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Getting Started with Usability Testing
Amanda L. Goodmanwith
An Infopeople WebinarWednesday, October 7, 2015
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Which kind of library do you work at?
POLL
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What is meant by UX?
Who are your users?
Websites
Physical Space
UX for Special Groups
Overview
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What is meant by UX?
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“User experience” encompasses all aspects of the end-user’s
Interaction with the company, its service, and its products.
Nielsen Norman Grouphttp://www.nngroup.com/articles/definition-user-experience/
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In-Person + Web + Emails + Phone Calls + Word of Mouth
Everything is Interconnected
Total experience of your library
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Users that are happy will support the
library.
What does that support look like?
-- Financial contributions
-- Voting in the library’s favor
-- Advocating for the library in local
politics
How users feel
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What do people need?
Define success
Track and analyze data
Measuring usage and interaction
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Useful, useable, desirable: like three legs of a stool, if your library is missing the mark
on any one of these it’s bound to wobble. Every decision you make affects how
people experience your library.
Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to Your Library
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Who are your users?
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Who are your users?
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Define your user groups.
Stick to broad categories.
Look for common traits.
Targeting Your Audience
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Recruit target users.
Ask:
What are their needs?
What do they want to do?
What is stopping them?
Interviewing your users
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A persona is a fictional person whose
traits are gathered from talking about
the needs of real users.
This persona gives you a user to keep
in mind when you are evaluating your
projects and ideas.
Building personas for focus
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Wants:• To freshen up her skills.• To learn the newest things in her
field.• To update her resume.
How to get in contact: She checks her email on her phonewhile waiting at storytime, the grocery store, the doctor’s office.
Who am I?
Maria is a former executive who wants to return to the workforce after raising her children.
Limitations:• Busy with the kids.• Limited hours she can study.
Expectations of the library:• Wide range of materials in her field.• Easy access to resources. • Use those resources on her own time.• Quick response time to queries.
Traits:• Tech savvy. • Well-educated.• Has own transportation.
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How well do you know your users?
POLL
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Websites
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18Google Analytics
analytics.google.com
Ask:
How are people finding your site?
What paths do they take through it?
Where are the weak points?
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19Heatmaps
crazyegg.com
Ask:
What are people looking at?
How far are people scrolling down?
Where are people clicking?
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20Card Sorting
measuringux.com/CardSorting
Ask:
What pages go together?
What would you call this page?
Does any page go in two+
locations?
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21A/B Testing
vwo.com/ab-testing/
Ask:
Which terms do people click on?
Which layout do people prefer?
Where is this content more
successful?
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General Web Design Tips
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23STYLE GUIDES ARE KING
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Physical Space
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25Observations
What are your pre-conceptions?
Take notes of what you see.
Analyze and try small changes.
Observe reactions to that alteration.
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26Signage
Do a sign inventory.
Make it consistent with templates.
Enforce the template system.
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27Appearance
Cleanliness
Building maintenance
People’s attitudes
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THE LAST POLL
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UX for Special Groups
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30Kids
Furniture is appropriate height
Worn materials replaced
Child-friendly equipment
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31Seniors and Those with Disabilities
Compassion
Check for obstacles
Large text + high contrast
Technology
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Be Mindful
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Resources
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34Books
Rosenfeldmedia.com/books
The UX Book
Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited
Smashing UX Design
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35Web
User Experience Design at
sliderule.com
UIE Podcasts
Uxmag.com
A List Apart alistapart.com
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36UXers in Libraries
LibUX.co me + Michael Schofield
WeaveUX.org
Design & UX in Libraries Facebook
group
#litaUX Twitter chats
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Just Ask Your Users
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User Experience Design for Libraries
Amanda L. Goodmanwith
An Infopeople Online Learning CourseTuesday, November 10 – Monday, December 7, 2015
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