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clickED Lab Usability Study26 January 2016
Prototype Changes
Connected Devices - Initial Hack
Enabled backend with Parse
Conflict of languages (Swift/Obj-C) prevented functional Lookback integration
Participants
Christina Foust - 8th Grade teacher at Summit K2 in El Cerrito
Diverse classroom of around 25 students
Tasks
1. Students ask questions
2. Teacher reads the room
3. Teacher reviews unresolved questions after class
Apparatus
Students and teacher downloaded app through Testflight
Test took place in classroom during Community Group period
Procedure
Q & A with the class
Students used app in groups of five
Teacher acted as a moderator using the app to pick the questions
Teacher reviewed the questions asked after class
Test Measures
Viability in a classroom setting
Time to complete task
Distraction level for both students and teachers
Results - Student
Students understood usage of class code to enroll in class
Under 15 seconds from opening the app to asking their questions
UI to resolve questions was not intuitive
Results - Teacher
Confused about how to start receiving questions
Questions loaded slowly
Expected to be able to mark questions as answered
Feedback - Student
~75% class wanted to see other student’s questions
~90% of class wanted to attach pictures to questions
~90% of class said they wanted the app for their class
Feedback - Teacher
Color of question could be based on urgency
Ability to organize list of questions
Discussion - UI
Remove “Questions I’ve Asked”
Allow students to see other students’ questions
Discussion - UI
Discussion - UI
Better way for teacher to organize questions
Alert teacher that questions are incoming
Remove or move “Refresh” button
Discussion - Study Improvements
Have observers sit with students
Have students ask questions based on curriculum
Individual student log-ins
Summary
Tested app in 8th grade classroom
Students and teacher suggested good ideas we had not considered
Confired classroom viability