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Prior to user testing we introduced our users to our problem statement, told them they would be testing our website as teachers - which is their profession - and provided users with a website briefing (below). We then presented them user tasks (below) to complete, one at a time. We encouraged them to talk out loud and explain what they were doing & provide feedback during testing, which we took notes of, during testing. We used these notes to . This helped us identify usability problems with our interface and come up with suggest potential solutions in an evaluation (below).
Website Briefing:
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You are the fourth grade elementary teacher, Tammy. As a teacher, you have many things to do before the weekend. Please, complete the following tasks: 1. Greg, Elisa, and Barbara have a group project on ancient empires. You found the following webpage link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires and you thought it might be useful to share this link with (the parents of) Greg, Elisa, and Barbara. Your task it to share this website with their group. 2. Sarah and several other students recently failed your math midterm. As a usually high performing student, Sarah's mom, Brenda is concerned and messaged your about Sarah's performance. You want to schedule a study session for the students who have C's in the class and respond to Brenda's message. Your task is to: 3. You've finished preparing grades for all but a couple of students. You still want to send out grades but also want to let the parents who receive no reports that their children's grades will come soon. Your task is to: |
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Evaluation:
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