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Do-it-yourself usability testing

Overview

You've heard how important usability testing is, and now you want to learn how to do it. This tutorial takes you through:

understanding what usability testing is
the benefits of usability testing
recruiting users and choosing tasks for your test
conducting a usability test
using your findings from the usability tests to improve your designs.

You will be given several opportunities to plan how you'll apply the ideas in the tutorial to your next test of a web site.

Delivery Method

Lecture, with exercises and many opportunities for questions.

Duration

1 day

Pre-Requisites

This tutorial is for you if you have never done a usability test, or are very new to testing.

History

Jakob Nielsen asked Caroline to develop and deliver this tutorial for the 2000/2001 Nielsen Norman World Tour. She taught it in 13 cities around the world.

Further Information

Effortmark Limited is a usability consultancy based in the United Kingdom. Contact us.
caroline dot jarrett at effortmark dot co dot uk