User Vision presents at the first UKUPA event for 2010
- Date
- 21st January 2010
- Time
- 18:30–20:30
- Location
- Brick Lane, London, E1 6RU.
- Map
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The Electoral Commission was concerned about whether the design of ballot papers was making it difficult for electors to vote accurately.
Spurred by this, the Electoral Commission commissioned User Vision and Effortmark to conduct usability tests with a range of voters in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Clare Barnett, Usability Consultant at User Vision, will provide insight on User Vision's involvement and how the project was approached, including the findings:
About ballots:
* What makes voting hard or easy
* How details of design affect the task success of voting
About running a paper testing project across four countries:
* Offline and online testing, differences and similarities
* How we analysed the results
See the UK Usability Professionals' Association website for further information.
Cost
There is no charge for UPA members. For non-members the cost is £10, and for student non-members £5 - payable at the door.
About the Speaker
Clare graduated from Glasgow University with an MA(ord) in psychology and politics.
Since leaving university, Clare has spent 10 years working in the financial industry. 2 years of those were spent working with the Intranet and Desk Top Publishing. Another 6 years were spent working within the IT department as a web designer gaining advanced HTML and CSS knowledge. This involved design and build of websites, and creating best practice guidelines for websites.
Clare was also the in-house usability consultant, raising the profile and understanding throughout the business areas by talks, presentations and written articles. Having done the ground work, she then started usability testing websites, internal applications and written material, using talk out loud sessions and expert evaluations, and providing general consultation.
She championed the introduction of UCD as part of the development cycle within the IT department, decreasing development time and costs by focusing on the customer experience. Clare wrote process guidelines to slot into project plans for new developments, and enhancements to existing websites and applications.
Clare is a member of the UPA.
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