Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the purpose and procedures in usability testing

2. Evaluate design using design principles and heuristics

Required time 2 hours.


Lesson 1 of 6: 1. What is usability testing? (30 min)

What is Usability Testing? (2 min)

https://youtu.be/Yipf0kGGpBE

Definition

Usability testing involve asking participants to perform specific tests on a site or application (or a prototype of it) to uncover potential usability issues and gather ideas to address them

As the name suggest, the focus of test is on usability of the tasks.

Usability Test with Paper Prototype (8 min)

https://youtu.be/9wQkLthhHKA

Quantitative vs Qualitative Test

Usability testing can be quantitative or qualitative.

Quantitative research approach