Week 4 Outline
- Updates on project 1
- Evaluation methods and the software design process
- Continue discussion of Test plan and materials (Rubin and Chisnell ch. 5 and 8)
- Questions on current project (test plan)
- Review test objectives
- Guest speaker: Amy Willis
- Ethics of conducting a usability test
- Selecting and recruiting participants (Rubin and Chisnell ch. 7)
- Number of test participants (Jakob Nielsen)
- Probability of Discovery Calculator
- Pilot testing for next week
- Schedule pilot tests for onsite teams
- D2L discussion on recording options (recommended for online teams)
- Writing good task instructions
- Conducting the test (Rubin and Chisnell ch. 9)
- Debriefing (Rubin and Chisnell ch. 10)
- Preparing the report (Rubin and Chisnell ch. 11)