Heuristic evaluation
Requires: paper, pencil or pen
Find a partner and together select a web application that at least one of you visits frequently.
Evaluate (40 min)
Try to find at least two violations of each of the ten heuristics:
- Visibility of system status
- Real world match
- Consistency and standards
- Error prevention
- Recognition instead of recall
- User control and freedom
- Flexibility and efficiency
- Diagnose and recover from errors
- Minimalist design
- Help and documentation
In a document, capture each violation in the following format
- URL or description of page
- Description of violation
Reflect (10 min)
- What was difficult about performing this evaluation?
- Do you think you found real problems?
- What methods would have been more effective?
Credit (3 min)
Submit your list of violations on Canvas for credit.