Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Course
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course
Overview
In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software.
This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.
Download and print our 2 page Usability evaluation & testing course brochure in PDF format.
2008 dates and locations
| Brisbane | Sydney | Melbourne | Canberra | Adelaide | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Feb |
TBA | 7 May | On demand - please email interest | |||
Who should attend
- Business analysts
- Content and business owners involved in creating web content
- Online communications officers
- Producers
- Designers
- IT and web managers
- Testers
- Developers
- Usability specialists and user centred designers
Course outline
Module 1: Usability design guidelines & heuristics
- Understanding common user behaviour and usability design guidelines / heuristics
Module 2: Expert reviews - desktop evaluations
- Writing personas and scenarios for usability evaluations
- Heuristic evaluations using checklists
- Cognitive walkthroughs using personas and scenarios
- Limitations and drawbacks of expert reviews
Module 3: Usability testing
- What to test and when in the development lifecycle
- Where to test - field studies versus internal offices / meeting rooms versus usability laboratory
- Design a usability study and writing test plans
- Recruiting test participants
- Conducting tests
- Tips and traps for successful usability tests
- Evaluating results
- Ethics of testing with humans
Module 4: Tools, technologies and logistics
- Technologies available to conduct usability testing
- Eyetracking
- Consent forms
- Log sheets
- Participant compensation and purchasing policies
Module 5: Communicating results
- Effectively communicating results
- Report writing
- PowerPoint and video presentations
Costs and registration
Module 1: Usability design guidelines & heuristics
- Understanding common user behaviour and usability design guidelines / heuristics
Module 2: Expert reviews - desktop evaluations
- Writing personas and scenarios for usability evaluations
- Heuristic evaluations using checklists
- Cognitive walkthroughs using personas and scenarios
- Limitations and drawbacks of expert reviews
Module 3: Usability testing
- What to test and when in the development lifecycle
- Where to test - field studies versus internal offices / meeting rooms versus usability laboratory
- Design a usability study and writing test plans
- Recruiting test participants
- Conducting tests
- Tips and traps for successful usability tests
- Evaluating results
- Ethics of testing with humans
Module 4: Tools, technologies and logistics
- Technologies available to conduct usability testing
- Eyetracking
- Consent forms
- Log sheets
- Participant compensation and purchasing policies
Module 5: Communicating results
- Effectively communicating results
- Report writing
- PowerPoint and video presentations
Costs and registration
The cost for this one day course is $495 plus GST = $544.50 - Includes lunch, refreshments and all course materials including examples and templates that you can use in your own organisation.
Discounts
- Register 3 participants from the same organisation on the same course and the 4th person can attend for free OR
- Register the same person for more than one course and receive a 20% discount for subsequent courses.
Register online today as our course numbers are strictly limited.
Brochure and more information
Download and print our 2 page Usability evaluation & testing course brochure in PDF format.
For further information on this our any of our other courses, please Contact us.