IWMW 2007: Usability Testing for the WWW

A video recording of this webinar is available at www.youtube.com/abilitynet Did you know: - There are at least 6 million people with dyslexia in the UK - It has a severe effect on as many as 4 million people There are many ways that web designers, app developers and others involved in digital design can help people with dyslexia. This webinar reviews some of the common issues people with dyslexia face in our digital world and present solutions that can be used in many different situations. The session is delivered AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion Robin Christopherson and Joe Chidzik, a Senior Accessibility Consultant at AbilityNet.

It’s all too common that once someone leaves the Library they don’t feel they have a need to return unless it is to return a book, access a computer system or utilize another Library resource. In today’s market you need to keep in touch with your users on-site while also driving constant awareness and interaction outside of the facility. This session will talk about how to continue to engage your patrons. We will dive into how to drive a strong online presence that engages them and draws more interaction than your typical point and click web-presence. We will discuss concepts such as online learning, facilitated sessions and building a strong sense of community for both online and on-site consumption.

Created to supplement the WELSTech 339 panel discussion of technology planning for schools - http://welstech.wels.net

This document outlines the agenda for a session on mobile technologies in education. It includes discussions on arguments for and against mobile integration, BYOD policies, issues of scalability and sustainability, and teacher preparation. Groups will present on these topics and create mind maps. They will also discuss self-efficacy and its role in mobile learning, strategies to address teacher confidence, and considerations for technology policies regarding responsible and acceptable use.

This document outlines the details of a 1:1 laptop program being implemented at Shepparton High School. It discusses the vision and expectations of the program, including students bringing laptops to every class. It provides information on program requirements like backing up data, caring for laptops, acceptable use policies, and insurance. Technical support resources are also mentioned. The document aims to ensure students and families understand how to properly use and care for devices in the new program.

Wilbert Kraan provides a high-level overview of emerging educational technology trends relevant to further and higher education (F/HE). These include (1) learning analytics which can optimize core processes like teaching and learning by gaining insight from student data, (2) research data management which offers opportunities to streamline processes and share infrastructure by enabling efficient data sharing and reuse, (3) outsourcing, cloud services, and shared services which can save costs by sharing common infrastructure while addressing security and customization challenges, (4) eTextbooks which provide interactive personalized content on any device but lack interoperability standards, and (5) massive open online courses which offer free universal education but have unclear business models and high dropout rates.

The document outlines the agenda for the 4th Adobe Connect session of the EDUC5199G course on teaching and learning with mobile technologies. The session will cover instructional design for mobile learning, pedagogical approaches to mobile learning using the CSAM learning design framework, and group presentations. Students will participate in a breakout activity applying pedagogical approaches to designing a mobile learning activity addressing collaboration, situated learning, active learning and learner mobility. The session will include a 15 minute break with students assigned to different Adobe Connect rooms before and after the break. The next session details are provided.

Cloud computing offers small and medium businesses opportunities to reduce costs, increase flexibility and scalability of their IT infrastructure. However, SMBs must consider security, reliability of service and control over customization when adopting cloud solutions. Tablets are becoming a popular mobile device for both personal and business use due to their lightweight portability and long battery life compared to netbooks or notebooks. While tablets excel for media consumption, netbooks and notebooks are still better suited for productivity tasks requiring physical keyboards and multi-tasking capabilities. Mobile devices are increasingly being used for learning and many educational apps exist to create, deliver and assess content on smartphones and tablets.

This document outlines the agenda for an online class session covering digital technologies in adult education. The agenda includes: 1. A check-in with students and questions about the previous lesson. 2. Announcing the winner of an eBadge award for best infographic. 3. An introduction to Twitter chats and a video explaining them. 4. An activity where students participate in a live tweet chat using an online platform. 5. A Q&A about an upcoming Assignment 4. 6. A "To Do" list including deadlines for Assignment 4 and future poster presentations.

This research article examines how genetic and phenotypic variation affect the spring arrival dates of blackcap populations across Europe. The researchers analyzed interactions between a candidate gene for migration (ADCYAP1), wing morphology, sex, and spring arrival date in nine blackcap populations. They found female-specific effects, with longer wings associated with earlier arrival for females but not males. There was also an interaction between ADCYAP1 allele size and wing shape on female arrival date. Within one population in Freiburg, males that overwintered in northwest Europe arrived earlier than other groups. This study helps further the understanding of genetic and environmental influences on migratory traits.

