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Introduce Facilitation in Your Next Testing Initiative: January 28, 2013

Key Takeaways A facilitated testing program uses a three-stage approach that motivates testers to actively engage with a system by first introducing the expected changes and th…
Making Web Accessibility Work for Your Institution Is Everyone's Business: May 31, 2012

Making sure that all students, faculties, and staffs have access to web content is critical in education today. When those individuals have disabilities, access may well depend on what it is th…
Beyond Resizing: Best Practices in Mobile Site Design: May 31, 2012 | A session at the Southeast Regional Conference
As mobile device technology progresses every year, mobile usage of the web grows and transforms with it. Atkins Library researches and performs usability tests to provide an ideal mobile user exper…
Infomaki: An Open Source, Lightweight Usability Testing Tool: September 21, 2009

Infomaki is an open source “lightweight” usability testing tool developed by the New York Public Library to evaluate new designs for the NYPL.org web site and uncover insights about our patro…
Results-Based Interaction Design: November 17, 2008

© 2008 Meredith Weiss. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ ). EDUCAU…
The Why and How of Web Accessibility: April 4, 2008

The challenge of web accessibility raises issues of both policy and technology. This session features experts in each of these two areas. Policy guru Tracy Mitrano says: "Developing a web…
Improving Web Usability with a Content Management System: October 25, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Low-cost usability testing is a useful technique for improving a Web site's organization and function. This technique is especially effective for universities using content management systems …
Seminar 16P - Web Usability 101: Watch (and Discuss) a Live Test PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.: October 23, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Working in pairs, participants will be led through an informal usability test based in part on Steve Krug's excellent script in "Don't Make Me Think" (www.sensible.com). One par…
Designing for Experts: How Scholars Approach an Academic Library Web Site: January 1, 2004

This study examines the use of an academic library Web site by experienced researchers and active scholars. It is part of a larger effort to understand how experienced users approach online informa…
Implementing a Usability Lab for Web Development and Academic Stakeholders: January 1, 2003

Usability evaluation is critical to the process of designing self-service Web applications, which must be easy to use without training. We will describe how the University of Minnesota performs usa…

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