{"id":14794,"date":"2019-07-03T12:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=14794"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:23","slug":"14794","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/03\/14794\/","title":{"rendered":"UMSI students help make civic tools work for Detroit residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"diverse group of people sitting in room talking\" class=\"wp-image-14796\"\/><figcaption>(UMSI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Detroit has a lot of data to share. The challenge is making this data accessible to residents. So, the city partnered with\u00a0Data Driven Detroit\u00a0to solve the problem. Together, they formed a user testing group,\u00a0CUTgroup Detroit, and enlisted the School of Information (UMSI) to contribute the user testing acumen necessary to ensure the voices of Detroit residents would be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guiding principle of CUTgroup, or Civic User Testing Group, is \u201cif it doesn\u2019t work for you, it doesn\u2019t work.\u201d The tools UMSI students helped test would connect residents to information about school districts, crime, demographics, and property values. This data could inform Detroit residents as they make important decisions about their lives.  \u201cCUTgroup is a unique opportunity to talk to people about their daily problems and connect them to solutions,\u201d said UMSI project lead&nbsp;<strong>Scott TenBrink<\/strong>.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Detroit has a lot of data to share. The challenge is making this data accessible to residents. So, the city partnered with\u00a0Data Driven Detroit\u00a0to solve the problem. Together, they formed a user testing group,\u00a0CUTgroup Detroit, and enlisted the School of Information (UMSI) to contribute the user testing acumen necessary to ensure the voices of Detroit\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/03\/14794\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,130,260,585],"class_list":["post-14794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-community-service","tag-research","tag-si","tag-testing"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499.jpg",674,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499-200x134.jpg",200,134,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-768x432.jpg",665,374,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-700x394.jpg",600,338,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499.jpg",674,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499.jpg",674,450,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499-665x444.jpg",665,444,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Detroit_CUTgroup_small-1-e1563467521499.jpg",374,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The City of Detroit has a lot of data to share. 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