UB Usability Testing

Results from Usability Testing at the University of Baltimore 2009

Setup taxonomy for workshops

Users are asked to setup taxonomy for workshops with three terms (beginner, intermediate, advanced).

Follow up: Post a sample beginner workshop.

Follow up: The organizers want to hide the author and post date information from workshops

Task issues


Use radio to select taxonomy widget
Terms listed alphabetically, not in creation order
Vocabulary edit form 'Tags' is confusing
Users cannot enable a vocabulary from the content type configuration page
Automatically create a block for each vocabulary
Term bulk update
Vocabulary
Taxonomy help text is too long
No overview of terms on add term page
Users Fill Out Advanced Settings For Terms (but they are never used)
Vocabulary creation is long-winded
Node add form doesnt have all configuration
Example 'tags' vocabulary can be misleading to users
Advanced settings on term creation help text
Taxonomy example content can look like table header
Terms listed alphabetically by default. Not in the order a user enter them.
Label taxonomy is abstract
Users asked to enter pointless information