Exciting news! We have released some big changes to your Picmonic experience. This launch brings you the most streamlined platform so you can study more effectively and efficiently.
Behind the scenes, we have been working diligently to bring the best audiovisual learning solution to you. We’ve had the most incredible advocates, members, educators, vendors and teammates join us on this adventure. And it’s because of you that we are making these changes. Your feedback, ideas, thoughts and even complaints have been the driving factors for creating the ultimate audiovisual learning solution.
We believe in the incredible power of education, whether it is helping educate better doctors or inspiring an 8th grader to fall in love with science again. We knew our visual learning platform was in need of a refresh, but in order to do it we had to make sure we knew exactly what you loved and didn’t about it currently.
When we sat down to begin preliminary discussions on improving Picmonic, we centered each conversation around one goal: Make Picmonic the most effective, most reliable visual learning platform on the planet so that we improve the successes of our members.
Using surveys, analytics, and user testing, we identified three major areas for improvement:
- User Interface Upgrades
- Study Enhancements
- Track Your Progress Easier
User Interface Upgrades
In order to really improve ease of use and streamline organization, we had to overhaul the user interface. We aimed for familiarity in the transition to the new experience, so that our members could seamlessly begin using the upgraded site, even if they are in the middle of their studying. It was imperative that any member could jump in at any given time and begin learning and remembering.
We’ve surveyed our users and conducted user testing to understand the features you all love and figured out how to make them more accessible. Some of those changes are:
- Highest rated features always in view
- Library homepage links
- Labels and hover states
- Streamlined account settings view
- Link to Picmonic Creator in the sidebar
And we’ve also added Dark & Light modes, making it easier on everyone’s eyes who have those late night study sessions after a long day.
We believe that Picmonic acts, looks, and feels better, but we’ll leave it up to you to make the final call.
Study Enhancements
Increasing our members’ ability to learn, retain and recall information is what the Picmonic team lives and breathes for. While we’re not reinventing our platform completely, these adjustments are to give you a better experience so the focus stays on the material.
Mini Player – Keep watching and listening as you navigate Picmonic.
Auto-Play – Continuous play for on-the-go listening.
Video Player – Facts are now on the right, making it easier to follow along and read at the same time
Quickstart Playlists – With new visuals and improved categories, easily play though a single playlist to power through a topic.
Track Your Progress Easier
Last but not least, tracking your achievements has been simplified. Our members are brilliant. And we mean that. THEY ARE BRILLIANT. So brilliant, in fact, we want to make sure you know it too. Your Daily XP Goal is now easily found when you log in, as well as all of your Achievements.
Monitoring your progress and tracking your goals are so important. Now you can easily view 10 weeks or three months of history and hold yourself accountable.
And if you want to get extra competitive about your performance, you can track your rank against other Picmonic users in each Achievement League.
Today is your first day on the newest platform, and the metaphorical turning of the page in Picmonic’s next chapter. We hope you love the new experience as much as we loved creating it. Enjoy the new Picmonic. Together, let’s make learning substantially easier.
With love and dreams for the future,
The Picmonic Team
