Centering Students’ Diverse Lived Experiences – Digital Promise

Centering Students’ Diverse Lived Experiences

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Earning the Centering Students’ Diverse Lived Experiences badge demonstrates that community college students’ priorities are centered throughout its design and user experience.

Certification Requirements:

  1. The product can be used on different devices (mobile phones, laptops, and tablets) without diminished capabilities for student users.
  2. The product enables students with low internet bandwidth or unreliable connectivity to accomplish the same tasks as those with high bandwidth connectivity.
  3. Users with a range of digital skills are able to navigate the product. There are in-app guides, tutorials, or a helpdesk to support students’ use of the product.
  4. The product supports English learner users, as demonstrated by usability by students whose first languages are Spanish, Mandarin, and an additional language.
  5. The product is designed to integrate with other apps or software, including a learning management system (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard. The product supports user authentication beyond login credentials unique to the product, such as single sign-on or integration with an LMS or other applications or software.
  6. Research and development includes community college students with diverse identities to center equitable access to product functionalities in the design.
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