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== What is usability? == | == What is usability? == | ||
"Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance." | "Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance." <br /> | ||
(from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability Wikipedia: "Usability"]) | (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability Wikipedia: "Usability"]) | ||
Revision as of 06:55, 2 April 2009
Following this talk, there seems to be some general information about usability missing...
This page can serve as a hub for all things related to usability and Moodle. Any contributions are welcome!
What is usability?
"Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance."
(from Wikipedia: "Usability")
Where can I find more information on usability?
- See Development:Usability#Additional Resources
- Usability guru Jakob Nielsen's website
Usability and Moodle
- Development:Usability
- Moodle Usability forum
- All Moodle forum discussions on usability (i.e. with the word "usability" in the subject line)
- Moodle usability - general principles forum discussion
- Discussion on Navigation 2.0 in the General Developer forum
- Usability related issues in the Moodle Tracker
- Improve Moodle User Experience Consistency - Proposition for Google Summer of Code 2009
How can usability be evaluated?
What's the difference between usability and accessibility?
[TODO]