RevisionDojo
RevisionDojo is the fastest growing edtech startup, providing digital IB study tools to 400,000+ users.
My team developed a scalable navigation system to anchor the products rapid growth.
Team
1 Designer (Me)
2 Developers
2025
The Mission
Unifying 500+ features into a new search system.
As an Edtech tool, RevisionDojo's features need to cover alot of content. 30+ subjects of it (15+ features per subject). Yet, students usually arrive with a single, specific goal
Key Insight
Students use only 10% of the app
Students focus on just 6/30 subjects, so the remaining content adds friction instead of value.
Key Insight
Current search couldn't support this.
Hundreds of results are returned in a single infinite list without reliable means to filter though them.
Solution
Segmenting search through filters
We split search between subject and features. Subjects serve as a pre-flight filter so returned search results are relevant.
Solution
The pre-search screen
Insights from user research revealed that blank search screens were daunting. So we added a pre-search screen filled with features and options to provide visual guidance.
Design Decision
Result need to be scannable.
Each cell's content was carefully considered. Students could be crawling through hundreds of results, so we needed to make sure we could communicate a whole feature's value in just a few points.
Design Decision
Drawing Features
The search bar also supports feature discovery for new users. Since many of RevisionDojo's features are unfamiliar, I created illustrations to help communicate their purpose at a glance without relying on heavy text.
Key Learnings
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Don't reinvent the wheel and over engineer a crazy complicated solution for a simple problem. Alot of this project was spent learning to lean on precedents.
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Be a chronic communicator. It became a habit to share updates/looms with engineers, teammates, and stakeholders to keep everyone up to date.