Fung's Portfolio

Context

Designing a digital classroom that balances tool visibility and a clear teaching area on a single screen, without scrolling, is a challenge. It requires thoughtful prioritisation and organisation within limited space.

Teachers want a platform that simplifies content flow, interaction control, and student engagement. This also reduces training effort for the operational team.

Solution

During the design process, it became clear the Classroom view had to include a 3 key elements:

Focus on the content and content control
A  horizontal Video pods
Easy navigation

This approach ensures teachers can deliver structured, engaging lessons with minimal distractions.

Final design

How to use hotkey and white board.

Lecture hall function

Other exploration

Initial design iterations emphasised a layout where all controls were visible. After reviewing various screen resolutions, the minimum screen size was set to 1280x720. Scene previews are positioned on the left, allowing seamless lesson navigation, while interaction controls at the bottom keep resources accessible without cluttering the main content.

Initial design with floating video pods

Expandable preview feature

Countdown timer for slide completion

Award

Hyper Class won the British Council ELTon Award for Digital Innovation (2022)