E V A L UA T I O N

USABILITY and SOCIABILITY

USABILITY

and

SOCIABILITY

Heuristic User Control / Freedom Flexibility Aesthetic and Minimalist Design Efficiency Interactive Creativity Discussion Tools Mechanisms for Stimulation of Growth/Learning Consistency, Error

Heuristic

User Control / Freedom

Flexibility

Aesthetic and Minimalist Design

Efficiency

Interactive Creativity

Discussion Tools

Mechanisms for Stimulation of Growth/Learning

Consistency, Error

Heuristic – Positive Points User Control / Freedom and Flexibility Use of headers and drop down menus Easy to navigate around site easily Mechanisms for Stimulation of Growth/Learning Learning very much encouraged Nutrition, exercise, caloric intake, etc. Interactive Creativity Multiple channels of information Written, videos, articles, stories, activities

Heuristic – Positive Points

User Control / Freedom and Flexibility

Use of headers and drop down menus

Easy to navigate around site easily

Mechanisms for Stimulation of Growth/Learning

Learning very much encouraged

Nutrition, exercise, caloric intake, etc.

Interactive Creativity

Multiple channels of information

Written, videos, articles, stories, activities

Heuristic – Negative Points Aesthetic and Minimalist Design NOT minimalist Information Overload / Lots of Information Also overload when you first sign up Information and advertisements Discussion Tools Only message boards and individual profiles User Control Signed in unable to access homepage

Heuristic – Negative Points

Aesthetic and Minimalist Design

NOT minimalist

Information Overload / Lots of Information

Also overload when you first sign up

Information and advertisements

Discussion Tools

Only message boards and individual profiles

User Control

Signed in unable to access homepage

Testing and Review

Testing and Review

Heuristic Unifying Purpose and Focus Identity Construction Individual and Group Identity Construction and Maintenance Dynamic Information and Structure Structured Information and Interaction Support Personal Preference Connections to live, offline community activities

Heuristic

Unifying Purpose and Focus

Identity Construction

Individual and Group Identity Construction and Maintenance

Dynamic Information and Structure

Structured Information and Interaction

Support Personal Preference

Connections to live, offline community activities

Heuristic – Positive Points Unifying Purpose and Focus Purpose of health and helping Identity Construction, Individual and Group “ Spark Teams” and Individual Profiles Dynamic Information, Structure, and Interaction Information on an array of topics Presented in array of ways (written, video, stories, lists) Support Personal Prescence Individual tailoring, recognition

Heuristic – Positive Points

Unifying Purpose and Focus

Purpose of health and helping

Identity Construction, Individual and Group

“ Spark Teams” and Individual Profiles

Dynamic Information, Structure, and Interaction

Information on an array of topics

Presented in array of ways (written, video, stories, lists)

Support Personal Prescence

Individual tailoring, recognition

Heuristic – Negative Points Connections to live, offline community activities No such connections found “ Spark Ann Arbor” page Not really much there Information and Learning Focus Healthy Lifestyle and Your Health sections more targeted than Community section Not terrible problems to have

Heuristic – Negative Points

Connections to live, offline community activities

No such connections found

“ Spark Ann Arbor” page

Not really much there

Information and Learning Focus

Healthy Lifestyle and Your Health sections more targeted than Community section

Not terrible problems to have

How often do you find connections from SparkPeople to the community in which you live? How would you rate the level of support through other SparkPeople members regarding your health? Considering health information versus social interaction, which do you find SparkPeople more useful for?

How often do you find connections from SparkPeople to the community in which you live?

How would you rate the level of support through other SparkPeople members regarding your health?

Considering health information versus social interaction, which do you find SparkPeople more useful for?

Seems to be moderately used as intended Well designed Message boards are all specifically titled with topic…most threads seem to adhere to the topic listed / recommended Some threads “veer off” Overall positive thing Interesting, “sex as exercise, sexercise” Individual pages not necessarily high on the content of the website

Seems to be moderately used as intended

Well designed

Message boards are all specifically titled with topic…most threads seem to adhere to the topic listed / recommended

Some threads “veer off”

Overall positive thing

Interesting, “sex as exercise, sexercise”

Individual pages not necessarily high on the content of the website

User’s SparkPages created – 742,618 SparkTeams created – 10,817 Posts – 7,955,000 Videos – 52 Exercise Videos Team and member info difficult to find

User’s SparkPages created – 742,618

SparkTeams created – 10,817

Posts – 7,955,000

Videos – 52 Exercise Videos

Team and member info difficult to find

Calories burned – 4,983,141,395 Cups of water drunk – 136,366,467 Pounds Lost – 6,241,048 Constantly Updated

Calories burned – 4,983,141,395

Cups of water drunk – 136,366,467

Pounds Lost – 6,241,048

Constantly Updated