I want to be able to
follow German media
for my work. It’s
time for me to raise
the bar without
committing to a
timeline."

5. Maike needs a practical and
fun way to improve her
vocabulary, because she
wants to follow German media
with ease.
We'll know this to be true, when Maike can comprehend an
episode from a popular political ZDF-podcast in German.

6. Meet AHEAD
A personalised vocabulary training app that
promises to improve one's writing, reading,
speaking and memory skills with 40+
games.

7. Onboarding new users
Tutorial
Language selection
Setting up learning goals
Adding preferences for learning methods
Choosing topics of interest
Language assessment
Creating an account
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8. Adding words to study
book
Select unknown word
Add to app
Select definition
Select example sentence
Save and get redirected to original screen
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11. How does the app
fulfil the needs of
the users?

12. User testing surfaced
some of the flaws in the
designs. Some of them
were in fact major
usability problems.

13. Next iteration
was designed
based on user
feedback

14. AHEAD gives users
options to create their
own learning experience
while supporting them
with a personalised
curriculum.

15. Lessons learned
An iterative design process is inevitable, in fact it's
detrimental.
Fidelity of prototypes should be just right.
Testing as much as possible within budget and
time constraints is essential.