Redesigning a digital learning space for amateur guitarists
Myguitare is a guitar e-learning platform for middle age adults to reignite their passion for the instrument.
problem statement
How might we design an online platform to empower middle aged hobby guitarists.
Previous platform was archaic. Their popularity grew for their pedagogy but the outdated platform hindered their growth and deterred less tolerant users.
Cyrille is a great instructor. But there are many problems with the platform.
—User
MyGuitare has a progressive pedagogy and a good teaching style but lessons are not well organized and I get lost sometimes.
—User
Existing platform were not designed for longevity. We decided to rethink the information architecture from the ground up.
Through conversations with users, instructors, and client team we learned that there are:
→ Deadend experiences
→ Unused features
→ Lesson hierarchy inconsistencies
Too many clicks to get to where I want to go
—User
We thought it would be useful but its not used enough.
—Client, MyGuitare CEO
Majority of time-on-platform is spent navigating through a course. So we decided to focus on this experience.
As part of MyGuitare’s pedagogy, they enforce users to meet two requirements before gaining access to next lesson.
→ Have practiced current lesson for at least a week.
→ Marked lesson status as “Mastered” or “need review”
Its important for users to spend at least a week on each lesson. They were designed to be challenging to complete in one week.
We know guitarists who follow this pace improve faster in the long run.
—Client, MyGuitare CEO
The lack of consistency contributed to confusing layouts.
We established a design system for the platform and a visual system for their course thumbnails.
The new video thumbnail creation process is much faster now.
—MyGuitare staff
The design system was a single source of truth. It made the developer-designer collaboration much easier.
—Designer
Refreshed platform interface
Refreshed course thumbnails
