November 30, 2020
Script
Script: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eNstwW-FBM
Hello, I am conducting research to determine the usability for my app. This app will consist of an Outdoor Repository for Southern New Hampshire University students looking for places to visit around campus. This repository will include places to visit, various activities, and gear stores/rentals. The key is to create an app that is easier to use than simply “Googling” places/activities, all in one place for students to access and future Outing Club trips to use as a basis for contacts and trips.
You will not be tested, but you are helping to test my app to see how well it works and where it needs adjustments. If you choose to help, you are allowed to end the test at any given time. For this test, I will give you three different tasks separately. Through “clicking,” you are able to explore areas of the app in order to complete these tasks. I will not be able to help you during the test, in order to see how successful my usability is for my app.
Do you have any questions before we begin?
Here is a consent form I would like you to fill out if you choose to take the test. (Hand out form on page 3). I will be recording you while you take the test, if you choose not to have your face recorded please say so now, and I will only record your hands. Full disclosure, recording your face and hands will help me see non-verbal ques, where you were confused, emotions, that may not be observed through recording only your hands. While recording, it is useful if you speak out loud each step you choose to take.
Thank you for being willing to participate in this test. Here are your tasks: (read one at a time and hand out written version on page 4 after reading aloud)
- Download trail map for Mt Major.
- Search for outdoor activities in Manchester, NH
- Explore outdoor gear stores throughout NH.
Statement of Informed Consent
If you volunteer to participate in this study, you will be asked to perform some tasks related to the usability of my app: SNHU Outdoor Repository, and to answer some questions. Your interactions with the computer may also be digitally recorded on video, audio and/or with photographs. This research poses no risks to you other than those normally encountered in daily life. All of the information from your session will be kept anonymous. I will not name you if and when I discuss your behavior in our assignments, and any potential research publications. After the research is completed, I may save the anonymous notes for future use by ourselves or others. Your participation in this research is voluntary, and you are free to refuse to participate or quit the experiment at any time. Whether or not you chose to participate will have no bearing in relation to your standing in any department of SNHU. If you have questions about the research, you may contact me, Samantha Longval, at Samantha.longval@snhu.edu. You may keep a copy of this form for reference. If you accept these terms, please write your initials and the date here:
