Anna Brzeska,Master Thesis Website.2004

	"WEBSITE USABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF OSLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY" Anna Brzeska Master Thesis 2004
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GOALS ANALYSIS >>Library Users >>UBO Website >>UBO Site Map >>Broken Links METHODS Questionnaires >>Part A >>Part B >>Part C >>Questions For the students Interviews >Answers empoyees >Answers students Card Sort >>Result Cart Sort Web servers logs Usability testing Accessibility testing UBO website blind Accessibility design PROTOTYPE WEBSITE REDESIGN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 REPORT References >>>>Books Glossary Appendixs Software Supervisor Examiner
I am looking forward to making a usability and accessibility tests for the website http://www.ub.uio.no" of Oslo University Library as part of my Master's thesis at the Department of Computing Science and Engineering at Chalmers. Website usability testing includes efficiency of use, ease of learning, ability to remember how to perform interactive tasks and much more. The starting point of my project is September 2004 and finishing point is January 2005.On this page I will present my work.You can click for pictures and links, read my html, doc and pdf documents. The final report is planned for February 2005.
WWW is becoming a force in information sharing and a popular medium. Computers now mediate everyday activities in education, in industry and at home. Computer scientists and engineers work to develop usable and accessible human computer interfaces. Interaction usability engineering is rooted in the field of Human Computer Interaction (CHI). Web usability design is grounded in CHI methodologies and principles. Web-based computing can include technical limitations. Poorly designed user interfaces can make it hard to understand how to use an application. Website Accessibility can be designed to meet the needs of all people, including those with disabilities.This group of users are most likely to be disadvantaged if the principles of accessible Web design are not implemented. Failure to follow these principles can make it very difficult for people with disabilities to access content of the web pages.	.
Website Usability was defined 1998 by The ISO 9241 standard as The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments. Usability testing is a formal method of improving websites. It is a method of testing how the user interacts with the website by giving test participants tasks to accomplish the system, by asking them to talk their way through the process. Usability testing can be conducted in a simple lab, when the interaction with the computer is video recorded and later analyses. A small amount of participants about five persons is enough for such testing to obtain useful results. Usability engineering life cycle: Know the user Competitive analysis Setting usability goals Parallel design Participatory design Total interface design Applying guideliness Prototyping Empirical testing Iterative design Collecting feedback from field use. Connecting design to information solutions makes information easier to find, understand, and use, and this is very important for every library. Usability (USIT)	Please send comments and questions to: annabr@bredband.net Please submit the answers to the Online Questionnaires. You can write the comments about University of Oslo Library Website in english or norwegian language. Norwegian-English Dictionary
« Back to UBO	BIBSYS	Chalmers University of Technology 412 96 Göteborg ,Sweden Contact: Anna Brzeska My webpage on Chalmers Copyright © 2004 Anna Brzeska This webpage URL address: http://hem.bredband.net/annbrz Göteborg, october 2004

"WEBSITE USABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF OSLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY"

Anna Brzeska
Master Thesis 2004

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GOALS

ANALYSIS
>>Library Users
>>UBO Website
>>UBO Site Map
>>Broken Links

METHODS

Questionnaires
>>Part A
>>Part B
>>Part C
>>Questions For the students
Interviews
>Answers empoyees
>Answers students

Card Sort
>>Result Cart Sort

Web servers logs

Usability testing

Accessibility testing
UBO website blind
Accessibility design

PROTOTYPE

WEBSITE REDESIGN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

RECOMMENDATIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

REPORT

References

>>>>Books

Glossary

Appendixs

Software

Supervisor

Examiner

I am looking forward to making a usability and accessibility tests for the website http://www.ub.uio.no" of Oslo University Library as part of my Master's thesis at the Department of Computing Science and Engineering at Chalmers. Website usability testing includes efficiency of use, ease of learning, ability to remember how to perform interactive tasks and much more. The starting point of my project is September 2004 and finishing point is January 2005.On this page I will present my work.You can click for pictures and links, read my html, doc and pdf documents. The final report is planned for February 2005.

WWW is becoming a force in information sharing and a popular medium. Computers now mediate everyday activities in education, in industry and at home. Computer scientists and engineers work to develop usable and accessible human computer interfaces. Interaction usability engineering is rooted in the field of Human Computer Interaction (CHI). Web usability design is grounded in CHI methodologies and principles. Web-based computing can include technical limitations. Poorly designed user interfaces can make it hard to understand how to use an application.

Website Accessibility can be designed to meet the needs of all people, including those with disabilities.This group of users are most likely to be disadvantaged if the principles of accessible Web design are not implemented. Failure to follow these principles can make it very difficult for people with disabilities to access content of the web pages.

Website Usability was defined 1998 by The ISO 9241 standard as The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments.
Usability testing is a formal method of improving websites. It is a method of testing how the user interacts with the website by giving test participants tasks to accomplish the system, by asking them to talk their way through the process. Usability testing can be conducted in a simple lab, when the interaction with the computer is video recorded and later analyses. A small amount of participants about five persons is enough for such testing to obtain useful results.

Usability engineering life cycle:
Know the user
Competitive analysis
Setting usability goals
Parallel design
Participatory design
Total interface design
Applying guideliness
Prototyping
Empirical testing
Iterative design
Collecting feedback from field use.

Connecting design to information solutions makes information easier to find, understand, and use, and this is very important for every library.

Usability (USIT)

Please send comments and questions to: annabr@bredband.net

Please submit the answers to the Online Questionnaires. You can write the comments about University of Oslo Library Website in english or norwegian language.
Norwegian-English Dictionary

« Back to UBO

Chalmers University of Technology
412 96 Göteborg ,Sweden
Contact: Anna Brzeska
My webpage on Chalmers
Copyright © 2004 Anna Brzeska
This webpage URL address: http://hem.bredband.net/annbrz
Göteborg, october 2004

"WEBSITE USABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF OSLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY"

Anna Brzeska Master Thesis 2004

BIBSYS

Anna Brzeska
Master Thesis 2004