{"id":980,"date":"2020-11-16T01:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/museum-live\/?p=980"},"modified":"2020-11-16T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T19:16:35","slug":"week-9-usability-playtests-look-and-feel-design-and-implementation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/museum-live\/index.php\/2020\/11\/16\/week-9-usability-playtests-look-and-feel-design-and-implementation\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9: Usability playtests, Look and Feel design and implementation."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following the feedback from halves, the team focused work into one of three categories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Playtesting<\/span>: showing the build to playtesters and synthesizing feedback into changes in the build. Playtesting will also develop onboarding materials and user-facing documentation after the usability of the website has been confirmed. <\/li>
  2. Look-and-feel\/Design<\/span>: designing look and feel of guest-facing parts of the website and incorporating museum branding. <\/li>
  3. Programming<\/span>: implementing features and designs recommended by Design and tweaks recommended by playtesting. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    With that in mind, progress for Week 9 was as follows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Playtesting<\/span>: Playtesting began coordinating usability tests with Rebecca Lombardi of the ETC and Amanda and Kelsie of the Frick. These three constitute ideal playtesters since they meet some or all of the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Low-to-moderately tech savvy<\/span>:
      Most museum staff identified as \u201cnot tech people\u201d when spoken to in Week 7. While some level of technical proficiency is assumed for Educators using the Dashboard, ideally the onboarding documentation for educators should also accommodate those who are of very low tech savviness.
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    • Professional Tour giver or public speaker<\/span>:
      All playtesters should have some familiarity speaking in public using presentation materials. This requirement can be waived if testing onboarding materials and if a Tour topic that the playtester is very familiar with is chosen (e.g. a family vacation or favorite movie).
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    • Zoom familiarity<\/span>:
      All playtesters should have used Zoom at some point. No other video conferencing solutions were mentioned by the museums when spoken to in Week 7. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Once we establish whether the tool meets their needs (i.e. is able to organize uploaded media and present it to guests), the project can shift to onboarding materials for museum staff including videos, 1-page guides, and manuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Look-and-Feel\/Visual Design<\/span>: Based on Ana\u2019s priorities, the website\u2019s look and feel were developed now that core functionality was now playtestable. There are 3 Guest-facing parts of the website: the homepage, the tour page, and presentation view. Visual Design created mockups for the homepage, adapted them for the tour page and began work on Presentation view. Special attention was also paid to testing the different logos of each institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Programming<\/span>: Programming focused on bugs and slight improvements as well as supporting audio\/video files (a highly desired feature based on conversations in Week 7 with each museum\u00a0 partner). In depth notes are as follows:

      Change Log v1.1.0 – Week 9 – 2020-10-30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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