Usability Testing Module

Schedule for 2-week Format of Course

Version: 8 August 2005

This format of the Usability Testing Module schedule assumes a series of 8 lectures. Each lecture includes a quiz, which students fill out in parallel with the on-going events in class. We list supplemental materials here as well as within the text of the relevant quiz or homework.

Day Topic Reading Assignment Chapter(s) Lecture Notes Quiz / Supplemental Materials Homework Sample Solution Sample Grading Comments (for a non-sample solution)
1 User-centered design Rubin 1 or DumasRedish 1, 3-4 l1-ut-user-centered-design q1-ut-user-centered-design  NONE  NONE  NONE
2 Overview of usability testing, testing environment Rubin 2-3 or DumasRedish 2, 6 l2-ut-overview-usability-testing q2-ut-overview-usability-testing  NONE  NONE  NONE
3 Usability testing roles Rubin 4 or DumasRedish 5 l3-ut-roles q3-ut-roles  NONE  NONE  NONE
4 Usability test plan Rubin 5 or DumasRedish 7-8 l4-ut-plans q4-ut-plans h1-ut-plans h1-ut-plans-sample-solution h1-ut-plans-grading-example
5 Selecting test participants Rubin 6 or DumasRedish 9-10 l5-ut-participants q5-ut-participants  NONE  NONE  NONE
6 Preparing test materials Rubin 7 or DumasRedish 11-17 l6-ut-materials q6-ut-materials h2-materials h2-ut-materials-solution h2-ut-materials-grading-example
7 Conducting the test Rubin 8 or DumasRedish 18-19 (no lecture notes) (no quiz)
  • Test Monitor Score Sheets can be adapted from q3-demo-log (Word / PDF)
  • Test Monitor Rating Scale (in extras/ as Word / PDF)
h3-results (none available) h3-ut-results-grading-example
8 Debriefing, recommendations Rubin 9-10 or DumasRedish 20-24 l7-ut-post-test q7-ut-post-test

Instructor follow-up / thank-you notes:

  • to volunteers (in extras/ as HT:ML)
  • to supervisors (in extras/ as HTML)
h4-recommendations h4-ut-recommendations-solution h4-ut-recommendations-grading-example