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Right now, TravelTech is undergoing some basic user testing to gauge its usefulness and user-friendliness. We appreciate your participation in this task and ask you to follow all directions and be as honest as possible in your comments and suggestions.
Tasks - First Prototype
1) Input
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Trip Details
Instructions: You will be in New York from May 23, 2012 to August 1, 2012. Enter this information into the site.
Expected action: Select a location in New York on the map page (first picture below), then select the given start and end dates on the calendar (second picture below).
2) View
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Results
Instructions: Tell me the name of the person who will be about 30km away from you. Then, add this person to "Group 5". Afterwards, save your trip details.
Expected action: Click on the appropriate line on the graph and read off the relevant user information. Then select "Group 5" from the drop-down list and click the "add" button to add the person to the travel group. Finally, click the "Add Trip" button to save personal trip details.
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3) View and Edit Travel Groups
Instructions: Tell me the names of the people in Travel Group 1, and remove one of these people from the group. Then, create a new travel group called "My Group".
Expected action: Click on "Travel Group 1", select a person, click the "Delete person" button then the "close" button. Then, select the "add group" button, type the group name, and hit "submit".
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Results: We completely got rid of the previous graphical representation as all users found it to be too confusing. We replaced it with a more visual interface, allowing the users to see which other users would be near them in a given date range and within a certain radius.
My Info Page: We eliminated the whole notion of travel groups as the users did not find it to be a very useful feature. The "My Info" page now displays the user's previously inputted trips.
Tasks - Second Prototype
1) Input Trip Details
Instructions: You will be in New York from May 23, 2012 to August 1, 2012. Enter this information into the site.
Expected action: Either click New York on the “Map Page” or search for New York via the Search box (also on the “Map Page”), followed by clicking “Save and Continue”, followed by selecting a start date and then an end date, followed by clicking “Travel Tech It”.
2) View Results
Instructions: Tell me how many people are going to be within 20 miles of you, from May 25 to July 30, and name them.
Expected action: Toggle the distance to specify 20 miles and the time range to specify May 25 to July 30. Click on the circle on the map, which will pop up a list of people traveling with those specifications. Read off of the list.
3) View and Edit Trips
Instructions: Change the date range of your trip, as well as the location. Afterwards, delete that trip.
Expected Action: Click on the “My Info” button, select Trip A, click on the “Edit” button on the subsequent pop-up, step through the process of entering trip details, click on “My Info” again, select Trip A again, and hit the “Delete” button.
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