Helping students discover their reading identities
ReMo partnered with Scout to create a web app that makes literacy education more personalized and engaging.

CONTEXT
"I'm not a reader"… or, the stigmatization of reading
The conventional model of literacy instruction doesn’t make room for different pathways to become a reader – if a student doesn’t fit the narrow definition of “reader”, they are pushed to the bottom of the bell curve. Many existing reading tools follow an achievement-based learning model that only further discourages students. This is the exact problem ReMo aims to solve with their web app.
— Michelle Deblois, ReMo CEO
There’s nothing better than the joy of watching a student become a reader. But couldn’t it be easier?
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However, ReMo’s original app was hard to navigate, with misleading labels, limited data display options, and multiple clicks were required to find important pages. They needed a modernized, optimized website that teachers and students could both navigate with ease.
Through Scout Studio’s pro-bono program, our team embarked on a full redesign project for their web app. During our four-month schedule, we upgraded the application with new and improved branding, information architecture, and overall user experience on both the teacher-facing and student-facing aspects of the web app.

DESIGN DECISIONS
(1) New and improved way-finding and filtering
ReMo’s original way of filtering and sorting a school’s collection of books was clunky. Redesigning the filtering system and adding a way-finding system was central to helping users navigate the book list efficiently.
We considered two approaches: a card-based grid with filters at the top and a more traditional list view with a filter sidebar.
ReMo’s original design

Overwhelming, unscalable, and lacks hierarchy
Filters are lost when a user scrolls
Largely ignored
Our final iteration

More intuitive sorting options
Ability to search
Filter bar fixed when scrolling
Ability to perform quick tasks
Scalable, intuitive