Cooper Hewitt User Testing Evaluation
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Evaluation Story: Pratt Digital Asset Management System
In the Fall of 2019, five usability researchers worked with administrative staff in the Communications and Marketing department at Pratt Institute as staff prepared to roll out a digital asset management system to the broader Pratt community. Our clients were David Frisco, Director of Creative Services, Erica Dagley Galea, Project Manager, and a small team
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Evaluation Story: Pratt Institute Library website
This usability test evaluated the Pratt Library website to assess the design overhaul that occurred last semester. Our client was Nicholas Dease, a librarian at Pratt Library, as well as the head of technology and website design and implementation. Particular emphasis was put on attributes that were requested by the client (attributes described below).
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Evaluation Story: SVA Library
Felicia, Nitya, Siddharth and I were assigned the client: The School of Visual Arts (SVA) Library. Phoebe Stein, the Digital Services Librarian, was our contact for the assignment. SVA has not done a major update to their website since 2015, so they were eager to test all corners of the website from many different perspectives.
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Pratt Institute Website: Evaluation Story
A team of four researchers completed a seven-week-long user testing study to test the usability of Pratt Institute’s website. This research was undertaken for the benefit of Pratt’s Communications and Marketing department, and was completed under the supervision of Prof. Elena Villaespesa.
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Pratt Library’s Website: The Evaluation Story
The Beginning Working with our client Nicholas Dease from the Pratt Library was an absolute pleasure. From our first interaction to our last he always gave great constructive feedback. He knew exactly what he was looking for and was available whenever we needed feedback or had questions about specific details concerning our Usability Test. Nicholas
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What is an elephant? People, Psychology, and UX Design
There is a famous story about an elephant, a king, and six men, that Dr. Susan Weinschenk, who is an expert in cognitive and psychology, uses as a metaphor to explain the concept of psychology of usability. The following blog analyses the concept following the article “The Psychologist’s View of UX Design,” written by Dr.
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Creating an ethical usability study
Overview Ethical methods and procedures are critical when conducting research of any kind, and usability is no exception. Processes regarding ethical treatment of study participants’ well-being and privacy have been well documented in a variety of fields including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and other scientific endeavors. It is within the past decades that these ideals have been
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Guerrilla Testing: Quick Validation at Low Cost
Guerrilla testing is one of the most effective and simplest (cheapest too) form of user testing to improve the quality of your product, and make sure people can use it for its intended purpose. Using guerrilla testing usually means going into a public place (e.g. a coffee shop, train station, etc.) where you can find a relevant audience to validate critical ideas or assumptions about your product.
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How to measuring emotion and engagement to implement UX strategy into product?
Do you understand your mood throughout the day? “ Maybe or Unsure” is always a common answer. People are hardly recognize their own emotions, but nowadays our technology has been developed to recognize emotions and emotions began to become a major role in UX design process. What is emotion? According to the definition of emotion
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