Advanced Common Sense
Web usability consulting
Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing: The Workshop
Learn how to dramatically improve your
Web site by watching people use it
After I finished writing Don't Make Me Think, I spent five years teaching a workshop about basic usability principles.
A lot of people who took that workshop suggested that I also do a full day just about usability testing. I thought it was a great idea, but I couldn't figure out how to do it all in one day.
Finally, after a lot of pondering, I realized how to structure a day that included everything I think people need to get started doing testing on their own, including some hands-on practice.
In this day-long session, I'll teach you how to do your own low-cost/no-cost testing that's simple enough to make it a routine part of your design process.
The day will include...
- A complete explanation of how I recommend doing testing (Hint: very simple, very fast, and very cheap)
- A live demo test on an attendee's site, so you can see the whole process in detail
- A chance to practice doing a test on your own site
- Plenty of time to answer your questions about testing or any other aspect of usability
Who should attend?
Anyone involved in publishing a Web site. Designers, programmers, writers, editors, project managers, sole proprietors, and VPs can all benefit from this session.
Whether you already do testing and want to know more, or have never tested and want to start, or even if you don't ever intend to do your own testing but are responsible for hiring, managing, or paying other people to do it, this session will prove valuable.
Some of the topics covered...
- What I mean by “do-it-yourself” usability testing, and why it always works
- What kind of people--and how many--to test with
- What to test, and when to test it
- The art of specifying test tasks
- How to facilitate--when to listen and when to probe
- Why I don’t use exit and entrance questions
- How to decide what to fix
- Why you should avoid writing test reports, and what to do instead
- Remote testing methods and tools
...and much more.
For more information, see the Frequently Asked Questions.
Spring 2012 Schedule
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March 7, 2012
Mountain View, CA
$595 ($495 if you register by February 10)
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May 25, 2012
New York, NY
$595 ($495 if you register by April 27)
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But wait. There's more!
Each of my workshops is part of a three-day package of Rosenfeld Media UX workshops:
Lou Rosenfeld will teach Adaptable Information Architecture: How to Say No to Your Next Redesign in Mountain View (March 5) and New York (May 23)
Luke Wroblewski will teach Web Form Design in Mountain View (March 6)
Rachel Hinman will teach Mobile Prototyping Essentials in New York (May 24)
Multi-day discounts
You can take all three workshops in Mountain View or New York for just $995 (early registration). Three days for the price of two!
