PROJECT 3: USABILITY REVIEW
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
For your third assignment, you are hired as a UX Designer to conduct a Usability Review of an existing web site, desktop application, or mobile app and present your findings and recommendations using PowerPoint or other approved presentation application (e.g. Google Slide, LibreOffice Impress, Prezi)
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
Select an existing website, desktop, or mobile application and complete the following as the result of your Usability Review.
Describe the critical goal of the web site or application. In other words, what is the purpose or what is it designed to accomplish?
Describe four, distinct usability issues you uncovered (sorted by severity) based on the project resources and/or other research you performed. Complete the following information for each issue and present it in column format:
Usability Issue – List the issue
Severity Rating (High, Medium, or Low) – Rate the severity of the issue into one of three categories:
High severity – Issues that prevent the user from completing tasks efficiently.
Medium severity – Issues that impede ease of use and understanding.
Low severity – Issues that do not prevent users from completing tasks, but inconvenience the user.
Rationale – Describe the usability issue. Discuss the severity you assigned to the issue. Why is this an issue? How does it tie to the project resources and/or research? Justify your severity rating.
Recommendation – Recommend a path of action to address the usability issue. How can the issue be fixed or corrected?
Note: This is not a complete or extensive usability review, but for purposes of this class, it will provide you an introduction into the usability review process.
PROJECT FINDINGS PRESENTATION
Please follow the steps below:
Create a PowerPoint presentation to present your findings (USE THE ATTACHED TEMPLATE) . The PowerPoint template below can be used to complete this project. Simply add your information to the slides.
The slides should be designed as follows:
Slide 1: Cover Slide
Include the following:
Your name
Your class
Year and semester
Website or application used in your usability review
Slide 2: The critical goal of the website or application.
Slide 3: First Usability Issue
Include the following:
Item A: Usability Issue
Item B: Severity Rating
Item C: Rationale
Item D: Recommendation
Slide 4: Second Usability Issue
Include the following:
Item A: Usability Issue
Item B: Severity Rating
Item C: Rationale
Item D: Recommendation
Slide 5: Third Usability Issue
Include the following:
Item A: Usability Issue
Item B: Severity Rating
Item C: Rationale
Item D: Recommendation
Slide 6: Fourth Usability Issue
Include the following:
Item A: Usability Issue
Item B: Severity Rating
Item C: Rationale
Item D: Recommendation
Slide 7: Summary
Summarize slides 1 through 6.
Slide 8: References
List the references you used to complete this project. You must include at least two academic references, not including the Web site/application you evaluated.
Slide 9: Project Reflection
Answer the following question regarding the assignment:
What issues or challenges did you face completing this project? How did you resolve them? Note: Your reflection should describe issues and/or challenges related to completing the usability study itself and not to issues of finding a web site to evaluate or creating your PowerPoint presentation. If you did not face any issues or challenges in completing this project, what do you think are some issues or challenges someone new to completing usability studies might face in completing a project like this? Note: Your reflection must be a total of at least 200 words.
PRESENTATION DESIGN STYLE
Please follow conventional presentation design format and guidelines. In other words, your presentation should look “presentable”.
