While we're on the topic of facilities for usability testing I also wanted to point out some things
that are available to you when you're doing mobile usability tests mobile tests of mobiles or mobile
devices are interesting because they pose a particular challenge if you want to get video of the screen
so that you can look at it later.
And here's an example of a slide that's been put together which is basically a piece of Perspex and
mounted on that the phone itself.
You could mount the phone with something like velcro or double sided tape or even in the plastic bag.
If you wanted to be a bit low tech and then the idea is that you can mount a camera on that piece of
Perspex that can record from the screen.
There's other sources that are available to you as well.
Here's another example where you have a desktop mounted camera that sits above.
In this instance an iPad so you've got various technologies that are available to you in order to run
these kinds of tests if you're not running a kind of a usability test survey of something which runs
on a computer.
Here's some questions for you.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of testing in these different environments.
We've talked about different environments that are available to you.
But how about if we were going to test in the user's environment a rented usability lab or remotely
visit the Internet.
What would you say were the advantage and disadvantages of those.
Well I'd like you to do is to pause the video and quickly answer those questions.
I want you the list at least one preferably more than one advantage and disadvantage of testing in the
user's environment.
That is their office or their home rented usability lab such as the ones with the one way mirrors what
we've seen and remotely over the Internet so you and the participant aren't cope prison.
So post the video now and make some come up with some ideas then restart the video and go through some
of that I think apply.