David Travis

How to carry out a usability expert review

For people in design teams who need to spot usability problems in prototypes and finished products, “How to carry out a usability expert review” is a 1-day seminar that teaches delegates cost-effective methods to evaluate designs. Unlike courses in usability testing, this seminar teaches delegates how to find and fix usability problems without involving end users.

September 2nd 2008, London. £425/delegate + VAT.

You will learn how to

• Appreciate the difference between a usability inspection and someone’s personal opinion.
• Learn and practice some quick techniques for carrying out usability reviews of prototypes and finished products.
• Find and fix usability bloopers before they become hard coded.
• Apply Jakob Nielsen’s “heuristic evaluation” technique to software, products and web sites.
• Uncover the elements of your design that lead new users to make errors, using the task-based ‘cognitive walkthrough’ method.
• Learn to spot usability problems in prototypes and finished products.

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Morae training for Beginners

For new users of Techsmith’s Morae who want to run a usability test, “Morae for beginners” is a 1-day seminar that shows delegates how to set up, observe, log and analyse a usability test with Morae.

Morae has rapidly become the tool of choice for people carrying out usability tests. With the insight Morae provides, you can make critical design changes that will improve sales and conversion rates, boost Web site traffic, and increase customer satisfaction. But with the release of Morae 2.0, the software has become more complex and it’s not always clear how to start using Morae to run a usability test, log data and analyse and report the results.

The aim of this training seminar is to show you how Morae is used in practice by usability experts. You will learn how to:

• Confidently use Morae Recorder to set up and record a usability test, capturing clickstreams and picture-in-picture video.
• Create video recordings that you can hand to observers the instant the participant has finished.
• Customise Morae’s marker terminology so that it matches your own.
• Use Morae’s built-in survey tool to collect end-of-test participant ratings and comments.
• Log and observe important moments quickly and accurately (and get hands-on practice by watching real usability tests).
• Rapidly carry out sophisticated analysis in Morae Manager by creating and saving search profiles.
• Quickly and automatically analyse data, calculate usability metrics, and create graphs.
• Assemble graphs and important moments from the recording into a highlights video to share those “ah-ha!” moments.
• Export your results to Excel and quickly create a bug list to hand to the development team.
• Use keyboard shortcuts to work faster.

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Practical usability testing (London, UK)

The next Userfocus public seminar on A Practical Guide to Usability Testing will be June 3rd in London.

For people in design teams who want to gain confidence in usability testing, this 1-day workshop shows delegates how to obtain customer feedback on prototypes and finished products. Unlike lecture-based courses, delegates get practical, hands-on experience moderating and logging usability tests.

After attending this usability testing training course, you will be able to confidently carry out a usability test of your company’s product or website. In addition to the course notes, we provide forms and templates you can adapt for your own usability tests. This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis who has over 20 years experience in the field of user centred design.

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Web Usability Training (London, UK)

The next Userfocus public seminar on Web Usability Training will be May 14-15 in London.

For web designers who want hands-on experience with usability tools and techniques, this 2-day seminar shows delegates how to boost sales and conversion rates, increase usage and improve customer satisfaction. Unlike shorter introductory courses, this in-depth workshop covers the entire design and development lifecycle.

This popular web usability training seminar describes best practice in web usability, demonstrates good and bad examples of web pages and teaches you the tools and techniques you need to make your own web site a success with its users. This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis who has over 20 years experience in the field of user centred design.

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How to carry out a usability expert review (London, UK)

The next Userfocus public seminar on How to carry out a usability expert review will be April 8th in London.

For people in design teams who need to spot usability problems in prototypes and finished products, this is a 1-day seminar that teaches delegates cost-effective methods to evaluate designs. Unlike courses in usability testing, this seminar teaches delegates how to find and fix usability problems without involving end users.

After attending this course, you will be able to carry out a range of usability inspection methods, such as Nielsen’s heuristic evaluation and a cognitive walkthrough. As well as a set of comprehensive notes, you will leave the seminar with detailed usability checklists, workbooks and step-by-step instructions to help you carry out the most valuable techniques. This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis who has over 20 years experience in the field of user centred design.

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Web accessibility for developers and designers (London, UK)

The next Userfocus public seminar on Web accessibility for developers and designers will be March 4th in London.

For developers and designers who need to create accessible web sites, this is a 1-day seminar that shows delegates how to design accessible web pages and how to evaluate web pages for accessibility. It provides a practical path through the legislation, describing what you need to do to meet the minimum requirements, how to retrofit inaccessible pages and how to make sure new content is accessible.

After attending this training course, you will know how to design accessible web pages and find out how to evaluate web pages for accessibility. The seminar has recently been updated to cover the principles, guidelines and success criteria in WCAG 2.0. This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis.

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