Week11: November 1

Topic: Site Assessment and Usability

Read for Class:

• From Safari Books Online
  • Jeff Rubin, Dana Chisnell Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests:  Read Chapters 1, 2, and 5
• usability.gov (opens in new window) Skim only
• From the web (skim)
  • https://www.uxpin.com/web-design-trends-2016-definitive-guide?section=microinteractions
  • https://hbr.org/2012/09/the-secret-phrase-top-innovato
  • http://www.designkit.org

Do for class:

• site assessment: bring to class an overview of where your team is in terms of design, architecture, and content
• think through how the web readings relate to usability

In class:

• exercise on the readings, usability, and what you know about web design
• site assessment exercise with your personas
  • create a flow chart based a series of tasks that relate to how your personas will move through the site (this directly intersects with creating a usability test protocol)
• creating usability test protocol
• project work