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Before you start

• Print and cut into pieces the prototype - Decapod Paper Prototype Print-out
• Print and cut the postcards - Postcards.pdf
• Print a copy of the Decapod Camera Array
• Print copies of the User Testing Demographic Questionnaire (non-academic)
• Print Decapod Consent Form - Be sure to add contact information before printing.
• Run through the protocol to familiarize yourself with the process.

1. Greeting script

Encourage the participant to:

1. Think out loud.
2. Reinforce the idea they are help testing the design, rather than us testing them. There is no right or wrong way.

2. User Testing Demographic Questionnaire & Consent

• User Testing Demographic Questionnaire (non-academic)
• Consent form

Set up Test Area

Set up the test area with the Camera test area on one side and the Prototype test area next to it.

3. Scenario: Capture Images

Tasks

For each task:

1. Ask participant to describe what they think they should do before actually doing it.
2. Then ask them to step-through their approach.
3. Then ask them to give their impressions of how they found the experience of completing that task.

• Task 1 Photograph a postcard.
• Task 2 Examine the photograph to determine that the level of detail is good enough.
• Task 3 Photograph 15 more postcards.
• Task 4 Examine the photographs to determine that the level of detail is good enough.
• Task 5 You realize that your hand is covering part of the 12th photograph. Replace that photo with a better one.
• Task 6 You are done taking photos of the postcards. Now you would like to create an electronic copy that you can email.

Notes for Test Coordinator

Offering help during the test

Don't offer help; let the user attempt to perform the task themselves. If they ask for help reply with:

• "What do you think you/that would do?"
• "What do you think that means?"
• "What do you think should happen?"

You want to observe:

• How the user identifies how they begin capturing images
• How they discover the collapsing and expanding the interface areas
• Find out how they discovered this functionality:
  • If they use any of the options for thumbnails or capturing
  • If they use the automatic capture option for capturing 15 images in Task 3.
  • If they use the Zoom All option for examining the images in Task 4.
• Do they use any of the keyboard shortcuts?
• Do they have any problems deleting, recapturing, zooming, or inserting images?

5. Post-test questions (ask these verbally)

1. Was it obvious how to begin your tasks?
2. Was it clear how to add images into the program?
3. Did you find the available options helpful? If you did not use the options, why not?
4. Was the expanding/collapsing screen useful or not?
5. Was there anything the program did that was unexpected?

References:

• User Testing Protocol
• Postcards used in this protocol is credited to 9brandon on Flickr. Images used under the Creative Commons non-commercial license with attribution.