Our Solution Gets Its Base
"The 'stage' is located in the bottom portion of the screen. Here, media groups can be created and organized. The contents of only one group can be seen at once, but the names of several groups can be seen at once on group tabs. The order of the presentation is determined from the order of the tabs."
The Interface
The stage:
What we wanted to find out
The Task
What We Learned
This interface combines elements from both of the interfaces in our previous user test, as well as includes new ideas which were previously untested.
The stage:
* Located in the bottom portion of the screen, the presentation queue can be seen at all times.
* The contents of only one group can be seen at once.
* The order of the presentation is determined from the order of the group tabs.
* The media contained in a group can be organized by dragging.
* In the presentation area, previous and next buttons go through presentation in order. Next at the end of one group goes to next group.
* The Media Library slides in when needed and can be retracted to see the presentation area.
* The station can be changed by pulling down the station drawer at the top left of the screen, and choosing the desired station.
What we wanted to find out
Through this user test we wanted to find out the usability of the new changes. Specifically we wanted to test the following:
* Preparing groups
* Presenting from groups
* Switching stations
The Task
Our two users were given a scenario which asked them to imagine they were preparing for and teaching the Macroinvertebrates station. The task involved them:
* Rearranging the order of images within a group
* Removing a group from the presentation
* Creating and naming new media groups and adding images to them
* Rearranging the order of groups within the presentation
* Presenting images from consecutive groups
* Presenting images from a group out of sequence
* Switching stations
What We Learned
* Users were able to easily add and re-order groups.
* Users correctly removed groups with the X icons, but thought that they were simply closing and not deleting them.
* Users had trouble locating the Media Library because of its position, orientation and low contrast.
Users had no difficulty jumping around to groups out of sequence.
* Users were able to easily tap images to make them big, and use the next and previous buttons.
* Users were unaware that tapping next at the end of a group brought them to the next group, as there were no cues to indicate this.
* Users were able to switch stations easily using the station drawer.
| Our Solution Gets its Base Highlights | |
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A hideable Media Library, large presentation area, and re-arrangeable media groups Can instructors create, manage and present from groups? Instructors found most interactions with the groups intuitive Instructors had trouble locating the Media Library |
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