1. Web Usability: What Is It & Why Should I Care? Stephanie Willen Brown Librarian @ UConn Adjunct professor @ Simmons GSLIS [email_address] IM: CogSciLibrarian
Start with some questions about creating / using web sites Ever had a problem using a web site? Your fault? Theirs? Important strategy to improve web sites is usability – and the focus of today’s talk… But first Who has a sense of what usability is? Anyone done any usability testing? Steve and Carol and I developed this presentation to show the value of usability testing and how important it is to good design. We based this on a paper I read and presentation I saw by Paul Marty, Assistant Professor in the College of Information @ Florida State. He assumes audience understands the value of good design, and I’ll review some design issues in the beginning of this presentation. I’ll also briefly define usability and the process of usability testing. Marty adds … http://www.sxc.hu/photo/453218