Howdy.
(adding wikien-l folks to this thread. my apology for not including
wikien-l with my initial email.)
The usability study has started today as scheduled. The usability team
is monitoring the interviews and how ten test participants interact with
Wikipedia when they are asked to edit an article at the lab facility in
San Francisco today and tomorrow. The remote usability study on
Thursday (March 26 PDT) will be done remotely, which means we recruit
participants from Wikipedia through the site notice, and connect with
them through web conferencing. Therefore the site notice for
recruitment will appear again on Thursday. We expect to compile the
results in a few weeks and the findings with you.
Naoko Komura
Program Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Naoko Komura wrote:
One of the important components of the usability
initiative is to
conduct multiple rounds of usability tests. The plan is to conduct at
least three rounds of tests for qualitative usability evaluation over
the span of twelve months, i) the initial evaluation, ii) the progress
evaluation, and iii) the final evaluation. The initial usability test
is scheduled on March 24, 25th and 26th. In-person lab tests are
conducted in San Francisco at the first two days, and remote tests will
be conducted on the third day.
As a preparation for the initial usability test, we incorporated the
recruiting tool into English Wikipedia's site notice. You might have
encountered site notice inviting for the participation. The target
audience of testers are Wikipedia readers who have little or no
experience in editing the Wikipedia articles. The banner is displayed
within the range of 1:400 to 1:100 page views, and it will continue till
early next week.
We look forward to learning from the usability tests and sharing the
result with you.
Thanks.
Naoko ... on behalf of the usability team.
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