Usability
University
Previous Seminars
Seminar: |
Searching
versus Linking on the Web: A Summary of the Research |
Presenter: |
Bob
Bailey - President, Computer Psychology, Inc. and
Sanjay J. Koyani, Senior Usability Specialist, U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services |
Date: |
Friday,
October 1, 2004 |
Time: |
9:00
- 11:30 a.m. |
Place: |
Loew's L'Enfant Plaza,
900 "D" St. SW,
Suite 3207, Rooms A & B
Washington, DC 20407 |
Objectives: |
- Learn trends
in how users are accessing Web information.
- Learn the
latest research in success rates in searching vs. menus.
- Find out
how to improve your site for searchers and link users.
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Now |
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Seminar: |
Searching
versus Linking on the Web: A Summary of the Research |
Presenter: |
Sanjay
J. Koyani
Senior Usability Specialist, U. S. Department of Health & Human
Services |
Date: |
Wednesday,
July 21, 2004 |
Time: |
9:30
- 11:00 a.m. |
Place: |
National
Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd, Room 375
Arlington, VA 22230
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Objectives: |
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Learn
trends in how users are accessing Web information
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Learn
the latest research in success rates in searching vs. menus
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Find out
how to improve your site for searchers and link users
|
Register |
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Seminar: |
Rural
Areas and the Internet |
Presenter: |
Lee
Rainie
Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project |
Date: |
Wednesday,
July 7, 2004 |
Time: |
1:30
- 3:30 p.m. |
Place: |
General
Services Administration
490 Loew’s L’Enfant Plaza, Room 3207 (The Training
Room)
Washington, DC 20405 |
Objectives: |
-
Review
the research on Rural Internet Access: Deployment and Availability
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Learn
the results of surveys on the demographics of rural areas
- Who's Online?
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Understand
the activities rural Internet users pursue
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Seminar: |
Moving
Forms to the Web |
Presenter: |
Janice
"Ginny" Redish, PhD
President, Redish & Associates, Inc. |
Date: |
Tuesday,
June 29, 2004 |
Time: |
1:30
- 3:30 p.m. |
Place:
|
National
Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd, Room 1235
Arlington, VA 22230 |
Objectives: |
-
Learn
what to do and not do when replacing paper forms with e-forms
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Learn
how to think of forms as a conversation -- and what that means
for creating successful forms on the web -- 14 guidelines
for making forms work well on the web
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How to
make sure your e-forms are easy for people who use screen-readers
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Seminar: |
Designing
Search Pages: Strategies and Best Practices |
Presenter: |
Scott
M. McDaniel
Senior Interaction Designer, Cognetics Corporation |
Date: |
Tuesday,
June 15, 2004 |
Time: |
9:30
- 11:30 a.m. |
Place: |
GSA
(Central Office)
1800 F Street, NW, Room 5141B
Washington, DC 20405 |
Objectives: |
-
Learn
how and why people search
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Learn
how to build search interfaces to meet those needs
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Understand
user's characteristics, search experiences, and goals
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Seminar: |
Designing
the User Interface |
Presenter: |
Ben
Shneiderman, PhD
Director, Human-Computer Interaction Lab Computer Science, University
of Maryland, College Park |
Date: |
Wednesday,
May 5, 2004 |
Time: |
10:00
a.m. - 11:30 noon |
Objectives: |
-
Learn
about recent development in principles and practices to design
user interfaces for desktop, web, and mobile devices
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Learn
the practical techniques and guidelines for interface designs
that emphasize universal usability
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Identify
resources for creating systems that facilitate rapid learning
and performance, yield low error rates, and generate high
user satisfaction
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Seminar: |
Personas:
Bringing Users to Life |
Presenter: |
Whitney
Quesenbery
Principal Consultant, Whitney Interactive Design, President of
the Usability Professional Association |
Date: |
Thursday,
April 22, 2004 |
Time: |
10:00
a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Objectives: |
-
The basics
of creating and using personas
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What personas
add to the audience analysis toolkit
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How personas
help to communicate what we know about the people who use
our products
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Moving Forms to the Web - Thursday-Friday, October 14-15, 2004
Goal Oriented Planning and Testing October 21, 2004
New Research-Based Guidelines Sorting Tool: Sort Guidelines by Importance, Strength of Evidence, and Other Options
What's New Archive |