More Constraints

Some programs were enrolling at the same time, but not always.

Some programs were closed to enrollment because they were in session. But some programs had a session that was closed and another that was open because they were rolling enrollment.

Youth are scheduling programs for themselves months in advance.

Youth Programs team wanted to collect email addresses from Youth so they could match them to programs as well.

I had to use our list style template.

Wireframing

Using the list of important factors and keeping in mind the constraints I worked to create some logic so a youth could find a program and be enticed to sign up.

A traditional search filter seemed overkill since there weren't enough programs in each category to justify its use.

Every program had an age requirement so grouping by Target Age would help youth find a program directed at them. I also needed to indicate when a program was happening so I combined Time and Duration. Some programs could also be enrolling at the same time, so I added a notification and reiterated it with an 'apply' and 'in session' button.

Youth Programs team decided they wanted to prioritize collecting email addresses from youth so they could match them to programs. So I gave that priority over the enrolling notification.

Grouping by Target Age didn't work as a primary group because programs had both middle and highschool and were very few. And using 'in session' and 'apply' quickly broke down because programs could be both.

So I looked at what factors would help youth decide if a program fit into their schedule. They are scheduling their time months in advance. Availability would tell youth if a program was available and enrolling. Refining Time and Duration to provide more specific dates and lengths would help too.

I also learned that Science in Action Club was a resource not a program so I moved it to the sidebar.

Including the start date really replaced the 'upcoming' group it wasn't necessary so I really just had 'current' and 'past'.

Past could be all programs that weren't accepting enrollment and current could be programs that were and this included rolling enrollment.

It was becoming clear I was thinking about some of the important factors for Youth Programs differently and needed to refine them and maybe prioritize them further:

These factors were the most important to the youth audience because they helped youth answer the questions was a program available, was it of interest and did it fit into their schedule.

I prioritized the refined factors so after Availability and Programs was Target Age and Time of Year followed by Length of Program. Because there were so few programs I could reorder by age 6th - 12th and start date.

Programs that weren't available or not enrolling I minimized in 'past'

I also de-emphasized the widget intended to collect email addresses making it an interest form for programs that were not enrolling so Youth Programs could still collect emails.

At a later date this template's priority was changed due to time constraints and lack of resources which removed this layer of logic in the design.