U I/UX Design and implementation for PlaceSpeak:a location~based online community consultationplatform

Organizations can benefit from consulting with citizens to build better and sustainable neighborhoods
in local areas. It is usually challenging to get citizens engaged. Traditionally, techniques used for
engagement involve people participating in public meetings personally. This can be intimidating and
inconvenient for some. PlaceSpeak provides an online environment to advance citizen participation. It
also provides an easier way to inform the citizens about the ongoing projects in their area and to
discuss the project. PlaceSpeak’s goal is to encourage more citizens to get involved in their
communities. For this purpose the user interface (UI) needs to be easy to use to bring a joyful user
experience. The intern aims to analyze and improve the current UI based on UI design principles. At
each state of improvement the UI will be tested to advance further development.

Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Lasserre

Student:

Partner:

PlaceSpeak Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program: