Usability is how useful an interface is. When it comes to websites, usability can be measured through surveys and focus groups. A website has high usability if information is quick and easy to find and the content is laid out well. Websites with low usability have redundant links, labyrinth navigation, and leave the user unsatisfied and frustrated.
Last Friday, a usability study was posted to my.evergreen.edu. The survey will be there all summer, and is an attempt to identify the common usability problems with my.evergreen.edu. Once these problems are identified, a reorganization and re-languaging of the site will take place and be tested with student focus groups. A new organization of my.evergreen.edu will go up at the end of fall quarter 2009.
You can participate in this process by taking the usability survey located under the “News” header on my.evergreen.edu. Or you can take the survey directly by going to:
http://collab.evergreen.edu/surveys/myusability
If you’re excited by the idea of a more usable my.evergreen.edu, visit the survey’s website and join the discussion around the survey and my.evergreen.edu usability:
http://collab.evergreen.edu/groups/myusability
Please take the survey when you have a chance, you’re feedback will help make a more usable my.evergreen.edu!
Thanks for the blog post! Now people can use the search function on the evergreen.edu homepage to find a link to the usability survey!