Evaluating the Usability of a Departmental Web Site by Authentic Tasks and Eye Tracking Method

dc.creator	Mustafa YENİAD
dc.creator	Sacide Güzin MAZMAN
dc.creator	Hakan TÜZÜN
dc.creator	Sedat AKBAL
dc.date	2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:26:13Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:26:13Z
dc.identifier	1302-5007
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/86b1480bf9d84e7eb02c06be3045d108
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30294
dc.description	The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usability of a university departmental web site as an educational interface by using different usability methods, and to determine usability problems of it to suggest solutions to these problems. The study group was consisted of 9 participants including 4 undergraduate students and 5 academicians, 4 of whom were research assistants/graduate students, and one of whom was an instructor. Study was designed by recording the process of authentic task performance of authentic users and tracking eye movements of two participants in the department web site. Method triangulation method was used for validity of the study and investigator triangulation method was used for reliability of the study. In the data analysis, users’ recordings from the task performances and eye movements were analyzed and the issues for which users had difficulties with, the issues which users hesitated with while performing, the time spent on each task, repeated tasks, successful tasks and unsuccessful tasks were discovered comparatively with the observer notes. Usability problems were determined and solutions to these problems were suggested.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Ahi Evran University
dc.relation	http://kefad.ahievran.edu.tr/archieve/pdfler/Cilt12Sayi2/JKEF_12_2_2011_147-173.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-5007
dc.source	Journal of Kirsehir Education Faculty, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 147-173 (2011)
dc.subject	Usability
dc.subject	Eye tracking method
dc.subject	Web site evaluation
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Evaluating the Usability of a Departmental Web Site by Authentic Tasks and Eye Tracking Method
dc.type	article