Statement of
Informed Consent for Usability Test
A group of Masters
students in the School of Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley
are conducting a study to assess the usability of the interface of a
web-based student discussion forum. If you volunteer to participate
in this study, you will be asked to work with a prototype of the forum,
navigate through the system, enter some information into the system,
evaluate it, and answer some questions. Some questions will be asked
in a written questionnaire provided at the end of the session, others
will be asked orally before, during and after the session. Your interactions
with the system will be recorded through written note-taking.
There are no direct
benefits to you for participating other than what may be an educational
experience. There are also probably no risks to you; you will simply
be using a web-based application, entering some information, and viewing
and evaluating the results. We will associate an ID number with your
experience and will keep a record of the link between your name and
ID number. However, we will not name you if and when we discuss your
behavior in research publications.
If you accept these
terms, please write your initials and the date here:
Initials: _______________________
Date: ____________________