20100921 - Al-Nuaim, Multimedia User Interface Usability Evaluation Tool

This evening, I am reading the abstracts of relevant PhD dissertations. Development and validation of a multimedia user interface usability evaluation tool in the context of educational web sites by Al-Nuaim, Hana Abdullah, D.Sc., The George Washington University, 2000 , 216 pages; AAT 9961553 The overall purpose of this research was to develop and validate an evaluation instrument and to test various hypotheses using the instrument to determine its value in eliciting more information from users who participate in the design and development of a multimedia Web-based interface. This evaluation instrument or tool, the Multimedia User Interface Usability (MUIU), is proposed to be used as an aid for designers or developers in conducting formative evaluations to locate usability problems of the online user interface. The focus of the MUIU evaluation tool is the quality of media elements used and the efficacy of their integration. The MUIU evaluation tool provides users with an opportunity to accurately convey their attitudes or perceptions on certain design features. The results of the evaluation are quantitative data that may be interpreted and applied to the redesign of the user interface. The original and successive versions of the MUIU evaluation tool were developed based on; (1) the review of the literature and other evaluation instruments; (2) the review and recommendations of expert and novices; and (3) a formal importance rating by experts. The usefulness of the MUIU evaluation tool was addressed by comparing one novice group evaluations of an educational multimedia Web site, using their own words and expressions, to another novice group that used the MUIU evaluation tool. Content analysis of their comments and statements revealed that novices who had previously used the MUIU evaluation tool provided more meaningful and quantifiable results regarding improved usability and design defects with the interface than the novices who evaluated the same Web site but were not exposed to the MUIU evaluation tool. My interest: (1) UET. (2) what type of UET & UEM. (3) methodology - comparing novice and expert evaluators. (4) methodology - comparing novice using UET and novice without UET. Action: To read the Dissertation in detail in future.

Oct 20 - ProQuest dissertation search "Usability Evaluation"

Oct 20 - Keywords were "Usability Evaluation." Continued to search and download, as continuation from Oct 15.

Al-Nuaim, Hana Abdullah. Development and Validation of a Multimedia User Interface Usability Evaluation Tool in the context of Educational Web Sites. [Dissertation, Doctor of Science] George Washington University. Jan 31, 2000.

Andre, Terence S. Determining the Effectiveness of the Usability Problem Inspector: A Theory-Based Model and Tool for Finding Usability Problems. [Dissertation, PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. April 3, 2000.

Baker, Kevin F. Heuristic Evaluation of Shared Workspace Groupware based on the Mechanics of Collaboration. [Thesis, M.Sc.] University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. May 2002.

Capra, Miranda G. Usability Problem Description and the Evaluator Effect in Usability Testing. [Dissertation, PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. March 13, 2006.

Chang, Yaowen. A Theory-based Usability Study of the Mouseover Abstract Interface. [Dissertation, Doctor of Education] Columbia University. 2005.

Clapsaddle, Donna J. Measuring Usability: Categorically Modeling Successful Websites Using Established Metrics. [dissertation, Doctor of Professional Studies in Computing] Pace University. May 2004.

Dykstra, Dean Julian. A Comparison of Heuristic Evaluation and Usability Testing: The Efficacy of a Domain-specific Heuristic Checklist. [dissertation, PhD] Texas A&M University. Dec 1993.

Elgin, Peter D. VALIDATING THE USER-CENTERED HYBRID ASSESSMENT TOOL (USER-CHAT): A COMPARATIVE USABILITY EVALUATION. [Dissertation, PhD] Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. 2007.

Faulkner, Laura Lynn. Structured Software Usability Evaluation: An Experiment in Evaluation Design. [Dissertation, PhD] University of Texas at Austin. May 2006.

Govindaraju, Majorkumar. Development of Generic Design Guidelines to Manufacture Usable Consumer Products. [Dissertation, PhD] University of Cincinnati. 1999.

Hebb, Christopher Louis. Website Usability Evaluation using Sequential Analysis. [dissertation, PhD] Indiana University, Bloomington. May 2005.

Ho, Janet Chingyun. Evaluation of A Virtual Campus: Bell University Labs. [Thesis, Master of Applied Science] University of Toronto. 2000.

Hu, Xiangqun. Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Architectural Design Tool. [Thesis, Master of Computer Science] Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1997.

Ivory, Melody Yvette. An Empirical Foundation for Automated Web Interface Evaluation. [Dissertation, PhD in Computer Science] University of California at Berkeley. Fall 2001.

Jenkins, Lillie Ruth. DESIGNING SYSTEMS THAT MAKE SENSE: WHAT DESIGNERS SAY ABOUT THEIR COMMUNICATION WITH USERS DURING THE USABILITY TESTING CYCLE. [Dissertation, PhD] the Ohio State University. 2004.

Jobrack-McDaniel, Naomi Ruth. Remote versus Laboratory Usability Evaluations with Static versus Interactive Graphical User Interfaces. [Thesis, M.A.] San Jose State University. May 1999.