These slides were used during a workshop on Usability Testing - an intro.
We covered the following topics:
1) What is user experience?
2) Why is usability important
3) How do we evaluate usability?
4. Topics
• What is user experience?
• What is usability?
• Why is usability important?
• How do we evaluate usability?
• Things to keep in mind
• The workshop
5. User Experience (UX)
User experience is how
useful and usable a product,
system or service is and how
people feel about it.
6. What is usability?
• Learnability
• Efficiency
• Memorability
• Recoverability
• Satisfaction
Nielsen Norman Group
7. Why is usability important
People will leave…
…If it’s difficult
…If they get lost
…If they find it hard to read
8. How do we evaluate
Usability?
• Recruit some representative
users
• Ask users to perform tasks
• Observe users successes and
failures
10. Accessibility vs Usability
• An accessible website will
benefit all users
• Websites aren’t usable until
they’re accessible
• Usability implies accessibility,
not always in reverse
11. Accessibility Testing vs
Usability Testing
• Methodology is the same
• Recruiting is more specific
• Tech set up is often very
personal to the user
22. Running a Usability Test
Usability Tests help you to validate your design decisions with real users. They are a key
ingredient to creating a successful experience.
The Tip Sheet
• Create research objectives
• Identify recruitment specs
• Write recruitment screener
• Test plan and script
Prepare Test Plan
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Analyze Results
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25. Workshop Steps
1) Define research objectives
2) Define the tasks
3) Create the test script
4) Conduct the usability test
5) Analysis and report
6) Discuss findings and
recommendations
27. Step 1:
Define 3 research objectives:
“What do we want to learn about this site
and how participants are using it?”
Example:
“How easily can the participant locate the
search field in its current position?”
28. About tasks
• Based on objectives
• Specific
• Examples
29. Step 2:
Define 3 Tasks:
“What are the primary tasks our users will
do on this site?”
Example:
“Using the site, show me how you would
find upcoming events on August 14, 2014.”
31. Step 3:
Create the script:
Based on the tasks, create the test script
that the facilitator will read from during the
test
Example:
“Using the device, show me how you would
search for an event.”
32. Facilitating
• Observation not conversation
• Don’t stay completely silent
• Don’t give away the answer
• Think aloud protocol
34. Capturing
• Recordings – screen, room
• Notes/transcripts
• Type of material needed –
Quotes? Video clips?
35. Step 4:
Conduct the test:
The facilitator will read the script and walk
the participant through the each task
Example:
“Using the device, show me how you would
search for an event.”
38. Step 5:
Analysis and Report:
The group will discuss findings and how to
present.
Example:
During our usability test we discovered this
and this. Here is our recommendation *think
back to the various reporting methods*