McKinley Wellness
McKinley Wellness is the redesign of an app that is used by the University of Illinois Health Center. The purpose of the app is to provide students with financial and physically beneficial tools to help keep themselves healthy.
Goal
Utilize branding resources to promote accessibility and emotional stimulation to application users to enhance their digital experience.
Year
Fall of 2023
A priority for this redesign is to ensure that students have immediate access to the resources that are offered and supported by McKinley.
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By exploring the existing website for McKinley Health Center, it became clear which areas on the website were lacking strength and accessibility.
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Interviews were conducted with University of Illinois students, who are frequent users of Mckinley’s resources.
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People want more resources to help with both their financial stability and their physical health.
Description
Kevin, a Junior Graphic Design Student works out every day and goes on walks. He goes to the gym 4-5x per week. He has never used resources for nutrition or mental health.
Resources
Kevin has student insurance and an iPhone.
Emotions
Kevin is happy and motivated.
Kevins Goals and Needs
He knows nothing about wellness resources, and he wants to start tracking his health using features such as the daily wellness rings. He also wants to start listening to the Healthy Illini Podcast.
Solution
He easily finds the physical activity and health resources on the app. He has immediate access to tabs relating to physical health, fitness, nutrition, mental health, and crisis management.
Font: Garamond
Colors: Blue, Orange, White
An easy-to-read font choice, paired with a set of blue and orange colors, is consistent with the University of Illinois branding package. Hand drawn icons add a comforting visual aspect to elevate user experience.
Low Fidelity
Mid Fidelity
What started as an outline of shapes and colors eventually developed into a functioning prototype of a wellness resource app. The app boasts features such as financial planning information, budget worksheets that people can fill in, a financial calculator, links to podcasts, and wellness rings which can be filled out throughout the day.
Direct user paths allow for users to easily locate the features they are looking for within the app. Links to pages are designed to be accessible through the dropdown menu and by clicking on icon buttons.