scholarly journals Teaching the Evaluation of Web Usability

10.28945/3001 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Procter
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Website Evaluation ◽  
Novice User ◽  
Web Usability

This paper describes the design and use of a simple method for comparative website evaluation that has been used for the purposes of teaching web design to University students. The method can be learnt within two hours by a novice user or typical customer. The method is not dependant upon the environment being used by the tester and can be adjusted according to the subjective preferences they may have. Results are presented of the use of the method in practice in comparing the sites of a number of airlines. These suggest that the method is both sufficiently rigorous to produce reliable results, and flexible enough for users to customise. It is an effective tool in teaching the principles of web design.

scholarly journals Persepsi Mahasiswa Tentang Penggunaan Web Design sebagai Model Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh Selama Pandemi di Perguruan Tinggi Aceh Barat

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Veni Nella Syahputri ◽  
Endah Anisa Rahma ◽  
Nellis Mardhiah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge ◽  
Absorb Material

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), especially in Aceh, it was recorded that 4 thousand children were not able to effectively absorb material from teaching staff during the pandemic period (BPS Aceh, 2020). Therefore, the teaching staff needs to pay attention to the development of creative innovative distance learning models so as to increase the interest of students to keep interacting throughout the lesson hours. One method of distance learning that is believed to be able to increase student interest in learning is a web design designed by the teacher to be as attractive as possible so that students can easily access and study learning materials. The purpose of this study was to see the effectiveness of the Development of Distance Learning Models during the Pandemic with a Life Skills-Based Web Design Approach to i-students in West Aceh District. The subjects of this research are university students in West Aceh, namely Teuku Umar University students, STAIN Dirundeng and STIKIP Bina Bangsa Meulaboh. Participants were selected by purposive sampling so that there were 5 students from each campus. The results showed that most partisipants from three Universities in Aceh Barat responded positively to the use of Web Design as Distance Learning Method. Besides, the result from interview with them, there were four obstacles in distance learning, which are (1) the insufficient knowledge of technologi, (2) Internet signal problem, (3) lack of financial to get the internet quota, anda lastly, (4) unsatisfied material understanding from lecturer because of virtual learning.Keywords: Disctance Learning; Web Design Method

scholarly journals Online Mental Health Information Behaviours of Emerging Adults: A Web Usability and User Experience Study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Rasmussen Neal ◽  
Cameron Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Health Information ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Santé Mentale ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
Mental Health Information ◽  
Sante Mentale

This research utilizes Web usability and user experience studies to determine how a small sample of university students ages 18-25 look for and access mental health information online, and how they would like to see the presentation of online mental health information improved.Cette recherche se base sur des études sur la convivialité Web et l’expérience de l’utilisateur pour déterminer comment un petit échantillon d’étudiants universitaires de 18 à 25 ans recherchent et utilisent de l’information sur la santé mentale en ligne, et comment ils aimeraient en améliorer la présentation. 

Evaluation of websites’ compliance to legal and ethical guidelines: A fuzzy logic–based methodology

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xenia J Mamakou ◽  
Dimitris K Kardaras ◽  
Eleutherios A Papathanassiou
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Website Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Delphi

Privacy issues are a top priority in web design. However, websites’ evaluation methods do not consider legal and ethical issues. This article proposes a fuzzy logic–based methodology for evaluating websites’ compliance with legal and ethical principles. Using fuzzy Delphi and fuzzy numbers, the methodology develops the Fuzzy Legal and Ethical Compliance Index (FLECI) that addresses the inherited vagueness of the evaluation process and calculates websites’ conformity to legal and ethical guidelines. To illustrate the proposed methodology, this research collects data and then evaluates and classifies 100 websites with respect to their privacy policies using fuzzy equivalence. This article provides a foundation for the development of comprehensive website evaluation methods that include privacy and ethical issues in their evaluations. Future research can investigate the applicability of the proposed methodology and the fuzzy numbers calculated in this article in websites across industries and cultural activities.

scholarly journals Impact of Web Readability on Cultural Usability

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Walayat Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Junaid ◽  
Siraj Muneer ◽  
Muhammad Qasim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Web Design ◽  
User Research ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Usability ◽  
The Web

