Quick and dirty usability testing in the technical communication classroom

Consumer Health Informatics Adoption among Underserved Populations: Thinking beyond the Digital Divide

“…Many “quick and dirty” usability evaluation solutions exist that have proven to be as equally reliable and powerful as more comprehensive measurements 76 77 78 79 . However, these methods should be carefully chosen when involving populations who may have linguistic, cultural, and literacy challenges.…”

Rapid Prototyping

“…Testing is a common exercise in technical communication courses (Summers & Watt, 2015), and learning to use testing for diverse purposes has many potential future uses. Direct contact with end users can help draw attention to other parts of the design process, such as empathizing with audiences, and the hands-on nature of testing makes it ideal for active learning.…”

“…Carefully planned testing not only makes better documents and products, but ensures they work for all audiences and keeps the needs of many different users in mind. Joseph Bartolotta et al (2018) and sources mentioned above (Summers & Watt, 2015;Zhou, 2014) offer more guidance for technical communication instructors seeking to meaningfully integrate testing into their curricula-and to continue the necessary work of broadening the focus of testing from web usability. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37514/TPC-B.2022.1725.2.06…”

Usability Evaluation of Online Educational Applications in COVID-19

“…Summer and Watt adopted two different approaches: i) Mobile applications are created and tested by students; and ii) Existing products are modified by students using instructions/documentation instead of creating a new one. The Results achieved from both the approaches successfully and both approaches are recommended by them as both are easy to adopt and adapt [15]. Alelaiwi and Hossain in have conducted a practical study on the usability evaluation of specific e-learning tools.…”