Designing sustainable knowledge transfer to preserve academic continuity across student generations

The Challenge

⚠️ Professors accumulate years of valuable student insights through index cards, reports, and interactions, but manually organizing and sharing this knowledge creates an overwhelming bottleneck. Students miss out on peer wisdom while professors struggle with time-intensive categorization and distribution processes.

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How might we design an AI-powered system that efficiently organizes and shares academic knowledge without overwhelming professors or students?

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My Role & Timeline

Role: UX Designer

Team members: 4 students

Timeline: 3 weeks

Tools: Figma, FigJam, Google Workspace, Miro

Understanding the Problem

Research Approach

We conducted mixed-methods research to understand both educator and student perspectives on knowledge sharing:

1. Professor Interview: 1-hour in-depth interview with a Professor to understand current workflows and pain points
2. Student Survey (28 participants): Explored support needs beyond coursework including peer mentorship, skill gaps, and career opportunities

Affinity Mapping: Organized 114 data points to identify key patterns and opportunities