Web is considered one of the greatest developments of twentieth century. It provides a diverse range of applications and therefore needs different usability designs. Web usability has become a vital aspect for the success of web applications. Web usability is about fulfilling the goals and expectations of users and making their stay on the website pleasant. Web usability design includes three aspects: User Research, Web Design and Web Evaluation [1]. Today, the web design is moving from technology to users i.e. it is more user-centered than ever before. Web design must directly face users with the specific needs, and must ensure that users are pleasant to successfully complete tasks with it. [1]. In this study, we have studied the factors which affect the web readability in this part of the world. We conducted the survey in order to check how different factors play their part for the people who speak languages which are written right to left

scholarly journals Análisis de usabilidad de portales de servicios para mayores en España [Usability analysis of services web sites for elders in Spain]

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinthia De Oleo Moreta ◽  
Luis Rodríguez Baena
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
English Language ◽  
Web Design ◽  
The Other ◽  
Heuristic Evaluation ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
Usability Analysis ◽  
A Minor

Resumen En el siguiente artículo se presenta un análisis de usabilidad de portales de servicios a los que acceden los mayores. Debido a que existen pocos estudios realizados con portales en España (a diferencia de los estudios realizados con portales de lengua inglesa) y, con la finalidad de presentar recomendaciones en este sentido, se ha realizado una evaluación heurística y posteriormente se han contrastado los resultados obtenidos mediante la realización de pruebas con usuarios. Para el logro de este objetivo, se ha llevado a cabo una recopilación de pautas o directrices y recomendaciones de diferentes autores. Los resultados más significativos del estudio han mostrado que algunos de los portales evaluados que indican estar dirigidos a mayores han tenido un menor nivel de cumplimiento de las directrices que otros portales de servicios no dirigidos a ningún colectivo en particular. Palabras ClaveUsabilidad web, accesibilidad, diseño web para mayores, evaluación heurística.   Abstract The following paper presents an usability analysis of services web sites to which elders accede. Due to the fact that there exist few studies realized with web sites in Spain (unlike the studies realized with English language web sites), with the purpose to present recommendations about it, a heuristic evaluation has been realized and after that, there have been confirmed the obtained results by realizing tests with users. For the achievement of that goal, there have been realize a summary of guidelines or directives and recommendations from different authors. The most significant results of the study have shown that some of the evaluated web sites for elders have had a minor level of fulfillment than the other services web sites that are not directed to any specific group.Keywords Web usability, accessibility, web design for elders, heuristic evaluation.

scholarly journals Analisis Evaluasi Usability Web Akademik Fakultas Teknik Unsika dengan Model UWIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Dene Herwanto ◽  
Aulia Fashanah Hadining ◽  
Rianita Puspasari
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
Service Effectiveness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Academic Information ◽  
The Web

Abstract— Utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) in education becomes an absolute thing to do, in order to improve the quality of education, service effectiveness and become a strength for higher education institutions. One application of aspects of ICT in college is academic web. In the Faculty of Engineering University Singaperbangsa Karawang, academic information system is known by the web SIAKAD (Academic Information System) Faculty of Engineering Unsika. Web SIAKAD FT Unsika aims to manage data and facilitate the integration associated with academic information, but on its application may occur mismatch between procedures established in the web with its implementation. Therefore, please note the behavior of SIAKAD web users, also conducted testing of the academic web interface. This is considering that the web SIAKAD FT Unsika is still in development stage. Stages in this study started from a preliminary study of the use of the web SIAKAD and continued with research on the usability of the web SIAKAD. From the results of the study note that there are five dimensions that affect web usability SIAKAD FT Unsika that must be repaired by the web developers, namely Responsiveness (RS), Web design (WD), Assurance (A), Readability (RD), and Navigation (N).Keywords— academic web; usability; university

Walkthroughs in Web Usability

2007 ◽  
pp. 229-256
Author(s):  
Hokyoung Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Website Evaluation ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
Usability Problems ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
Cognitive Walkthrough

