Prototyping is a quick way to incorporate direct feedback from real users into a design. Paper-based prototyping bypasses the time and effort required to create a working, coded user interface.
A detailed article from Smashing Magazine on a five-step user research process, including defining objectives, defining a hypotheses, identifying methods, actually conducting the research, and synthesizing the results
Card sorting helps you to understand how your users think you should organize your content. From this information you can create a site structure that enables your users to find what they are looking for.
A detailed article from UX Booth identifying a five-step process for design research, including planning, observing, designing, prototyping, and testing.
Libraries staff experts consult throughout the University and provide training on topics related to copyright and intellectual property in research, teaching, publishing, and other creative contexts.
Focus groups help you generate ideas by listening to your current and prospective users discuss their experiences and expectations with one another. Focus groups can provide:
Focus groups provide rich and detailed information about feelings, thoughts and underlying emotional motivation from people in their own words. In short, focus groups focus on attitude and affect.
You might wonder, “Does our product meet the standards of what makes something usable?” Heuristic Evaluations allow your team to examine your product against a set of recognized usability principles.
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Personas are fictional characters based on actual observed behaviors of real users that a UX professional experiences in the field, talking one-on-one with users.
A comprehensive Federally-run website about Section 508 - the Federal law that requires Federal agencies to make sure their electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
Task-based Usability Evaluations are useful when your design is getting close to being fully functional but you still have some ability to change the interface or content.
Headings communicate the organization of page content to everyone. Appropriate headings improve accessibility because web browsers, plug-ins, and assistive technologies can use them to provide in-page navigation.