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UCI Library Website
Chris LeeArchana Vaidyanathan
Duncan TsaiKaren Quan
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Usability Problem
• People are not able to find the “Search our Site” link at the bottom of the UCI Library home page that directs them to a separate search box on a new page to search throughout the website
• Link is too small, inconspicuous • Why located on separate page at all?
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hard to notice!
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Demographics
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• 13 participants• Mostly undergraduates, few
graduates• Academic major quite varied• most participants leaned toward
"moderate" general computer expertise
• very few used the library website usage frequently
User Demographics
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Methodology
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Our Plan
• Keep the Next Generation Melvyl search box prominent on the site
• Place the search box for the website somewhere obvious to the user
• Make a clear distinction between the two separate boxes
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Pilot Results
• Reduced number of prototypes from six to three
• Reduced number of user tasks from six to three
• Small alterations to the questionnare
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Questionnaire• Are you a ..
o Graduate studento Undergraduate studento Faculty/staffo Other.......
• What is your academic major/focus? • On a scale of 1(very difficult) to 5(very easy) rate how you feel you performed for
each tasko Task 1o Task 2o Task 3.......
• Elaborate on any difficulties you had while performing the tasks• How often do you use the UCI Libraries Website?
o At least once per weeko A few times per montho Once or twice a quartero Once or twice a yearo Never
• Did you notice the search box for the website? YES NO• Difficulties?• Comments/suggestions?
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Final Testing• Starbucks card was very helpful• Assigned 3 prototypes to each subject in
counterbalanced order and have them do the tasks
• Record user actions/comments, take notes
• Let users pick one prototype they prefer in the end.
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Phases
Design Prototypes
Pilot Tests
Finalize Prototypes
User tests- Reevaluation
Final Report
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Results
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• Encoded data in Excel• Analyzed videos, surveys & scribes• Generated visualizations & screenshots• Results guided redesign of final
prototype
Data Analyses
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TASK PERFORMANCE (1-Easy, 5-Hard)
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USER BEHAVIOR
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Conclusion
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Recommendations
• Majority of the users chose this as their favorite• Useful descriptions next to each option
KEEP the radio buttons
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Recommendations cont.KEEP the left module website search
• Visible on every page• Most users instinctively think to search for items
in a search box, not click on a link
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Recommendations cont.
DON'T USE the drop-down menu
• No descriptions about each drop down item
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Recommendations cont.DON'T USE the Next Generation-Melvyl Pilot search box
• No one knows what Melvyl is and it confuses them• There will be too many search boxes on the home
page with the implementation of our other prototypes
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FINAL PROTOTYPE!
Radio button + Left search - Melvyl search
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Thank You!