Welcome! This page is a chronological overview of the work done by the Testing Group of the IRB Usability Test

Welcome! This page is a chronological overview of the work done by me in the Testing Group of the IRB Usability Test

Reflection of The IRB Project

The Usability class in which the IRB usability project was conducted taught me everything I know about usability testing and gave me a hands-on opportunity to conduct a real usability test on a real website for a real client.
During the first portion of the semester, we focused on actually learning what usability testing is.  I [...]

Video Review

During the later portion of November, the testing group viewed the tapes of the users recorded during the testing in order to find highlights to present to the client. I recorded down the times on the tapes when the high lights occurred and noted what type of data the clip would serve for the [...]

Digital Transfer

After the highlights in the tapes were recorded, the testing group used Windows Movie Maker to capture the VHS signal and store the data electronically in the computer for editing and computer viewing. I captured the video on the computer lacie drive with the help of another testing group member that forwarded the tapes [...]

Testing

Testing was conducted primarily during the month of November. Besides the pilot test done by Dr. Eaton, four other users were tested: faculty, Amy Hanson and Craig Baehr; graduates, Bob Schaller and Stephen.
At the three of these tests, I coordinated the use of the documents to be used during the testing process and helped [...]

Usabiliting Testing Group

I am a member of the Testing Group doing research for the IRB website at Texas Tech University.