Methodology for the Participatory Design of a Learner-Facing Analytics Dashboard

Abstract

In this work-in-progress paper, we describe the participatory design approach we adopted for the inclusive design of a student-facing learning analytics dashboard. The objective is to involve learners throughout the design process to help prevent instructors’ biases ending up in the design. The design participants developed learner personas, use scenarios and storyboards to capture the broad spectrum of students' abilities, skills, objectives, and situations. These guided the decisions made for the essential features, functions, and interactive behaviours of the dashboard and for its initial functional implementation.