Mad-X consisted of myself, Mike, Agreya, and Xi (an acronym of our initials.) We worked together to redesign Seton Hall University’ Library website. The contents below provide some insight to our process: User Research User group: We are trying to identify user habits on their respective library websites. Our user group consisted of undergraduate, graduate […]
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Summary This review briefly explores how quantitative and qualitative usability methods are leveraged by product managers as data-driven design to develop and deliver memorable user experiences. Quantitative versus Qualitative What is quantitative usability? According to the Nielsen Norman Group, it’s important to note the difference between quantitative and qualitative usability and what is required to
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Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company which specializes in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and saving products. It is headquartered at McLean, Virginia. Chris invited me to spend a few hours at their New York office on 19th street. The New York office space is dedicated to business, design and technical
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Psychology, a science of behavior and mind, is frequently being mentioned in the field of user experience and usability research. For example, one of the very critical factors of usability, learnability (Norman, 2013), included one of the most profound theories in developmental psychology: conditioning. Conditioning is a concept based on the classical conditioning experiment posed
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In the past, measuring emotion and engagement are seem to be impossible, because the emotion is too abstract to be collected as data. Communication has become a regular way to collect users’ data, even though it can not be 100% correct. Without solid data, researchers can’t stay objective to develop a conclusion of the issue.
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Introduction We love to measure things. It is our way to understand how good or bad something is. Numbers help to evaluate the situation in a quick and easy manner. In this post, I summarized the responses to my six questions related to quantitative usability testing focusing on the real world methods and cases
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There are many differences that should to be taken into consideration when choosing whether to set up your test as a qualitative or quantitative study. Qualitative testing yields results that can answer questions related to “why is this happening?” Or “how did that interaction make you feel?”. Where the main goal of performing a quantitative
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Source: https://www.consensusinteractive.com/5-tips-on-web-accessibility-and-ada-compliance/ According to the W3C WAI (Worldwide Web Consortium, Web Accessibility Initiative), Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including: auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, and visual. The initiative and
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Figure (1): ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Software System It is widely acknowledged that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems suffer from complex user interfaces. The complexity of these user interfaces negatively affects the usability of these systems. Current research has shown that a need exists to improve the overall usability of ERP systems. Specific methods and
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WHAT IS GAMIFICATION Gamification is the technique of implementing elements of game design into non-gaming settings to enhance user engagement with a product. While books and movies are various forms of entertainment, games are more participatory in nature. Games provide the players with the freedom to modify the story line, it makes them feel like
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