How to conduct a user interface inspection?
Assignments
New
Heuristic Inspection Assignment Mon Feb 8th 11:59pm PT
One-Minute Summaries and Questions
How to Use Heuristic Evaluations to Improve Product Designs Thu Jan 28th 11:59pm PT
Severity Ratings for Usability Problems Thu Jan 28th 11:59pm PT
Weekly Quiz
Week 3 Review Quiz Sun Jan 31st 11:59pm PT
Required Readings
How to Use Heuristic Evaluations to Improve Product Designs (8 minute read)
Severity Ratings for Usability Problems (5 minute read)
BlackBoard Collaborate Session Slides
Usability Inspections — Mini-lectures and Activities | PDF | Recording (Look in Hamburger menu)
Week 3 Review and Discussion | PDF | Recording (Look in Hamburger menu)
Supplemental Materials
Supplemental Readings
Cognitive Walkthrough
A step-by-step evaluation of a system, from the viewpoint of a specific type of user.
- Assessing usability with Cognitive Walkthrough
- Cognitive Walkthrough: bare bones - quickie example
- The Streamlined Cognitive Walkthrough Method (PDF)
- Usability Inspection: Cognitive Walkthrough
Heuristic Evaluations
The evaluation of a user interface against a checklist of design rules or heuristics.
- An Introduction To Heuristic Evaluation
- How to Conduct a Heuristic Evaluation
- How to run an heuristic evaluation
- Jakob Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
- Severity Ratings for Usability Problems
- Applying ISO 9241-110 Dialogue Principles to Tablet Applications in Emergency Medical Services (PDF)
- Ergonomics of human-system interaction -- Part 110: Dialogue principles
- Usability Expert Reviews: Beyond Heuristic Evaluation
