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Bryan Babcock - Information Technology, Volunteer Legal Services Project
John Banning - National Community Lead, TechBridge
Rick Rose - Sr. Salesforce Product Architect, TechBridge
Exploratory or Formative Usability Testing
Scenario: In the initial phases of development you want to judge users reactions to the design.What/Why: Exploratory usability tests are done early in the design phase, often using paper prototypes*. This type of test requires a lot of interaction between the moderators and the testers. It can help surface
Remote testing
Remote testing allows you to conduct usability tests with the participants utilizing their own computers through online usability programs. Although these can be customized, overall the tests are between 15 and 30 minutes and contain 3-5 tasks per test. They can be moderated or unmoderated, depending on your needs and the platform.
In-person testing
In person testing allows you to see and interact with users in real time, with minimal barriers. If you choose to test your site with in-person testers (where you monitor and your testers share a physical space) there are a few options:
Mediated vs. Unmediated Testing
Below are some of the differences between mediated and unmediated user testing.
Mediated
Unmediated
Staff person walks the tester(s)through a series of tests and follows a script
Less structured allowing the user to act naturally with minimal input
Script describes the test, handles user questions, and concludes the test
The webinar is Language Access Strategies for Legal Aid Websites and will look at some of the topics surrounding removing language as a barrier to access online content. We will cover topics including maintaining multilingual content, where machine translation fits into the translation workflow, and how are people with limited English currently using online resources. We don’t have the solid takeaways like in the phishing webinar but there were a few interesting points we discussed.
Website Usability Testing Guide
This guide is designed to assist you and your program to understand the basics of usability and website usability testing. It is broken down into the following sections with subsections to provide a thorough understanding of the field.
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Why Test for Usability?
Usability testing will save staff time, money and administrative overhead by defining what users need, how they find information and what information they are searching for. By listening to users, understanding how they interact with your site or tool, and responding to the needs users actually articulate programs can avoid spending unnecessary time and resources and better serve their users.
What are Usability and Usability Testing?
A website should be easy and intuitive to navigate for the website user. Jackob Neilson defines usability as the “quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use.” Although user’s opinion of a site can be helpful, usability refers specifically to how well people engage with a website. Neilson develops five “quality components” that we will use throughout this guide as benchmarks for a usable site. These include:
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