Outside-of-class Usability Testing

Individuals Interviewed:

1. Sabina (Off-Campus student; junior)

2. Grace (Dorm; Living off-campus next year; freshman)

3. Rebecca (Off-Campus student; junior)

Look at home page.
 

 -When you first saw this homepage, what did you think this web site was about?

Sabina: Housing Safari

Grace: Student Housing

Rebecca: Housing of some sort from the tagline

Questions:


1.     If you were a student looking for housing, where would you go to find an available property fit to your standards?

Sabina: After clicking in my standards in the left toolbar I would hit search and my results would appear.

Grace: Clicked on search page and said she would fill out her standards for what she was looking for.

            Rebecca: Probably sign in a go from there.

2.     If you wanted to find out more about our company and contacting us, how would you go about finding this?

Sabina: Clicked on the about us Page

Grace: Clicked on the about us Page

Rebecca: Clicked on the about us page

3.     If you are a student at OSU and you wanted to create an account where would you go about doing this? (Do not hit the sign up button just yet!)

Sabina: Clicked on the sign in button and would type in my information

Grace: Would click on the sign in button

Rebecca: Sign in Button

4.     How can you tell that this website is available only to OSU students?

Sabina: I assume that you can only sign up if you are a student. Notice the dot number

Grace: no idea

Rebecca: In New member sign up there is a dot number question

5.     Once logged into your new account, where would you look to compare properties you recently viewed?

Sabina: Right column

Grace: Right column

Rebecca: Right column

6.     If you are interested in hearing reviews about one particular property, where might you find this?

Sabina: Next to each image there is a Reviews link and at the bottom of the page there is a review section

Grace: Review Link next to each photograph

Rebecca: Clicked on Properties reviews from the user profile page

7.     If you are interested in finding out where on campus you might want to live where might you go about doing this?

Sabina: Click on the map

Grace: After filling out my standards I would look at the locations and see what is still available

Rebecca: From the home page I would click on the map

8.     Find the path you would take to look for a list of available properties you are interested in. (Go back to the home page)

Sabina: Clicked search button in toolbar

Grace: When filling out the standards in the left column I would make sure available options were to be shown

Rebecca: Clicked on Search button in toolbar

9.     Where would you write a review about a property?

Sabina: Cant seem to find an option of where to write a review.

Grace: See there is a reviews link but no where to physically write a review

Rebecca: After Rebecca searched for a couple mins she found it once she was signed in to her account.