The Digital Lab and CDR team developed a four-phase redevelopment plan for the CDR website. Phase 1 of the project aimed to establish how the CDR website should be redesigned based on the results of an environmental scan of similar knowledge translation resources in the field, and through consulting with stakeholders through focused groups. Through directly consulting with prospective users the team was able to capture unique ideas to optimize user experience.

After confirming the objectives for the redevelopment of the CDR website, the Digital Lab developed a high-fidelity mock-up of the site aiming to address stakeholders needs. To improve the experience for users, new features including a search functionality, filterable content and search suggestions based on the user profile were added. These features not only aimed to improve, but also aimed to personalize the experience. Further, the site was fit with a customized content management system (CMS) to ensure that the CDR team would easily be able to maintain the website.

Currently the project is in Phase 3. The internal beta launch was successful, and the collaborative team is finalizing updates to the resource library, and completing the content transfer prior to the public launch in Phase 4.