The topic we covered today in class was Usability Testing. A list of books we should look at are:
- Don’t make Me Think by Steve King
- Jakob Nielsen by Kara Pernice
- Eyetracking Web Usability
- Design, Think, Make, Break, Repeat.
When designing any product make sure it is simple and makes sense.
- We looked at fixations which help users take in information.
- Memories
- Typography
We then looked at what specifically usability is.
Testing
Screenflow or Quickflow can be used to test people through recording.
The types of testing are:
- Think Aloud Test
- Standard Test
- Get it testing
- Key Task testing
Usability Metrics
- Efficiency
- Effectiveness
- Satisfaction
Make sure you Run a test script
Write Pre and post test questions. This can be a survey or questions.
Sus is another way to test users. Anything above 68 in a Sus is a good score.
You can evaluate people who use your website. Sus can be done through calculating using a spreadsheet
After test review
Reservoir of Goodwill
Increase Goodwill
The Minimum requirements for usability testing are:
- Firstly Test people
- Write a User scenario
- Record them using the product
- Questionnaire
Online usability Testing
Crowdsourcing is where people remotely give you feedback
Example to check out is: Maze
Reflection
I felt today’s class as very useful and it was good to find out about usability testing. I will try and do some user testing for my elements project or any future ones.