Planning Report
• The goal of the test: what do you want to achieve?
Study the following:
- ease of learning
- retention
- efficiency
- reliability
- interaction (between usr and the system)
- user satisfaction
- user convenience
- necessity for proficiency
- importance of accuracy
• Where and when will the test take place?
Test will be take place at lab-room some time there is no class in session.
• How long is each test session expected to take?
20 minutes.
• What computer support will be needed for the test?
No computer support will be need. If test is conducted on a OS that is not familiar with the test person, a briefing of the common features will be given and necessary programs will be started.
• What software needs to be ready for the test?
Web browser, word processor, text editor, program to open PDF-files.
• What should the state of the system be at the start of the test?
We will make a workspace in Tuubi to simulate a real course. User will start with Tuubi-login page.
• What should the system/network load and What should the system/network load and response times be? (not too fast or too slow);
• Who will serve as experimenters for the test?
• Who are the users going to be and how are we going to get hold of them?
• How many users are needed?
More than one person. Maybe several users together so they woudl interacti with each other.
• What test tasks will the users be asked to perform?
- Sees the courses
- Look for course description and open it if necessary.
- Can download documents (slides, tasks, materials) and open external links
- Open the lecture.doc file in Word.
- Can submit an assignment
- Receive feedback
- See events in the calendar
- Browse the members of group (like classmates)
- Have a discussion on the discussion board
• What criteria will be used to determine when the users have finished each of the test tasks correctly?
Succesfull, fail, succesfull but user needs help, succesfull but addition from user
• What user aids will be made available to the test users (manuals, online help, etc)?
Help document of Tuubi (in Finnish).
• To what extend will the experimenter be allowed to help the users during the test?
Translation help, help to set up the computer
• What data is going to be collected and how will it be analysed?
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