The UX Lab

Role

Co-founder, concept, UX research methods, Instruction of ux research and design methods

Link to VRAC UX lab site

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Problem

When I started my Human Computer Interaction PhD at Iowa State we did not have a place to conduct usability tests and get hands-on experience with current software, hardware, research methods, etc. - not even a class on usability methods.

Solution

A core group of grad students came together to build The UX Lab to create a centralized place with the hardware, software, and the know-how to build useful usability studies for all students wanting to learn about usability in every facet (design, research, ). This was open to all other students (not just HCI) to foster well-designed studies across disciplines. From a grassroots grad student project, this spun off into actual classes within the core HCI course!

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Project Details

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Skills for this project

General User Experience Consulting

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Usability Testing

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Heuristic Analysis / Expert Review

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Interaction Design

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Prototyping

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User Experience Research Consulting

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Context of Use Analysis

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Eye Tracking

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Project Details

The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.

UX lab logo

Users testing is the UX Lab

Eye's tracked

Prototypes built

Departments consulted