The evaluators of a website have a need for robust and easy-to-use usability inspection methods to help them to systematically identify the possible usability problems of the website being analysed. Three usability inspection methods – heuristic walkthrough (HW), cognitive walkthrough (CW), and activity walkthrough (AW) – are reviewed in this chapter. Reviewing that work, this chapter discusses the relative advantages and weaknesses of all of the techniques, and suggestions for web evaluation are offered, with a short website example. Based on these analyses, we suggest some changes to website evaluation to improve accuracy and reliability of the current walkthrough methods; however, this chapter is not a comparison between the walkthrough techniques in order to determine which technique is best at detecting usability problems of a website.

Study of the Principles of Web Design as a Visual Component of Modern Internet Culture.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
S. Inozemtseva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Website Evaluation ◽  
Visual Component ◽  
Website Usability ◽  
Internet Culture ◽  
Screen Space

The article is devoted to the study of effective websites design principles, adherence to which is very important and necessary in the modern information space. The article analyzes scientific research on the above problem and its results. The author defines the concept of usability, and describes its main indicators. The article considers the most important features of the user’s perception of interfaces and formulates the rules of usability through the organization of screen space. It is emphasized that the basic rules of website design are based on knowledge of the human perception mechanisms. Users’ psychophysical processes influence visual perception of screen space. Therefore, one needs to consider the psychology of human perception of the computer, the theory of information transfer, and also human psychophysiology to create highly usable interfaces and achieve effective users’ interactions with websites. All this reduces the cognitive load and time for information search, and meets users’ needs in the most convenient way. In addition, the principles of organizing web text in a way that ensures the best perception of information by the user are defined, in particular: structure, visualization, laconism and clarity. The article reveals the significance of website usability, describes criteria and methods of its assessment. Among the indicators used in website evaluation, the following are highlighted: effectiveness, navigation convenience, memorability. The author describes the methods for evaluating the effectiveness of the website, namely: statistics analysis, collection and analysis of visitors’ opinions, observing users’ actions, engaging users in testing. It is proved that the observance of usability principles results in an increased number of visitors and time they spend on a website, higher conversion rate, etc. The principles described in the article are generalization of the world experience of website design professionals.

scholarly journals Analisis Evaluasi Usability Website Universitas Negeri di Karawang dengan Model UWIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Muhammad Eldo Abdilah ◽  
Aulia Hadining ◽  
Dene Herwanto
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
Usability Assessment

Teknologi informasi semakin banyak digunakan oleh perguruan tinggi. Universitas negeri di Karawang memanfaatkanya dalam bentuk website. Website tersebut merupakan website utama dalam sistem informasi universitas yang dikelola oleh Unit Pelaksana Teknis Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (UPT TIK). UPT TIK berencana akan mengembangkan website baru, perlu dilakukan evaluasi terhadap website lama agar user dapat menggunakannya dengan lebih mudah dan memuaskan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang memepengaruhi usability website universitas menggunakan metode UWIS (usability assessment and design of web-based information systems) sebagai bahan evaluasi pada website baru yang akan diluncurkan nanti. Perhitungan dilakukan dengan Partial Least Square (PLS) pada software SmartPLS 3.0. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat empat dimensi yang berpengaruh terhadap web usability website universitas yang harus diperhatikan oleh pihak terkait, yaitu Consistency (C), Assurance (A), Web Design (WD), dan Satisfaction (SF).

Web design for user experience: Virgin America web site case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
Pelin Ozturk Gocmen
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
The Other ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Web Usability ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Web

Web usability is the ease of use of a website. Some goals of usability are the presentation of information and choices in a clear and concise way, a lack of ambiguity and the placement of important items in appropriate areas. On the other hand, user experience is something more than usability. It includes each and every experience that the users have while using the service. And of course, usability rules affect the user experience. In this study, understanding the principles of user-centered design and how it improves user experience is the main purpose. For this aim, https://www.virginamerica.com, which is the web site that gained the two thousand sixteen Best User Experince award from The Webby Awards, has been studied as a case study.    Keywords: web design, user experience, Virgin America.    

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