Usability testing training course

Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - half day course

Overview

  • How to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software
  • How to design, plan and facilitate usability test sessions
  • How to analyse test results and effectively communicate results
  • Logistics, technologies and ethics of usability testing

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2012 dates and locations

Brisbane Sydney Melbourne
14 June (1:30pm) 24 July (9:00am) 14 May (9:00am)
13 November (1:30pm) 6 November (9:00am) 4 December (9:00am)

Courses in Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and other cities are run on demand. Please email us to register your interest.

Venue

Brisbane Sydney Melbourne
The Mill Hotel
239 Wickham Terrace
Spring Hill QLD 4000
Living Planit
109 Pitt St
Sydney NSW 2000
The Jasper Hotel
489 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Costs and registration

The cost for this half 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

  • Earlybird discount. Save 10% - Register 30 days prior to course commencement date to qualify, or
  • 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 10% multiple course discount; or 
  • Returning student discount. 20% for any registered student who had previously attended one of our courses.

Register online today as our course numbers are strictly limited.

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 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 2: Tools, technologies and logistics

  • Tools and technologies available to conduct usability testing including Morae, Five Second Tests, Treejack and eye-tracking
  • Testing mobile web technology and tools
  • Forms, log sheets and test paperwork

Module 3: Communicating results

  • Effectively communicating results
  • Report writing
  • PowerPoint and video presentations

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Where to now?

More information

For further information on this our any of our other courses, please contact us.

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