STATEMENT OF INFORMED CONSENT ----------------------------- A group of students in the User Interface Design and Development class at the School of Information at UC Berkeley are conducting studies to understand XXX. If you volunteer to participate in this study, you will be asked to perform some tasks related to XXX, and to answer some questions. Your interactions with the computer may also be digitally recorded on video, audio and/or with still photographs. This research poses no risks to you other than those normally encountered in daily life. All of the information from your session will be kept anonymous. We will not name you if and when we discuss your behavior in our assignments, and any potential research publications. After the research is completed, we may save the anonymous notes for future use by ourselves or others. Your participation in this research is voluntary, and you are free to refuse to participate or quit the experiment at any time. Whether or not you chose to participate will have no bearing in relation to your standing in any department of UC Berkeley. If you have questions about the research, you may contact Professor Tapan Parikh at 510-642-4583, or by electronic mail at parikh@ischool.berkeley.edu. You may keep a copy of this form for reference. If you accept these terms, please write your initials and the date here: INITIALS ___________________ DATE ___________________