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UB Usability Testing
Results from Usability Testing at the University of Baltimore 2009

Create a left-sidebar menu link

Users are asked to create a link in the left sidebar. This is either accomplished by adding a menu item to the Navigation menu, creating a new menu and adding an item to that, or creating a block and hand-coding the .

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Task issues

No distinction between blocks and nodes
Users Expect that Nodes Are Automatically placed in Menus
Relationship between menus and blocks is not apparent
"Path" field not clear when creating a menu item
Menu Item Creation: Order by Title then Path
Users think the navigation menu == administrative menu
Exclude the Admin Menu From Parent Selection
Assumed clean URLS meant Pathauto
No "empty text" Table Row For Empty Menus
Forgot to add menu name
Menu name is confusing
No easy way to link to a node from menu module
Missed 'add menu item' tab
The navigation menu description is poor.
Main menu can show up in two places
People assume path == "external URL"
Users Set the Parent Menu Item to "Add a main menu item"
List of menu not formatted correctly
Need to know path to create a menu item
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Issue categories

Administer
Block
Block form
Bug
Conceptual
ConfigeThemeForm
Content Display
Content Type Form
Expectations
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