when do one need to do usability testing ? after a prototype or after the feature is integrated with the core system ?
Regards,
Aarthy K
Hi Aarthy,
The simple answer goes: The earlier you test the better, as with all usability/UCD methods. If you design for users too late, too many things may have already have been fixed so that it is too hard to change them, so the conclusions you come to in testing may be impossible to implement.
Note though that Moodle is yet to reach a level of maturity in terms of usability for this to actually happen, except in individual projects. Any help is welcome!
If I may ask, what are you working on? Is there a specific project you are testing for?
A recommended lightweight book to get started with is Krug's Don't Make Me Think, also mentioned at Usability in docs. See also: Usability testing protocol
The simple answer goes: The earlier you test the better, as with all usability/UCD methods. If you design for users too late, too many things may have already have been fixed so that it is too hard to change them, so the conclusions you come to in testing may be impossible to implement.
Note though that Moodle is yet to reach a level of maturity in terms of usability for this to actually happen, except in individual projects. Any help is welcome!
If I may ask, what are you working on? Is there a specific project you are testing for?
A recommended lightweight book to get started with is Krug's Don't Make Me Think, also mentioned at Usability in docs. See also: Usability testing protocol
Dear Mr. Olli Savolainen,
The book seems to be good and let me try to get the book and read it. thank you once again.
I am working on Usability for Open Source e-Learning Systems. And I thought moodle is a good option to start with and i hardly found about usability for moodle. Indeed many people uses it and each have different opinion about moodle. some say its good and some say its not up to the standard. I was wondering if i could understand how the moodle development works and if possible i can concentrate and contribute for moodle on the usability.
Regards,
Aarthy K
The book seems to be good and let me try to get the book and read it. thank you once again.
I am working on Usability for Open Source e-Learning Systems. And I thought moodle is a good option to start with and i hardly found about usability for moodle. Indeed many people uses it and each have different opinion about moodle. some say its good and some say its not up to the standard. I was wondering if i could understand how the moodle development works and if possible i can concentrate and contribute for moodle on the usability.
Regards,
Aarthy K
To aarthy k:
"I was wondering if i could understand how the moodle development works " - you could look on http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development and especially http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Overview
"I was wondering if i could understand how the moodle development works " - you could look on http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development and especially http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Overview