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You will greatly help us improve our interface if you think aloud as you go through the tasks we will give you.  We welcome any and all feedback, so please say anything that comes to mind!

Scenario Tasks

1. As instructor, create and submit your initial schedule before the season begins.  You wish to work as a children’s snowboard instructor every Sunday during the day, a racing instructor all Tuesday evenings except December 25, 2012 and January 1, 2013, and an adults’ ski instructor on two Friday nights, January 11, 2013 and February 1, 2013.
2. As instructor, request to remove yourself from the schedule for January 20, 2013.
3. As instructor, request to add yourself to the schedule as an adults’ snowboard instructor for the evening shift on January 21, 2013.
4. As admin, notice that the instructor Sam has requested several schedule changes.  Approve his schedule changes.
5. As admin, mark Sam as being excused from his shift on January 13, 2013.  Also mark him as having been absent on December 11, 2012.

Observations

User Test #1

Task 1

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