Conclusion

The overall re-design of this website was successful, and we were able to generate many new ideas that will be useful in more than one context. We hope that the ICCIT department will use much of the information we collected from the users, as well as our proposed prototypes while continuing with this project. Our involvement initiated many useful conversations and was a driving force to continue the progress of their project efforts.This project also provided us with valuable experience that can be applied in future endeavors.

We gained hands-on experience practicing Participatory Design, performing user workshops and creating prototypes. The workshops and activities helped us to learn more about the users and their needs since we visited the site and met with them on a regular basis. We did our best to stimulate creativity and future visions for the website through the activities. As predicted, we noticed that the participatory process gave a voice to all the participants regardless of their status in the ICCIT and their concerns were acknowledged in the prototypes.