12/12/13Heuristic Evaluation Report Heuristic Evaluation Report CSC-456: Human-Computer Interaction Group Members Muhammad Waseem Iqbal Ahmed Mian Aslam Kiran Khan Heuristic Evaluation of the Web Site http://www.something.com/ Report of XXth April 2013 {My instructions and comments are contained inside curly brackets. Remove them before you hand in your work!} 1 Executive Summary {Executive summary of the main results from the heuristic evaluation aimed at higher management (1 page).} {Your client's manager will not read the whole report, but only the executive summary, and wants to know how the evaluation was done and what the main findings were.} 2 Evaluation Methodology {Describe what a HE is and how it is done in your own words. Do not copy a description of HE from the web or anywhere else. 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Make scaled-down versions of the screen shots for here (approximately 600 by 400).3" TFT 32-bits 800x600 800x600 2009-03-28 14:30-15:30 Monitor Resolution 1280x1024 browser Resolution Date of Evaluation Time of Evaluation 1280x1024 2009-03-28 09:00-10:00 Table 1: The evaluation environment used by each evaluator.3 Mian Aslam 31 male Opera 9.htm 2/5 .12/12/13 Heuristic Evaluation Report {Describe the tasks these different kinds of user might want to perform. tele2. {Tabular overview of the different evaluators and their evaluation environments: demographic data. file:///C:/Users/ibm/Desktop/Heuristics Evaluation/Heuristic Evaluation Template.} {Screen shots should always be captured in PNG format. cello.} 6. etc.} Evaluator Age S ex Web Browser Operating S ystem Muhammad Waseem Iqbal Ahmed 24 male Firefox 3.0.} 4 Extent of the Evaluation {Describe which parts of the interface were evaluated (if there was too much to evaluate it all).0.7 de Windows XP SP3 26 male Chrome 14. M yChat Options ..} Table 2 shows a list of all the problems found in the evaluation......htm . in descending order of average file:///C:/Users/ibm/Desktop/Heuristics Evaluation/Heuristic Evaluation Template. 1 S hort Description Title Yellow In the chat room.. .html and M inimalist Design Chat .12/12/13 Heuristic Evaluation Report Figure X: On the home page.} 7 List of Problems Found {Aggregated list of all problems found. Text the default text is an unreadable yellow colour.00 Aesthetic dreamland/chat. each with an illustrative screen shot.. {Here follow the next four problems in the order they appear in the final severity rankings.} {The name of each screenshot should be linked to the screenshot itself. S creenshot Heuristic n01-kascreen. sorted in descreasing order of average severity. 3/5 ..png Location (how reproducible?) MW IA MA KK MW IA MA KK Av y y 4 4 4 4 4. in descending order of average severity.. Found By S everity No. in descending order of average severity.png Aesthetic Everywhere and M inimalist Design y 0 0 1 0 0.. which conflicts somewhat with the light grey background.. Visited 2013-03-14. . Code Meaning MW IA MA KK y Muhammad Waseed Iqbal Ahmed Mian Aslam Kiran Khan Found by this evaluator Legend: Name Codes.25 Table 2: Aggregated list of all problems found.htm 4/5 . 87 Green Links Visited links are displayed in green. Severity Meaning 4 3 2 1 0 Av Catastophic problem Serious problem Minor problem Cosmetic problem Not a problem Average severity Legend: Severity Ratings. p d f file:///C:/Users/ibm/Desktop/Heuristics Evaluation/Heuristic Evaluation Template... h t t p : / / w w w . c o m / t o p i c / h e u r i s t i c e v a l u a t i o n / A Heuristics Used by the Evaluators The evaluators used the Andrews General Usability Heuristics 2013 found in file h e u r i s t i c s . n n g r o u p .12/12/13 Heuristic Evaluation Report order of average severity until. Heuristic Evaluation . References {References to related work and related studies. prob87.} [Nie2013] Jakob Nielsen. x l s .12/12/13 Heuristic Evaluation Report B Individual Evaluation Logs The individual evaluation logs are listed below.htm 5/5 . Keith Andrews available at HCI Practical Excersises file:///C:/Users/ibm/Desktop/Heuristics Evaluation/Heuristic Evaluation Template. Name Harald Roth Thomas Geer Sally Smith Log File l o g W a s e e m s . Please note that this template has been taken from the course website of Prof. t x t Christian Took etc. C Spreadsheet The filled-in spreadsheet of all problems and positives including their ratings is h e l i s t .