Reference no: EM132295832

Assignment - Evaluation (Team)

Tasks:

1. You are required to evaluate a design for usability issues.

2. You may use either the Neilsen & Molich heuristic or the DECIDE framework for the usability evaluation.

3. You are to submit a 3-5 page report which details:

a. The design evaluated;

b. The heuristic or framework being used for the evaluation.

c. Each heading in the heuristic or framework should be listed followed by a discussion of the related issues found on the website. This should include:

i. What the issue is and where is it located.

ii. Why the issue is a problem.

iii. Whether the issue is a significant or a minor issue.

iv. Possible remediation actions that could resolve the issues found.

d. A usability strategy that the team being evaluated should adopt to ensure that their design meets its usability goals.

Important Note - Your team evaluation will be given to the team responsible for the design. You should ensure that:

• The usability evaluation is as accurate as possible;
• Your evaluation is not overly negative or derogatory. You need to think and act as a professional designer and provide commentary that is designed to assist the team to improve their design.

Rationale - This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

• be able to explain the relevance of integrating aspects of the human, social and organisational context into the design process.
• be able to evaluate the effective usability of an interface and recommend changes to improve its usability.
• be able to design a user interface to meet a given set of requirements.
• be able to design a usability strategy to ensure that an interface meets its usability goals.
• be able to interpret and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface improvements.

Presentation - You are to submit a report that:

1. Identifies the design being evaluated and the heuristic being used to evaluate it.

2. Discusses all the usability issues that are discovered on the website, as outlined in task 3 above.

3. Discusses possible remediation actions that could resolve the issues.

4. Discusses a usability strategy that can be used to ensure that the design meets its usability goals.