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Introduction to Web Authoring
Class
mtg.
#15
Ellen
Cushman
cushmane
@msu.edu
www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wra210.htm
www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wa2.htm
Web Tech UA Schedule
Dates of interest for the UA project:
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2/11 - Introduction to assignment #3 & Teams
2/13 - UA Background & Principles
2/18 - Semantic Principles of User Assistance
2/21 - UA Storyboard
2/25 - UA Walkthrough
2/27 - Workshop Dreamweaver: CSS
3/3-3/5 - Spring Break
03/10 –Workshop:Dreamweaver CSS
03/12– Workshop:User Feedback & Revision Plans
03/17 – Final Versions Posted
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Today’s Agenda | Next
Class
Finalize site
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architecture and
content for team
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site
Review another
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team’s site.
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Post your individual
review findings in a
ppt on your personal
page.
Devise team revision
plan
Turn in projects
Introduction to
next project
Select teams
Brainstorm project
ideas
Situation
You run a usability center and your team
has just been asked to consult with a
web developer. As part of your
consultation, you are assigned
individual roles for your review. You go
onsite to do the review, then come
together to present a usability report
to the web development team.
Usability Team Review
Instructions
Please assign one of three roles to your
team members.
1. User tester
2. Content editor
3. Design reviewer
Review another team’s Web tech UA site
according to your role.
Present findings and post these on your
site.
User Tester
Go through the team’s site and try to
accomplish the task they’re asking:
1. Test every link and point to ones that are
broken and note where & on what pages.
2. How well do wayfinding links (e.g. back links,
breadcrumbs, next and previous carrots,etc)
and other indicators help you journey? Suggest
revisions.
3. How well do menu items indicate where they
will take you? Suggest revisions.
User Tester, 2
Go through the team’s site and try to accomplish the
task they’re asking:
3. How well did the steps anticipate the order you
expected. If your expectations were
frustrated, note where, how, and suggest
revisions.s
4. How well were you able to accomplish the
tasks? Suggest revisions.
5. How well does the site work in terms of
navigation overall? Suggest revisions and note
strengths.
Content Editor
Go through the team’s site and try to accomplish the task they’re asking:
1.
I don’t think that you need to start the assignment with a question that leads to
describing the benefits of adding streaming music to a website. In my view, users are
unlikely to find your tutorial unless they already desire to do this.
If you feel like you must talk about why it’s valuable, consider a directive and
predicating tone that TELLS the user why it’s good. “Adding streaming music to your
website will allow you to X, Y, and Z.”
2.) In step 3 you talk about “right clicking”. Ut Oh, what’s a Mac user to do? They have to hit
command or access it under the “Edit” menu. Always make sure you’re accommodating
Mac users…don’t hate.
Step three appears to have 7 steps, I feel like when you said that I could do this in 4 steps that
this would be less of a task. I feel lied to. :( Maybe call the steps something else?
It seems like your conclusion is really a disclaimer that you could put on your first page in
smaller letters at the bottom of the screen. Once a person achieves the task at hand, I
think they are unlikely to look at the conclusion. You should put all the information that
you want the user to see with the information that the user is seeking.
Content Editor, 2
3. How well did their introduction provide you with
an audience, purpose, outcome, and situation for
this task? Suggest revisions.
4. How well did the concluding step provide
feedback for the desired outcome? Suggest
revisions.
5. How well did the site troubleshoot problems you
may have had in completing the task? Suggest
revisions.
6. What are the strengths of their work?
Design Reviewer
Go through the team’s site and try to
accomplish the task they’re asking:
1. How well did the image(s) fit
rhetorically with the theme or
content of the site?
2. How well did the organization of the
site work to facilitate your
completion of the task?
Design Reviewer, 2
3. Check this site across platforms (Mac & PC)
and through three different browsers (e.g.
IE, Safari, Firefox). How accessible and
consistent was the site design?
4. How well did the CSS chosen facilitate your
completion of the task? Were there ghost
elements on the page (elements not used
that should have been deleted)? Suggest
revisions.
Homework
• Download this power point, complete
the questions in the notes section
according to your role, save it,
upload it to your afs space, and link to
it off your personal pages.
• Present your findings to the group you
reviewed.