Table 3.

Co-design sessions’ content.

Co-design session and content planned		Covered content	Activities and methods	Achievements
1, 2, and 3—Strategy: user needs and product objectives
	Identification of content and functional requirements that must be included to meet the user’s needs	Identification of the needs; identification of tool requirements based on prioritized needs and the variables to consider; and comparison of existing tools	Sorting method; brainstorming; persona; and workshops in subgroups	Identification of 8 needs not covered by any contents or functionalities in the other tools
4 and 5—Scope and structure: functional specifications, content requirement, interaction design, and information architecture
	Identification of content and functional requirements that must be included to meet the user’s needs (continued); design of information architecture to facilitate intuitive access to content; interaction design: development of the course of the application with the aim of facilitating the user’s tasks and defining how the user interacts with the functionalities of the site	Identification of content and functional requirements to meet the 8 user’s needs not covered by the other tools; choice of functionalities and design of information architecture	Group brainstorming; paper prototype; development from the material provided of the desired site architecture in 3 subgroups	Creation of 3 interactive PDF files (based on paper prototypes) representing what the tool should look like, what functionalities it should include, and how it should be organized
6—Structure and skeleton: interaction design and information architecture and information design
	Design of information architecture (continued); interaction design (continued); design of the interface elements to facilitate the user’s interactions with the functionalities of the application: navigation, terminology, density of the text, and interface	Creation of content for different functionalities and pages and result ranking filter	Brainstorming and workshops in subgroups	Content for the caregiver profile, resource profile, needs identification questionnaire, visual analog scale, and draft of the caregiver’s testimony video and first draft of the research tool
7—Skeleton: interface and navigation design
	Design of the interface elements (continued)	Validation of the content created in Session 6; discussion of privacy issues as opposed to the user experience; finalization of the algorithm database for the search tool; determination of the degree of detail of the search results; development of the keyword lexicon; and validation of the information architecture and interaction design of the site with a medium-fidelity prototype (clickable version)	Workshops in subgroups	Adjustment of the need identification questionnaire; and layout proposal for search results on the results page; draft of the keywords lexicon in association with the database
8—Skeleton: aesthetic
	Graphic treatment of interface elements, and visual treatment of the text, elements on the page and navigation.	Usability test of a high-fidelity prototype (Web); presentation of different homepage proposals;-verification of the understanding of the visual analog scale; decision on which information should appear on the results page and in which form; content creation for pop-ups, pre-checking of phrases to support the quality of service, and draft for the virtual tours video; and finalization of the list of keywords (lexicon) in association within the database	Pretest; workshops in subgroups; and open discussion	Completed list of keywords (lexicon) in association with the database; collection of co-designers' impressions about the site in general; and draft of virtual tours video