This document summarizes the results of usability testing conducted on Yufind, an alternative interface for Yale University Library's catalog. Usability tests were conducted to evaluate whether users would see and successfully use facets to filter search results. While facets were sometimes seen and used, subsets did not always make sense and facets were hard to navigate. Based on the tests, recommendations were made to limit the number of facets displayed and make them more focused on user behavior. A survey found that over 50% of respondents preferred Yufind to the previous system and rated it positively. The usability process highlights assessing current user behavior, testing changes, and reassessing to determine standards and priority functionality.
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Presents a summery of two evaluation studies in the field of educational technology. In the first stude the focus is upon the purpose and methodology, however in the seconed the concern is more about the technological features that have been evaluated
Usability testing reveals website weaknesses and gives designers an opportunity to correct them before a site goes live. This is an example of an after-the-fact test of an old site that highlights the basics of how a usability test is done.
by Robert Schumacher, Ph.D.
Presentation given on 21 May to the GCC HIMSS group in Chicago with ~50 people present.
www.usercentric.com
The point was to provide some background on usability (a gentle introduction to some of the science), some case studies, and introduce the measurement AND design components of user centered design.
Note because of all the animations, some pages do not view properly. Please contact me if you would like more information:
bob at usercentric.com
Usability Tips And Tricks For Beginners Experience Dynamics Web SeminarExperience Dynamics
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What is behind the science of usability? How do we know when something is easy, easy to learn and satisfying?
Why is usability so important for any product, website, software or web application (including Rich Internet Applications)?
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There are so many software products and systems with immature usability that it is for sure that most people have enough frustrating experiences to acknowledge the low level of use that usability strategies, models and methods have in software construction.
However, usability is not at all an extra but a basic for a software system: people productivity and comfort is directly related to the usability of the software they use (in their work or at home) and several quality attribute classifications agree on the importance of considering usability as a quality attribute the seminar will discuss and debunk three myths that stand in the way of the proper incorporation of usability features into software systems. These myths are:
• usability problems can be fixed in the later development stages.
• usability has implications only for the non-functional requirements.
• the general statement of a usability feature (“The system must incorporate the undo feature”) is a sufficient specification.
A pattern-oriented solution that support developers in incorporating usability features into their requirements and designs is presented
My role in this engagement was :
Conduct research to understand challenges with the existing application and workflow challenges
Review existing application
Recommend new workflow and design to meet the needs of the Pharmacy consultant
Evaluating and Improving Software UsabilityXBOSoft
Presented at Software Test Professionals, New Orleans 2012;
Today’s web-based applications (WebApps) containing complex business logic and which are sometimes critical to operating the business, now must have an increased focus on usability as well as the newer and broader term, user experience. Especially with SaaS based business models where users can switch applications at a heartbeat and pay by the month (or even a free trial), both usability and user experience become paramount as there is no up-front investment forcing a user to stay. The ISO 25010 standard describes a model for general usage in specifying and evaluating software quality requirements, one of which is usability, but there are no models or formal definitions for user experience, nor its relation to usability. For usability, ISO 25010 is intended as a general guideline to be adapted based on a specific context and lacks implementation specifics. UX, on the other hand, does not have any formal standard definition, although some models have been developed regarding its elements. Models and research have been used mostly for the purpose of understanding, rather than evaluating improvements. In this session, we draw relationships between usability and user experience and explore measurement and evaluation methods that can be used as the first step toward improvement.
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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Report on Usability Process and Assessment of Yufind
1. Report on Usability Process and
Assessment of Yufind
Nelinet
May 27, 2009
Usability and Assessment at Yale University Library
http://www.library.yale.edu/usability
2. 2 Assess current behavior
Collecting evidence from Orbis log files.
3. Log file line
3
12/2/07 20:06 20071202200646
Title Index
TALL JOHN DOGGET JNR
0
4. Log file sample descriptive data
4
Most common search: title (41.8%) followed by
keyword (31.4%)
Average search phrase is 2.5 words long
Most common phrase searched is united states
Most common number of hits: 0 (21.4% )
5. Examples of title searches
5
BOOKS ON PHOTOGRAPHY?
ALABAMA 2004?
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CHILDREN? Topic
JOHNSON, JAMES? Name
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES:
A READER? Close
11. 11 Conduct usability tests
After deciding to implement Yufind, use data
from log files to help design usability tests
12. Creating usability tests for Yufind
12
Objective: Would the participant see and choose
facets? (more than 26% of the time)
Priority = High
Success = See and try to use the facets
Objective: Would the participant use facets
successfully?
Priority = High
Click on the appropriate facet and reach desired outcome
within two clicks
15. Questions
15
Find books within a set by a particular author
(John Adams).
In a set of books about healthcare, find some
that are about healthcare reform.
Within a subject-based display of ebooks
find a topic-based subset.
17. Facets: key findings
17
Were seen and sometimes used but
Subsets didn’t always make sense
Hard to navigate (not alphabetical)
Little use of call number facet
Some preferred search refinement to facets
Participants noted potential usefulness: format,
language
Some users are a target market, others are not
18. Did facets increase metadata use? YES
18
Search Refinement
Opportunities for Facet with 2nd search
facet use Use|Success Use|Success
5 (question 2a
undergraduate) 3|1 3|1
5 (question 5a
undergraduate) 2|2 1|0
8 (question 5
medical) 4|4 4|1
9|7 8|1
All opportunities=18 50.0% | 38.9% 44.4% | 16.7%
20. Best practices for facets
20
Implement a more narrowly focused search
Present a limited number of facets based on user
behavior
Good facets require good data
Well defined, mutually exclusive and have clear
labels
Facets work best when they are tied to the level of
the search of selection process
25. Survey (83 respondents)
25
79.3% found the results they expected and 75.6%
found what they needed
41 respondents or 50% tried facets. Of these,
85.0% were positive about the results.
57.8% of respondents preferred Yufind to Orbis
System Usability Score = 66
26. First place you would look to find a
26
book?
Answer Options Response Count Percent
Orbis 33 40.2%
Yufind 29 35.4%
Google 14 17.1%
Amazon 4 4.9%
Worldcat 2 2.4%
30. Effective and efficient search and
30
delivery
Provide alternative navigation through facets
Visual shelf list
Integration with circulation/ordering/ILL
31. Usability process
31
Assess current behavior
Conduct usability protocol testing
Implement changes and re-assess
Determine standards & priority functionality
Need more cooperative efforts
32. 32 Results available
Send questions to kathleen.bauer@yale.edu
http://www.library.yale.edu/libepub/usability/yulstudies.html
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