Usability Card Sorting Test Plan

• Purpose
  • To make navigation on the Gateway easy, intuitive, and user-friendly.
• Problem Statement/Test Objectives
  • To determine how a variety of users organize the features of the Gateway.
  • To determine the significance of the features on the Gateway and identify what should have prominence.
  • To determine the words users use to describe features.
• User Profile
  • There will be eight participants in the card sorting test.
  • 2 Undergrads, 2 Grads, 2 staff, 2 Faculty
  • Each pair will include one experienced user and one inexperienced user
• Method (Test Design)
• Task List [View Full Task List]
  1. Rate the importance of each of the features indicated on the index cards
     - Critical, Very Important, Important, Slightly Important, Unimportant
  2. While rating the importance of the features, describe what each feature does.
  3. Organize the features into categories
  4. Name the categories; discuss alternate organizations
  5. Suggest alternate names for features and indicate omitted features.
• Test Environment/Equipment
  • Tests will take place in the Library Systems conference room with two sets of note cards.
• Test Monitor Role
• Evaluation Measures (Data to Be Collected)
• Report Contents and Presentation

Based on Rubin: "Handbook of Usability Testing", chapter 5