WordReference.com Improvement through the User-Centred Design Usability Test June Irene Escudé

Usability Test Test types Exploratory test High fidelity paper prototyping. Screen testing Tested aspects Components of the homepage Logic of actions Clarity of words and labels Users 5 users, 2 men and 3 women Ages between 20 and 60 years old Different degrees of skills / expertise 01

Usability Test Records and notes Administrator’s notes Users’ comments Time used in each task Questionnaire during the test’s execution Post-test questionnaire 02

Usability Test Test’s goals Is the design equally functional in a landscape position as well as in portrait position? Do the users understand the organization of the menu and the labels? Is it easy to use the application to translate? Are the users able to differentiate between the choice of languages of the website and of the search function? Is it easy to know which utilities have WR? Is the way the results are shown clear enough? Does the design facilitate the intensive use of the system? 03

Usability Test 04  Homepage – Landscape and Portrait view

Usability Test 05  Secondary page – Landscape and Portrait view

Conclusions Problems with the design’s visibility in landscape view. Revision of text size and the position of links Improve the visibility of the system’s state Confusion with the icon labels WR Utilities: use the user language 06

Conclusions Next steps Solve the detected usability problems Complete development. Database integration Inspection and testing techniques Implementation of the detected improvements Migration 07

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