Implementing a Usability Lab for Web Development and Academic Stakeholders

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Title:Implementing a Usability Lab for Web Development and Academic Stakeholders (ID: EDU03117)
Author(s):Kari Branjord (University of Minnesota) and Alice de la Cova (University of Minnesota)
Topics:Applications Development, Computing Labs, Internet Use, Usability Development, User Interface, Web Administration, Design, and Development
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (2003)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:Usability evaluation is critical to the process of designing self-service Web applications, which must be easy to use without training. We will describe how the University of Minnesota performs usability evaluations and how we succeeded in building a state-of-the-art usability lab on campus while maximizing the lab's benefits through academic partnerships.
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