Problem
Brightspace helps students access modules, notes, and results, but it does not strongly support the next step: turning university work into career-ready proof such as resumes, portfolios, references, and networking.
University UI/UX project
Brightspace
Career Growth Feature Concept
For this project, I chose Brightspace as an existing university app with an opportunity to support students beyond modules, notes, and results. After planning and sketching, I proposed three additions: a resume builder, a networking/career area, and a portfolio page where students can showcase university projects while professors can add notes and references.
Opportunity
Add a career-growth layer inside the existing app so students can build a CV, showcase projects, discover opportunities, and collect professor references without leaving the university ecosystem.
Outcome
The project shows UX thinking through a practical feature extension: identifying a gap in an existing app, planning the addition, sketching early ideas, and producing final mobile screens.
Reflection
This project helped me understand how to add new value to an existing product without ignoring its current purpose. The strongest part was connecting academic activity to career readiness.
Stack
FigmaUI DesignUX ResearchWireframingPrototypingMobile App Design
UX planning
Why this addition belonged inside Brightspace.
Started with the existing app context instead of creating a separate career product from scratch.
Focused on the transition from coursework to employability: projects, CVs, references, and opportunities.
Explored early ideas through sketches for growth and resume creation before committing to final UI screens.
Feature design
The three additions I designed.
Resume maker: a guided area for students to create and manage a CV using university and project information.
Networking and career opportunities: screens for discovering roles, connecting with people, and finding relevant opportunities.
Portfolio page: a place for students to add university projects while professors can provide notes and references.
Bottom navigation update: adjusted the app navigation to make the new growth/career area easier to find.
Engineering decisions
Designed mobile-first screens at app dimensions so the concept could be evaluated as a realistic Brightspace addition.
Kept the visual direction close enough to an education app so the feature felt like an extension, not a separate product.
Prepared final screens around clear user tasks: add project, build CV, connect, browse opportunities, and request references.
Responsibilities
Highlights
Screens
Product details
Before / after
Navigation comparison shown side by side for easier scanning.
01 / process
Before: original Brightspace bottom navigation
02 / process
After: updated bottom navigation with the new growth area
03 / overview
Initial sketch exploring the career growth addition inside Brightspace
04 / overview
Initial sketch for the resume maker flow
05 / features
Add projects screen for showcasing university work in a student portfolio
06 / features
Build CV screen for creating a student resume inside Brightspace
07 / features
Networking home screen for connecting with people and career support
08 / features
Career opportunities screen showing available growth and job-related offers
09 / features
Resume tab screen showing access to the CV builder feature
10 / features
Professor reference screen for notes and academic recommendations