user_test_tra_amy

**Task 1**
 * Amy: Finding the "Introductory Photography: Colour" Section in the Gallery**
 * TEST SCRIPT**
 * You are a current student of the Visual Arts department and would like to take "Introductory Photography: Colour" in your next year. From the home page, you are curious to what is produced in the class and decides to __go to the Gallery section__. You will __navigate through the Gallery Index__ and __find the Photography section__. **

//Questions:** Is the information hierarchy in the Gallery Index easy to understand and navigate through? Do you feel engaged and wanting to click on further to find out more in the Gallery sections? **//

From the Photography section, you __choose "Introductory Photography: Colour"__. You are especially interested in all of the works produced in the course and go through all of the photographs. After taking a peek of what sort of works are delivered from these students taking the course, you would like to __go back to the Gallery Index__ to find out about other courses of interest. **
 * Task 2

//** Questions: Are the information provided useful for you as a student wanting to take the course? Did you enjoy the overall experience of clicking through each student's work? **//


 * DECIDE FRAMEWORK**


 * 1.** // **De****termine overall goals of the evaluation** //
 * // • What do you want to find out and why it is important? // **

The purpose of the evaluation is to understand how successfully a user subject find the "Introductory Photography: Colour" course section in the gallery with ease, while also understanding any stumbling blocks encountered from our interface. We'd like to discover any areas that are not an automatic and instinctual design and __find out why__ it isn't performing for the subject to make any improvements for our final implementation for future users. The specific goal of the evaluation is to see if the Gallery Index has brought upon any confusion in the labeling and images, and to use this knowledge to find out more in each of the specific course galleries. The evaluation is important to the success of the system as we'd like to make the gallery engaging and function fluidly without confusion for all.


 * 2**//**.** **Ex****plore the specific questions to be answered** //
 * // • What are the "big" questions you want answered that provide actionable insights? // **


 * Is the information hierarchy in the Gallery Index easy to understand and navigate through?
 * Do you feel engaged and wanting to click on further to find out more in the Gallery sections?
 * Are the information provided useful for you as a student wanting to take the course?
 * Did you enjoy the overall experience of clicking through each student's work?

// • Provide a rationale for the selection of methods, for example, why select structured task instead of unstructured exploration //
 * 3. Choose the evaluation paradigm and techniques to answer ques****tions**

The evaluation paradigm that would best suit our purposes would be to a structured task because that way we would be giving out the equal tasks. This will allow for us to determine the overall evaluation in comparing three test subjects. We will be asking users to perform our tasks. Each member of the group has two sets of tasks with two questions, and we have prepared to ask users to speak out loud their process. The recording of the interview will be through video of only the test subject's hand and the screen while they navigate through our interface system. This will, we will be able to see spontaneous and unexpected judgements performed and displayed by each user.

// **4. Identify the practical issues that must be addressed** //
 * // • Describe the testing environment, equipment and participants? Are there any possible concerns? // **

The question about where to have our testing environment is determined by the appropriate environment when our interface will be used. This includes the Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts where the Visual Arts department is located, users home, schools, and offices that connect to the internet. We will prepare a laptop in which the user will be able to sit down and use the mouse to control where to navigate through the website. We plan to go to the Visual Arts department and find students who are excited and willing to be our test subjects. Possible concerns of conducting the interview process is whether there will be noise in the background when we film the interview, and if wireless in the building is working too slow to load the interface. If that is the case, the interview can be conducted in another area with low ambient noise level that also has excellent reception to wireless internet.


 * 5. Decide how to deal with the ethical issues**
 * // • Are there any ethical issues that you may encounter? How will you address these? //**

Ethical issues will be addressed in the beginning of the interview where test subjects will be read our project brief that outlines the confidentiality of information, their rights, and how they will be able to contact us for further information. We will be giving them a consent form to sign that make sure that personal information is only for the sole purpose of the research component of the website and for academics, that it is not published for any use. If the user is not comfortable with any of the testing, they may choose to end the testing in any given time.


 * 6. Evaluate, interpret and present the data**
 * // • Analysis and interpret the collected data to identify patterns or themes that emerge.

We will evaluate the interviews by looking at the difficulties users encountered through navigating our website. Any areas in which the user has voiced verbally or performed will be taken in to consideration with the final implementation of the design by means of prioritizing the most important changes to be made that will affect the website as a whole. Accommodations and adjustments will be made accordingly. //**