To complete the Drafts and Usability Tests component of this project, you must first create drafts of your two instruction sets. Your drafts should be as complete as they can be, so that you can obtain precise feedback from your corresponding usability tests. After you have drafts of your instruction sets, you will create a usability test for each of your instruction sets. Page 323 of Technical Communication Today provides a list of different usability tests, but for the sake of expedience, the ones you may choose from for this project are:
You may create the same kind of usability test for both instruction sets, or you may create different tests for each set. Bring two copies of each usability test with your instruction set drafts to class on Tuesday (3/29): one for me and one for classmates. Your classmates will use your instruction set drafts to take your usability tests. However, it is important to keep in mind that your classmates may not be the actual audience for your instruction sets. As such, their feedback may or may not be completely helpful in revising your instruction sets. The crucial issue is to create usability tests that would be appropriate for your instruction sets' authentic audiences, whether or not that includes people like your classmates. |