Improving the visualization of the Career Compass tool

Many students start out with a technical program but drop out. To aid the development of the professional identity of students and to help raise these new technical professionals, the Career Compass has been designed. In this research, the topic of visualizing the data and the manipulation of the data to increase clarity is covered. For both steps, participants were asked for their opinion and to input user data in order to gain insight on these aspects. Multiple designs were constructed for both the visualization and data manipulation, supported by user interviews. The conclusion for this research is that the design of the tool can be improved through design principles, which can aid the transfer of the information towards the user.