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Revision as of 06:18, 17 June 2013
Note: This page is a work-in-progress. Feedback and suggested improvements are welcome. Please join the discussion on moodle.org or use the page comments.
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 Usability#Additional Resources for a detailed list of online and printed resources.
- Usability guru Jakob Nielsen's website
- Boxes and Arrows - "Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business."
- The Web Standards Project
- Designing with Web Standards, 2nd ed. by Jeffrey Zeldman
What's the difference between usability and accessibility?
See Accessibility for detailed information on this related concept.
See also
- Usability
- Interface guidelines
- Designing usable forms
- Moodle Usability forum
- Moodle User Interface Guidelines - Summer 2009 project to create user interface guidelines for Moodle
- "Make the Most of Your Studies: A Case Study and Web Usability Study Using the Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment Moodle with Postgraduate Students from Oil & Gas Related Courses" MSc Dissertation by Syndia Lengyel
- Quiz UI redesign - GSOC project 2008
- Quiz Usability portal
- Category:Accessibility
- Moodle Accessibility Specification
- Usability related issues in the Moodle Tracker
Using Moodle forum discussions:
- All Moodle forum discussions on usability (i.e. with the word "usability" in the subject line)
- "Moodle usability - general principles"
- Navigation 2.0
- "Why open source software usability tends to suck" - How do we work around this?
