Ellucian Partner Network Catalog Update

This project was about refreshing the Ellucian Partner Network (EPN) catalog user interface. This task was highly complex as the original interface had major problems with usability and user experience. The second and third images above showcase the old interface and how users interacted with the main filtering system. The top screen filters made it difficult for users to filter through options and made the task of finding a specific partner complicated and time-consuming. Upon my research, I found that the most user-friendly filtering systems are contained on the left side of the page, allowing the users to have an uninterrupted view of the content they are trying to search for. Another challenge I faced during this project was the fact that the EPN had gone through a major content update that made it much more complex for sorting. This meant I had an extra layer of complexity to account for while designing the new interface. Aside from the enhanced filtering system, one of the biggest improvements of the catalog was an integration that allowed users to search via partner name or partner solution. This was a major solution for the partner team as many users who search the catalog are often more familiar with the product solutions versus partner name. The final result was an enhanced user interface and user experience that brought the EPN catalog ahead of its competitors and allowed users to experience the catalog in a user-friendly and beautifully designed way.