[MNASIS-L] Open House at the U of M Usability Lab on Friday, October 16, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

[Janet Arth]

**** OPEN HOUSE AT THE U OF M USABILITY LAB ****

Date:     Friday, October 16, 2009
Time:     2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: B-26 Walter Library on the Minneapolis campus*
(see http://dmc.umn.edu/usability/directions.shtml for lab location and
directions)

Event:  Opportunity for faculty, staff, students, and the general
public to tour the Usability Services Lab at the University of Minnesota.

My team will be happy to show you the lab and discuss our services.  Our
usability consultants will be doing demonstrations of sample usability
evaluation tasks, using our eye-tracking equipment.  Since our last open
house, we have upgraded our eye-tracking hardware and software.

Objective of the lab:  We help project teams and researchers get the
user perspective on the way that information is presented on a computer
screen.  The usability lab provides an environment in which teams can
observe users trying out a Web site or other design.  We offer
usability testing and other services, utilizing screen capture, video,
audio, and eye-tracking tools and equipment in the lab.  We provide
services both to web design teams and to academic researchers.

No sign-up is necessary.  Visitors may stop by anytime during the Open
House hours.

Contact Info:
David Rosen
Usability Services Manager
Office of Information Technology's Digital Media Center
University of Minnesota
(612) 624-9365
rose0414 at umn.edu <mailto:a-dela at umn.edu>