Working title:
Boehmer Luck

Report Author:
Emmalie Kipp

Date:
04/22/10

Brief Profile of Users

Three San Diego State students took part in this process. None of the three have any background in web design or know Clifford Boehmer and his book.

Think Aloud task

I asked the users to navigate through the website and be able to give one fact from each section of CliffordÕs life.

Summary of Think Aloud

The users began to find their way through the website going to each page. One started at the bottom of the links and found that they liked that they could see the main topics at the top and click on that specific link to take them to that section. One of the links on a subpage was not working and one of the users had to go back to another page to get to the section she was looking for. They were all able to come up with three facts from the different aspects of this life.

Summary of Posttest

One main point that the users spoke about was pictures. The text spoke of pictures that were not available to them yet and they did not like that. Also the heading colors were not to their liking. They were all shocked at the amount of text on the Career page and thought it needed to be shortened. They also felt that the background color was too bland and to maybe change it to a brighter color.

Findings to be Implemented

As a result of this text, I will make the following changes:

á      Add photographs into the webpage

á      Cut down the career section and try and import a pdf file of that section of the book

á      Change the headings color

Findings that will not be Implemented

Findings that will not be implemented, at this stage at least, is the background color. I believe that once photographs are in there will be too many colors which will clash. Also, it is based off of a book and I think that changing to a brighter color would not go with the theme.