How to plan, conduct, and summarize usability tests?

One-Minute Summaries and Questions

UX design: how to conduct usability testing Jun 10th 11:59pm PDT
Write Better Qualitative Usability Tasks: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid Jun 10th 11:59pm PDT

Weekly Quiz

Week 5 Review Quiz due Jun 12th Jun 12th 11:59pm PDT

Required Readings

UX design: how to conduct usability testing (18 minute read)
Write Better Qualitative Usability Tasks: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid (10 minute read)

BlackBoard Collaborate Session Slides

Usability Testing — Mini-lectures and Activities | PDF

Week 5 Review and Discussion | PDF

Supplemental Materials

Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug: Usability Demo

Supplemental Readings

Usability Testing
An evaluation method where participants try to complete certain tasks using a specific system.

Usability Test Surveys
Post-session usability test surveys which have been shown to be valid and reliable.

Usability Test Tasks
Creating effective tasks for observational usability tests.

Remote Usability Testing
An evaluation method where participants at a distance try to complete certain tasks using a specific system.

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Week 5 (Jun 6 - 12)