Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing (online course)

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Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing

Instructor: Rebecca Blakiston
Dates: March 4-29, 2013
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175
    
http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/001-usability-testing.php

In this four-week course, you will learn how to gather feedback from your users cheaply and effectively in order to improve your website. You will walk through the process of developing personas, primary tasks, and sample scenarios. You will learn the best methods for testing these scenarios with users in an authentic way in different library environments. You will learn how to analyze the results to make decisions about your website’s information architecture, labeling, and content. You will strategize about how to implement affordable methods of usability testing in a systematic and sustainable way. Finally, you will learn how to implement other user research methods on a budget, including card sorting, ethnographic field studies, and surveys.

Rebecca Blakiston is an Instructional Services Librarian and the Website Product Manager at the University of Arizona Libraries in Tucson, Arizona. She specializes in instructional design, focusing on scenario-based activities and active learning. She also provides oversight, management, and strategic planning for the library website, specializing in guerilla usability testing, writing for the web, and content strategy. She has published and presented nationally on topics including instructional design, e-learning, user experience, and continuous learning. 



Our upcoming classes in March and April:

March 2013

One-Shot Library Instruction: An Active Learning Approach
Instructor: Beth McDonough | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Success in First Library Supervisor Position
Instructor: Tony Garrett | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Introduction to RDA
Instructor: Melissa Adler | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing
Instructor: Rebecca Blakiston | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Connecting with Spanish-Speaking Communities
Instructor: Katie Cunningham | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Team-Based Work Structures and Productivity
Instructor: Aliqae Geraci | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90

Working Faster, Working Smarter: Productivity Strategies for Librarians
Instructor: Emily Drabinski | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90

April

What Do I Do With All These Pictures?
Getting Started With Digital Image Collections
Instructor: Beth Knazook | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Collecting and Evaluating Electronic Transactions from Library Services
Instructor: Ray Schwartz | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca
Instructor: Katie Cunningham | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Digital Scholarship: New Metrics, New Modes
Instructor: Marcus Banks | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Considering an Open Source ILS
Instructor: BWS Johnson | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175

Introduction to XML
Instructor: Robert Chavez | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost $175 



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Tel. 218-260-6115
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2013-02-11