Assembly

Ethan Newburger

Visual Communication Design, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the entire American education system, forcing teachers, students, and their parents to rethink their approach to schooling. When learning from home, students are often stuck using software that was designed to connect the business world.

Introducing Assembly: an all-encompassing video-chat experience that enables middle school teachers to build remote learning environments that are controlled, social, and interactive. Assembly is a single hub that hosts virtual classes and integrates digital worksheets and quizzes, automated attendance, multiple teaching modes, and group work. The platform is customizable at the school level with opportunities to co-brand the school’s identity with Assembly, at the classroom level with a variety of classroom configurations, and at the individual level, allowing students and teachers to express themselves.

Ethan Newburger project image 2 — A screenshot of a middle school class in session using Assembly. [From the teacher’s perspective]

Ethan Newburger project image 3 — Cycling through Assembly branding lockups that have been customized for use by individual schools

Ethan Newburger project image 4 — Group work mode allows teachers to hover over groups to listen to their conversations and click to join the discussion

Ethan Newburger project image 5 — A teacher using Assembly on his phone, where he can see his entire class all at once

Ethan Newburger project image 6 — A school supplies delivery box with a pair of branded face masks

Ethan Newburger (he/him) is a creative thinker based in Columbus, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science in Design in Visual Communication Design from Ohio State. He is passionate about design research and strategy and how they inform engaging user experiences.

Filters: 2021, Undergraduate Studies, Visual Communication Design, Undergraduate Capstone Project