Feb.19_PaperPrototype1StudyProtocol.pdf

Prototype Version 1:

Tasks for interviewees Task #1 Try to get in contact with a research project of your degree Task #2 Find a FAQ/forum where other students have asked questions Task #3 Find research project associated with a certain professor Study Protocol

- Introduction to project - (Undergraduate Research Projects) - (Help support undergraduates in finding relevant research opportunities)

- Provide instructions - Administer relevant demographics to determine interviewee attributes - Ask if we can record - Ask them to speak their thoughts out loud - Show them the paper prototype they are going to interact on - Ask them to try perform task 1

- Don't provide help - Ask what they are expected/looking for - Tell them to say when they have ‘ended/finished’ and found what they are

looking for - Repeat for task 2 and 3

- Ask questions depending on their past actions (if relevant) - Administer. UX questionnaires

Quantitative (Scale of 1 to 5 if applicable) - I found the system unnecessarily complex - I thought the system was easy to use - I felt confident about using the system - I did not feel stressed or lost while navigating the interface - # of errors doing all the task

Qualitative (descriptive) - Thoughts on the process - Did anything feel unnecessary but helpful? - Did you feel as if you reached your goal too quickly - Did you feel as if you required some technical background

- Ask follow up interview questions if their answers warrant it - Wrap up

- Ask if they have any questions they want to ask - Give group code