{"id":931,"date":"2012-07-06T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notebooks.dataone.org\/dmptool\/?p=73"},"modified":"2013-05-15T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T16:07:08","slug":"wrapping-up-week-4-user-test-protocol-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notebooks.dataone.org\/dmptool-content\/wrapping-up-week-4-user-test-protocol-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrapping Up Week 4, User Test Protocol in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 6, 2012: User Test Protocol in Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will be a brief post–as I have now sent off a draft of my user test protocol for review.\u00a0 I just wanted to add an explanation about why I chose to design the test this way.<\/p>\n

After talking to Laura again yesterday, who again, has provided such a great resource and help, we came up with this format of 10 questions for an online survey.\u00a0 Since the test will be conducted virtually and we are focusing largely on content rather than functionality, Laura suggested that I create an online survey, in which I insert text from the DMPtool that I want to probe into the test itself, rather than requiring the user to interact with the tool.\u00a0 Though I think I should provide the link to the tool and ask for any additional feedback that the user wants to provide.\u00a0 Does everyone agree with this approach?\u00a0 This takes pressure and time off of the user and allows us to test the content of the tool.\u00a0 The only aspect that might be missing is feedback about the design or layout of the tool.\u00a0 Do you think I should include a few questions requiring the user to log into the tool?<\/p>\n

I hope to make any necessary changes and create the actual survey online using SurveyMonkey either over the weekend or Monday in order to send it off to my first 4 participants who have agree to take the test.\u00a0 In total I have 5 researchers who have agreed to participate so far.<\/p>\n

Secondly, I have been thinking more about Andrew’s comment about deciding on a few concrete goals\/metrics for the marketing aspect of the internship.\u00a0 I agree that choosing a template within the scope of DataONE and hoping to increase usage by X amount of users within the time given is a good goal. Based on the latest statistics gathered and posted about the use of the tool in May 2012, there were 283 new users.\u00a0 That number seems incredibly high.\u00a0 What do you all think is a good goal for me to shoot for in terms of increasing the user base?\u00a0 Is 25 too low of an estimate?\u00a0 Is 50 too high? Also, I think I should focus on NSF-EAR and NSF-BIO as they seem to cover a large portion of the DataONE user community.\u00a0 Correct?<\/p>\n

I want to add a second goal of getting a geo-science organization, such as USGS (?) more involved in the tool, as as far as I can tell, a presence from this type of organization is missing from the DMPtool.\u00a0 The NSF-GEO is not an included template either.\u00a0 So I would also like the focus on bringing them into the mix.\u00a0 Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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