INLS
818 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar Fall 2011
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School
of Information and Library Science
Wednesdays,
12:30pm 3:15pm, Manning 214
Schedule | Assignments | Projects | Sakai
Group Usability Evaluation Project
The semester project for this
course is a small group project to design, conduct, analyze, and present
results of a usability evaluation.
Groups of 3 to 4 students will be assigned based on a background
questionnaire. Each group will decide on
a system to be analyzed. Written
deliverable reports will be due as shown below.
More details on the structure of each report will be posted.
1.
Identify
system, users, and high-level tasks to be evaluated, determine goals due
Sept 7
2.
Cognitive
walkthrough due Sep 28
3.
Usability
evaluation test plan (draft) due Oct 12 due Oct 19
4.
Usability
evaluation test plan (final) due Oct 26 due Nov 2
5.
Written
report of analysis, findings, and recommendations due Nov 23 due Nov 30
6.
Presentation
to the class due Dec 7
Resources
Websites
o
Usability.gov: templates
o
Usability Testing and Research book
(Barnum): tools/templates, sample reports
o
Usability & User Experience Resources
(STC community): usability
toolkit
o
Usabilitynet.org: tools and methods
Starting
Materials
o
Usability.gov: Questions to Ask at
Kick-Off Meetings
o
Jakob
Nielsens Alertbox, Usability 101: Introduction to
Usability
o
Barnum book:
Agenda
for planning meeting
o
UUER/STC: planning a
site visit
o
Usabilitynet.org: ISO 13407, list of methods
Usability
Test Plans
o
Usability.gov: usability
test plan template
o
UUER/STC: usability
test plan, planning
a test / recruiting users
Usability
Evaluation Materials
o
Usability.gov: usability
testing materials
o
Barnum book: tools / templates
o
UUER/STC: conducting
usability tests, user
surveys / feedback forms
Usability
Reports
o
Usability.gov: research
style, short/informal,
long/formal
o
Barnum book: sample reports
o
UUER/STC: conducting
usability tests, user
surveys / feedback forms