Conducting Usability Research with a Team of One
Plaster Student Union Ballroom
Conducting usability research can be challenging, even with multiple team members. But how do get the job done if your Web team consists of just one person? Earlier this year, the College of Arts and Sciences Web team at the University at Buffalo was streamlined to one employee. Performing usability research -- along with regular Web projects for 30+ departments and programs -- seemed nearly impossible. Learn how this Web team of one managed to beat the odds and overcome hurdles. In this time of shrinking budgets and trimmed-down bottom lines, this poster session presents useful ideas and efficient,low-budget techniques to perform usability research with one-person Web teams.
Presenter
Christine Kowalski
Web Design Specialist,
University at Buffalo
Christine Kowalsi works full-time as a Web design specialist within the University at Buffalo’s College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office. Although her duties include the design and programming of websites, her specialty is in website usability research. She has conducted usability studies on various College of Arts and Sciences departmental websites as well as general UB websites over the past eight years. She is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in informatics with a concentration in Web design and analysis at UB.
Poster Sessions
Sessions in Same Track
Wednesday, 3:00PM
- "C" is for Consistency: Accepting the CMS
- Active Desktop, LaunchPad & Gadgets: Internal Audience Interfaces
- Adobe Flex: Flash for Coders and Programmers
- Automated Estimation of Time Codes for Captioning Digital Media
- Benchmarking and Assessing Your Web Strategy
- Bowl Over Your Auditors: Self-Service Banner Account Request Application
- Card Sort 2.0: Tools for Large-Scale Usability
- Conducting Usability Research with a Team of One
- Creating an Online Financial Aid & Scholarship Estimator
- Doing Cool Stuff Despite Your CMS
- EKU Rides: A Social Ridesharing Initiative
- Electronic Bulletin Board for the Poly Community
- Giving Effective Presentations 101
- HighEdWeb: Who We Are V
- How Google Can Alleviate Calendaring Headaches
- Library Floorplans 2.0: The GIS-based Spatial Information Manager for the Library
- Negotiating the Compliance Maze: Developing Export Control eLearning for Researchers
- Prolonging the Engagement: Connecting with Incoming Students Throughout the Summer
- Reason CMS: Open Source Content Management for Higher Education
- Section 508 and the Accessibility of Higher Ed Websites
- SMO & SEO: Promoting your Website
- The Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Race in the Development Training Solutions for Millennials
- Your DOCTYPE is Showing: Where Do We Stand in the Battle for Web Standards? (Part III)