The document discusses the changing role of laboratories in diagnosis and diagnostic decision making. It notes that historically, diagnoses were labels placed on symptoms with little need for testing or effective treatment. Now, accurate diagnoses have serious consequences given more effective therapies. This has led to increased complexity and expectations in diagnostic medicine. The laboratory now plays a central role in the diagnostic process. Establishing acceptable risk for patients requires understanding how test validity, value, and clinical risk are determined. Factors like test purpose, reliability, and how results are used must be considered to optimize outcomes. Educating clinicians is important so medical decision points factor in test limitations and implications for patient risk.

Brandon Stange presented on methods for structuring electronic medical record (EMR) data for analytics. He discussed transforming repeated clinical measurements by standardizing the length of time-series data and clustering common trends together. This involves flattening jagged time-series data and grouping similar patient trends using techniques like k-means clustering. The transformed data can then be stored in a flat table or "long" format to facilitate modeling. Stange emphasized that the needs of advanced analytics differ from traditional business intelligence and that simple methods allow for rapid model generation while maintaining interpretability.

Patrick Lauke presented on the University of Salford's experience redesigning their website to be compliant with web standards. The redesign involved moving from a design using tables and proprietary code to one using semantic HTML and CSS. This presented many challenges including educating internal web authors and ensuring continuous quality assurance. The new design solved issues like poor printing and inaccessible navigation, resulting in a more professional and standardized website.

Este documento describe la comunidad de El Salado en Cuenca, Ecuador donde vive Andrés Torres. Proporciona información sobre las calles principales de la parroquia (Avenida Loja y Don Bosco), los servicios disponibles como un supermercado, tiendas y una escuela, y cómo llegar utilizando transporte público o taxi a lo largo de las principales rutas de acceso.

The document provides instructions for applying a background design and inserting a table layout in Microsoft Word. It describes how to open Word, insert a background picture by selecting it from a file, and resize it to cover the page behind the text. It then explains how to insert a table with two columns and six rows to arrange a newspaper article layout and merge two cells to add a title centered at the top. The instructions conclude by describing how to save the Word document.

Things to consider when designing a website to make your site visitor's life easier!! Note: There were some videos which were show to illustrate a point, however the presentation provides sufficient information and suggestion so you will not miss them.

How can you be confident that you’re organising and labelling your content in ways that best meet the needs of the people using it? What appears logical in the data may not turn out to reflect the way your users see the world. It’s tempting to make assumptions about your users based on your own experiences, but it’s far better to find out directly from the users themselves. For effective information architecture (IA), user research is crucial for developing knowledge about users’ information seeking behaviours, the trigger words they're looking for, and how they understand the subject domain. In this session we’ll look at what user research is and the role it plays in figuring out how to structure successful content-rich websites. We’ll take a whistle-stop tour of a toolbox of user research tools and techniques, and how to mix and match the methods to get the best results. For example, during a typical IA project you’d aim to balance the insights gained from search log and usage data analysis with more qualitative techniques such as interviews (to learn about people's information needs), card sorts (to get a sense of how people group and label content) and tree tests (to find out how people look for content). We’ll also briefly cover personas, surveys, contextual inquiry, usability testing, A/B testing, and diary studies. We’ll use examples to show how a better understanding of your users can help you to support them in finding what they need. You’ll discover why it’s always important to do user research, what methods to use when, and how to avoid some of the potential pitfalls (like recruiting the wrong participants, asking the wrong types of questions, or doing the research in the wrong phase of a project). We’ll also discuss the challenges of finding the time and resources to do the research in the first place, framing it in order to challenge your assumptions, and finally making sure you can deliver value from it in ways that will most benefit your users.

Julie Grundy gives an overview of user experience Design, why it's important, guiding principles, UX research overview, and tactics used by UX professionals. November 2015.

The document provides an introduction to user experience (UX) design. It defines UX as how users feel when interacting with a product or service, as opposed to the user interface (UI) which refers to what people use to interact. The importance of UX is discussed, noting that good UX can increase sales, loyalty and reduce support costs. UX design is the process of creating meaningful experiences for users. Usability testing involves observing representative users performing tasks to identify difficulties. Evaluation tools discussed include heuristics, which involve experts examining a design against recognized usability principles. The 10 usability heuristics cover visibility of system status, matching system design to the real world, user control and error prevention.

Pete McNally, Senior Consultant at User Experience Center receives the Best Paper award at the recent ICT 2017 ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium in Washington, DC.

The usability testing document discusses various methods for conducting usability testing, including remote screen sharing, recording user interactions, and analyzing task completion times, errors, and user feedback. It describes card sorting, task elicitation, and enhanced analytics as alternatives if an evaluator prefers machines over people. The document also provides recommendations for open-ended questioning, eye tracking, and using prototypes during testing. Overall, the summary emphasizes different approaches to usability testing and gaining user feedback.