1. USABILITY
REPORTS
HYBRID PRESENTATION & WRITTEN
REPORT

2. REPORT STRUCTURE
1. Title page 5. Methodology
2. Table of contents 6. Findings
3. Executive 7. Recommendation
Summary s
4. Introduction 8. Conclusion
9. Author info
10.Appendix

3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• High-level summary of purpose, procedure, key findings
• Not more than one page
• Write last, place first

4. INTRODUCTION
1. Purpose of your research (audience you tested for)
2. Preview of report sections

5. METHODOLOGY
1. Describe procedures
2. Describe types of measure and types of data collected
3. Describe participants (demographics, data from
background questionnaire – aggregated & table)

6. FINDINGS
1. Aggregated – summaries across tasks
2. For each task:
A. Report all metrics
B. Summarize important findings from interviews
C. Identify usability issues

7. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. List usability issue & corresponding severity rating (in
decreasing order of severity: High, Medium, Low)
2. For each issue, include your recommendation for
interface changes & rationale for recommendation
Can be presented in a table

8. CONCLUSION
• 1-2 paragraphs: summary & main take-away

9. AUTHOR INFO
• Please insert in the beginning, the end, or wherever you
feel comfortable, information about each one of the four
authors.
• Follow the format illustrated on the next slide 

10. FIRST NAME, LAST NAME
First name Last name is a PhD/Master’s student in Department at Purdue University. Her/His
main interest is…. (keep it SHORT, or people won’t remember). email@purdue.edu

11. APPENDIX
Data for each participant:
1. Demographics, background questionnaire
2. Measures & findings for each task & post-session
questionnaire

12. RESOURCES
• Templates useful for structure & content of each section:
http://www.usability.gov/templates/index.html (See long &
research style)
• Sample report (although text-heavy)
http://prprofmv.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/sample-report/

13. FORMATTING
• Scannable, easy to read for a busy audience
• Business report, not APA paper
• Use graphs, tables, headings & subheadings, pull-out
quotes, bolded text, white space
• Can be submitted in PowerPoint format! The report you
submit will have more text than the slides you use for the
in-class presentation on Dec. 5

14. GRADING
Report: 10 points + Presentation: 5 points = 15 points
An excellent report:
• Communicates purpose, methods and findings clearly and
effectively
• Includes all information needed to interpret the data
• Presents data clearly, correctly, and effectively
• Identifies usability issues clearly
• Makes clear recommendations for avoiding these usability
issues in future iterations of the website

15. PRESENTATION
• 15-20 minutes + 5 min Q&A
• Skip purpose of research
• Explain only methods details that may be different from
other groups
• Focus on findings and usability issues
• Use clear and simple communication – 1 idea/slide!
• Show good coordination among group members
• Grading: 5 out of the 15 points for UR3