https://www.whitneywatts.com/work daily 1.0 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/5b7336af-77a8-4f26-b804-e4b03e1bdaf9/Whitney.png Work - Hello! I’m Whitney. I am a teacher-turned-product designer on a mission to design digital experiences that positively impact people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/cd7bffe2-a109-4f2d-a8e7-43952f2802ad/Assign+redesign+thumbnail.png Work - Amplify Assign Redesign I led a design initiative focused on redesigning the digital assignment experience for teachers on an Edtech platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/6d6bfa6b-9b4a-4071-8972-3593cbe4428c/True+blue+design+system+thumbnail.png Work - Amplify’s “True Blue” Design System I spearheaded the redesign of K-5 student-facing UI in the Amplify Platform through the co-creation of Amplify’s “True Blue” design system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/0fc6bc0d-db89-45c4-8e91-4fb77b18a58b/eReaderthumbnail.png Work - Designing an Elementary Student Reading Experience I transformed qualitative user research into visual concepts for a digital reading 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/cd7bffe2-a109-4f2d-a8e7-43952f2802ad/Assign+redesign+thumbnail.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/0fc6bc0d-db89-45c4-8e91-4fb77b18a58b/eReaderthumbnail.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/a246845a-5c7b-4074-ad4c-64f8ae0eda9a/2023+Audit.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/d695351e-550d-4dc2-832e-db23e20968b2/Design+system+reference+books.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/a85dbb4b-23ce-4ec0-93d7-28668e66df31/fr+k-1+bravo+xl.png Amplify K-5 Design System - K-1: Pre-Readers, New Tech Users Raised Buttons / Illustrated Icons Use “raised” skeuomorphic buttons and illustrated icons to support the developmental needs Requires the largest spacing between components, and extra large touch points to prevent tiny human error. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/1d980f89-ddd9-448c-8bba-ec757c7b0f2e/fr+2-3+delta+xl.png Amplify K-5 Design System - 2-3: “Less Baby-ish” Early Readers Raised Buttons / Standard Icons Use “raised” skeuomorphic buttons Preferred “standard” icon style — While this age group had similar needs to K-1, play-testing feedback revealed that this age group did not like the illustrated icons because they wanted something ‘less baby-ish”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/1ea18e7b-5d8d-469a-bd75-85a5258c7752/fr+4-5+delta+xl.png Amplify K-5 Design System - 4-5: Growing into Adult UI/UX Flat + Ghost Buttons / Standard Icons Prefers to be as “adult” as they can. This age group is more familiar with the conventional UI/UX patterns we use as adults. They use a combination of flat and ghost style buttons as well as standard icon styling. 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Make it stand out Table Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/44dce370-78bc-4d72-ae02-f4f07724b3ec/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+8.48.02%E2%80%AFPM.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Checkbox Tiles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/8e6b6598-68f1-4e06-83be-da4b980c29f7/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+8.48.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Free Response Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/9d83af76-a4cc-4d53-aa6e-8123d006801b/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+8.52.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Card Sort Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/1e4c4cd2-10a1-4101-adb0-a913db509d2e/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+8.49.27%E2%80%AFPM.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Ordered List Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/8f2102aa-3cd6-4e57-8573-db4e8ff5e221/Sketch_2-3.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Sketch Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/26526df1-aeda-4cef-b7f3-43f9af43d4b5/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+8.54.33%E2%80%AFPM.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Multiple Choice Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/7eaac0ca-1ea5-430f-b104-9f547c072a3e/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+8.53.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Math Response Component https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/38e49324-3f0e-45c0-968f-e69716317620/Screen+Recording+2026-02-16+at+4.40.53%E2%80%AFPM.gif Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/aaa98288-fd4a-4130-b5e2-a9c9b3ed7574/Screen+Recording+2026-02-16+at+4.19.15%E2%80%AFPM.gif Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/a2d5a764-f80e-42a9-9359-cd66982cc4ac/style+guide.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/c9173e32-1a4d-4899-8aed-6c25d11ca6b5/K-5+best+practices.png Amplify K-5 Design System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.whitneywatts.com/k-5digitalreadingexperience daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/bdb73e7e-2a1b-4295-b366-dbab0d6689fe/K-5+ereader+cover+image.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/bfefabde-3ba4-415f-8afa-e2f3b3e7053e/ereaderlibrary.gif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/74f43ae1-9bf7-4cba-92d1-725084b5ff63/k5ereader.gif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/cd7bffe2-a109-4f2d-a8e7-43952f2802ad/Assign+redesign+thumbnail.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/6d6bfa6b-9b4a-4071-8972-3593cbe4428c/True+blue+design+system+thumbnail.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/cef09e87-0dd9-4e12-8c41-b72b2c235f12/updated+existing+ereader+flows.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/0965826b-9fe8-4dec-a8e1-9d4516a48ea9/Competive+Analysis+Gallery+View+copy.gif K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Make it stand out Overview of competitive analysis gallery in Airtable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/19e4667c-0de4-4482-bacf-90da242c9a82/teacher+i+need+statements.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Teacher Needs The most common request among teachers was for an enhanced text-to-speech experience, as this functionality is critical for supporting students who struggle with reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/641ad54a-dcd2-4486-a6d9-270af1326eff/student+i+need+statements.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Student Needs Students also requested an improved text-to-speech experience, as this is a preferred reading method for many. Customized book interest recommendations were among the top requests from students. Students wanted an easier way to preview books before deciding whether to read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/4714eec7-a43e-45e0-81bb-35b33dc79f18/Lofi+Wireframes+eReader.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/e74b1122-5b93-4705-9921-dd2b6562b0c6/Reading+interest+modal+thumbnail.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Personalized Reading Interest Curation Research has shown that students want to be in charge of their reading preferences and interests, so I designed an onboarding flow that allows students to select their preferred book topics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/a569ad03-de63-4b98-980f-cd42513f734e/Speech+to+text+thumbnail.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Enhanced Text-to-Speech Experience An improved text-to-speech experience was one of the major requests teachers had during testing. This feature improvement was ultimately implemented by my client (to an existing product). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/d621019d-2226-4f6e-adea-b544767938f8/Library+search+page+thumbnail.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Improved “Search” Experience for young students To be inclusive of younger students who couldn’t type in a search bar, I designed a “Search” page that instead relied on visuals and keyword buttons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6118a889e615cb76fba8d6ae/14118afd-34aa-49d7-ae82-ebb1bd5b2218/book+preview+modal.png K-5 Digital Reading Experience - Book Preview Students expressed wanting an easier way to preview books before deciding whether to read.