Hello, and thank
you for helping us out today.
We're designing
a user interface for a website that will contain both course information
and student comments on and ratings of the courses. We've created a
prototype of the system, and we'd like you to sit down with us and run
through three tasks using the system. We expect this to take about an
hour.
It will work as
follows: we'll give you a series of tasks to perform using the system.
We'll give you the tasks one at a time, let you read them, and answer
any questions you may have. When you're ready to begin, just let us
know. We'll provide you with a user name and password ahead of time.
As you interact with the system, please "think aloud" for us-let us
know what you're looking at and why, if you're confused by anything,
and so on.
Remember, we are
testing the interface, not you-if you have trouble with the system or
don't understand something, that's good-it shows us a problem with the
design that we can fix!
Do you have any
questions so far?
[Answer questions]
Before we begin,
we need for you to read this document and sign it, letting us know that
you understand what we're going to be doing and are OK with it.
[Hand user consent
form to fill out.]
OK, let's begin.
Here's your first task:
[Hand user first
task]