[Dspace-general] DSpace usability study at University of Michigan: Summary of results

[Louise Ratliff]

Dear Jim,

I found this report very helpful and have routed it to our LearnStor implementation group here at 
UCLA.  We are almost ready to go live with a pilot learning object repository with some 
early-adopter faculty, and will be closely monitoring their experiences with the submission process.

Regards,

Louise

--On Friday, June 23, 2006 3:11 PM -0400 Jim Ottaviani <jim.ottaviani at umich.edu> wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> In the past few months, and in preparation for its formal launch this
> spring, the University of Michigan performed three rounds of usability
> testing on Deep Blue, its modified version of DSpace.
>
> We have made dozens of changes to our original design as a result of
> these tests, and have many more to make. While some are -- or at least
> may be -- idiosyncratic to the way we have implemented DSpace and the
> way we intend its use here at Michigan, others are probably of interest
> to the DSpace community as a whole.
>
> So, here's a link to my summary of our findings in hopes that some might
> find it of use.
>
>   http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~hellpop/DSpace_Deep_Blue_usability_summary.doc
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
>
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