Client:
Platform:
LMS / Course Creation Platform
Scope:
End-to-end product design — research, IA, UX strategy, workflows, UI system, and interaction design
Role:
Lead Product Designer
About
Terra.do is a climate-focused education platform helping professionals transition into climate careers through expert-led programs, workshops, and learning experiences. Their mission is to accelerate climate action by making climate education more accessible and practical.
The project focused on enabling educators and climate specialists to create comprehensive climate courses faster using AI-assisted workflows.
The Challenge
Creating high-quality climate education programs required significant effort from educators and subject matter experts.
We created an AI-powered class builder that could
Help teachers create climate courses efficiently
Blend manual authoring with AI-assisted generation
Simplify complex course structures
Maintain educator control and flexibility
Support both beginners and climate professionals
The discovery phase focused on understanding
How educators currently structure courses
Opportunities for AI intervention without reducing creative control
Pain points in lesson creation
Support both beginners and climate professionals
Mental models around curriculum building
Key Findings
Teachers preferred guided workflows over fully automated generation
Users wanted AI assistance to feel collaborative rather than intrusive
Climate education often relied heavily on references, documents, and research material
Course creation required frequent restructuring and iteration
Educators needed clear hierarchy between modules, sections, and lessons
The class builder was divided into four primary segments.
This segmentation helps the user to clearly structure the class with informative way, reducing confusion between the overview and the in detailed content of the class.
Class Overview Setup
Module Structure Builder
Section & Topic-Level Builder
Slide Editor
Structuring of the class builder started with low fidelity layouts.
Core user flows
Editing workflows
AI interaction opportunities
Navigation patterns
Content hierarchy
Overview Setup
Section & Topic Review
Section Slide Manual Edit
The first step focused on defining the foundation of the course.
Users could
Define what the class is about
Specify the target audience
Set course duration and format
Upload supporting documents and references
Add learning objectives and context
Overview Setup
Clear onboarding into the builder
Guided progression
Flexible document upload experience
Structured prompts for AI context generation
Building the high-level curriculum structure.
Educators could:
Create modules
Organize learning sequences
Reorder topics
Generate module suggestions using AI
Expand or refine curriculum direction
Module Structure Builder
Drag-and-drop flexibility
AI recommendations integrated contextually
Easy restructuring
Maintaining visibility of overall course flow
This stage allowed educators to create lessons and educational content inside each module.
Educators could:
Add sections and lessons
Define learning outcomes
Generate topic ideas using AI
Expand lesson content
Refine educational narratives
Section & Topic-Level Builder
Deep editing flexibility
Efficient lesson authoring
Progressive disclosure of complexity
Clear parent-child content relationships
The final stage focused on content presentation and visual editing.
Educators could:
Edit slide content
Add graphics and visuals
Modify layouts
Refine educational storytelling
Generate supporting content using AI
Slide Editor
Simplified editing experience
Low-friction visual customization
Flexible content layouts
Familiar editing patterns for non-designers
A scalable foundation for AI-assisted climate education creation.
Simplified complex curriculum
creation workflows
Enabled faster
course production
Created a collaborative
AI-assisted teaching experience
Reduced friction in educational
content authoring
Improved structure and
consistency
AI access was intentionally made:
The interface enabled users to:
Generate course structures
Summarize uploaded references
Adjust tone and complexity
Refine lesson content
Create slide drafts
This created a balanced human + AI authoring experience.
